July 10, 2022
Commonly, psychosis is explained to people as being a medical condition. But it is not diagnosed by any medical test: instead, people get identified as being […]
March 21, 2022
You may have noticed that people diagnosed with psychosis are often encouraged to think of themselves as passive victims of their disorder. Psychosis is commonly framed […]
August 2, 2021
We now know that therapy can be helpful for psychosis. But there is still a lot of confusion around what type of therapy approach is helpful, […]
July 17, 2021
When we go into severe mental health crisis, it can feel like a civil war inside, with various voices, demons, or other entities engaged in battle […]
April 24, 2021
In a talk linked to below, award winning medical journalist Robert Whitaker reviews the science that indicates the need for a radical change in psychiatric care, […]
February 27, 2020
When people are told they have “psychosis,” it’s usually because they are experiencing one or both of the following: “hallucinations,” defined as sensations that don’t seem […]
June 2, 2019
“Don’t React – Choose How to Relate to Distressing Voices!” is the subject of a webinar that was presented by Dr. Mark Hayward on 6/20/19. (See […]
May 14, 2019
I’ve been intrigued by the way the battle against mental health system oppression has drawn on two important and powerful ideas – which happen to contradict […]
May 14, 2018
Stories organize us, and “bad stories” organize us in destructive ways. In this post I will address one example: the story told about how skilled mental […]