January 8, 2011
There is a perennial question directed toward those of us who see madness as having a spiritual dimension, and it goes something like this: “How can […]
December 30, 2010
I was at a seminar recently where Ron Coleman asserted that the experience of hearing voices may commonly be the cause of what seems to be […]
November 20, 2010
Hugh Massengil shot video of Ron Coleman and Paul Baker giving a presentation at the LILA Peer Support Club in Eugene, Oregon on November 14, 2010. […]
October 24, 2010
The Open Dialogue method has the best reported outcomes for any method of assisting those who are beginning to show “psychotic symptoms.” Rather than relying primarily […]
October 7, 2010
We are learning more about what people labeled with mental disorders like “schizophrenia” have in common with people who are creative and successful. One of the […]
September 5, 2010
In the immediately preceding post, I wrote that: Where do all the distortions that are common to what we see as psychosis come from? That’s the […]
August 29, 2010
I found a link to a very interesting article on the Beyond Meds site. The article is called The Creativity Crisis and it documents how creativity is […]
July 24, 2010
I spent some time down by the river today, alternating between reading and swimming, and learned a new concept (and a term to go with it) […]
July 11, 2010
“Schizophrenia” can be seen as revolving around having difficulty in containing opposites, such as love and aggression. In normal everyday culture, opposites are often contained simply […]