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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,100 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that… Read more
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Radio Interview with Gail Hornstein on Radio Boston
Here is a great radio interview with Gail Hornstein from the Hearing Voices Network on Radio Boston. Click on the link below, then click on Listen, and the mp3 podcast will come up. http://radioboston.wbur.org/2011/10/31/hearing-voices When you think about it, history is full of people who say they heard voices. Mohammed, Moses, Abraham, Joan of Arc.… Read more
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VOICES CARRY- from the PHOENIX by SI Rosenbaum
This is such a great deeply provoking article, Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. You can see it here on the Phoenix website http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/128668-voices-carry/?page=1#TOPCONTENT MAD SKILLS Diagnosed as a schizophrenic, Marty is a facilitator for a support group where people who hear voices help each other cope. HOLYOKE — She can hear… Read more
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With more talk in mind – Dr John Read
This is a great article Id like to share Sydney Morning Herald, the Age Melbourne Any review of Victoria’s mental health services must look beyond psychiatry. John Read September 15, 2011 Opinion SERIOUS problems in Victoria’s mental health system have been revealed recently in The Age. The important thing now is to find solutions. In… Read more
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David Healy and Robert Whittaker Coming to NZ September 2011
Some of you may have heard of David Healy before, as Richard Bentall spoke about his book “let them eat Prozac”. Casper – www.casper.org.nz are bringing both him and Robert Whittaker to New Zealand for Friday 2nd September 2011. Registrations close AUG 19 so get in quick!! Here is a link to his… Read more
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Physics Dreaming and Extreme States- An interview with Arnold Mindell
This looks like a very interesting interview on Madness radio Physics Dreaming and Extreme States Arnold Mindell Click here on this link: http://www.madnessradio.net/madness-radio-physics-dreaming-and-extreme-states-arnold-mindell to go to their website and download the interview to listen to First Aired 3-1-2011 Duration: What is reality? Why do people in extreme states feel connected to the universe,… Read more
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Long Term Antipsychotic treatment and brain volumes- published research,
This is an interesting but disturbing research paper that was featured in the latest NZ Psychiatry review. Here is the link to the study online here http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/68/2/128 To follow is the synopsis. Long-term Antipsychotic Treatment and Brain VolumesA Longitudinal Study of First-Episode Schizophrenia Beng-Choon Ho, MRCPsych; Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD; Steven Ziebell, BS;… Read more
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Get to know your voices over a cup of tea
The following article was on Psychminded UK. See the original article here ” Get to know your voices over cup of tea or cake, psychologist advises people with psychosis June 17, 2011 by Angela Hussain ……. People with mental health problems who hear voices should have “get to know” appointments with their voices over… Read more
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ONLY Son- winner of the 2010 V48hrs Film festival
This NZ short film was made in the V48 48hr film festival and won in 2010. It is billed as a ghost story, but could also be billed as a “hearing voices” story. It is humourous and also a little bit rude , so please be forewarned to not to watch it if that type of… Read more
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Research paper on Schizophrenia and Dietary intake
I was sent this link to an interesting article about Schizophrenia and diet. ( Also covers depression and diet.) http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/184/5/404 Here is a bit of an excerpt, to see the whole paper and tables etc click on the link above. The British Journal of Psychiatry (2004) 184: 404-408 © 2004 The Royal College… Read more
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