Mental Health Movement & Reform Information

17/01/2025

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17/01/2025

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Change during psychiatric drug withdrawal can be daunting, overwhelming, and uniquely intense, tying our stomachs in knots and confronting us with an unprecedented whirlwind of emotions.

But change is an inherent part of the process–and for so many of you in our community, going off psychiatric drugs is about much more than withdrawal symptoms or the practicalities of tapering; it's about reclaiming your identity and reconnecting with the inner self that has been yearning to be heard all along.

As a result, change can also be profoundly rewarding. Our Director of Operations, Leela Ehrhart, explores this complex experience in her new blog post. She delves into the conventional wisdom that advises against making major life changes during withdrawal, suggesting that there might be more nuance to this advice than we often consider:

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17/01/2025

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Event Reminder ~ Join us TOMORROW, Friday, January 17th at 11 AM EST for A Conversation with Renée Pellerin: "Conspiracy of Hope: The Truth About Breast Cancer Screening"

Guest Bio: Renée Pellerin is an award-winning Canadian journalist who specialized in health and consumer issues as a producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for many years before writing her book, "Conspiracy of Hope: The Truth About Breast Cancer Screening."
Link to book: https://buff.ly/4jktOUK

This event will be LIVE here on the Medicating Normal page. Viewers will be welcome to ask questions in the comments during the conversation. We will try to get to as many audience questions as possible.

Hope to see you there!

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17/01/2025

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ty Colbert, PhD Dr. Colbert is a clinical psychologist and director of the Center of Psychological Alternatives to Biopsychiatry. The center is dedicated to educating both the professional and the public about the fallacies behind the inheritance and the chemical imbalance models....

17/01/2025

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Approximately 1 in 3 women around you have been subjected to this - so it is important to know what to say if and when they disclose to you. It’s very likely you will have someone disclose to you at some point, if you haven’t already.

Here are six simple but effective and compassionate ways I tend to respond when women talk to me. These responses are non-blaming, non-judgemental, anti-pathology and prioritise her feelings and her safety over anything else.

16/01/2025

16/01/2025

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Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, took his own life in February last year

16/01/2025

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All mental health problems are overwhelmingly seen as conditions arising from a chemical imbalance which needs correcting with drugs just like other diseases. But what if I told you this idea is a myth?

16/01/2025

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Sir Tony Blair said there is a danger of telling too many people going through life's normal challenges that they are suffering a mental health condition.

16/01/2025

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Read the full article by Dr. Moncrieff in the Daily Mail, “Medicating misery by doling out antidepressants is based on a myth: NHS psychiatrist Professor Joanna Moncrieff reveals the shameful truth about Big Pharma

15/01/2025

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14/01/2025

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“Perhaps one of the most curious responses I get whilst discussing trauma is when people are shocked that mental illnesses are not caused by vague ‘chemical imbalances’ and then say to me, ‘Well, then what is the cause?’

The answer is so unbelievably simple. It stares us in the face every day. Human suffering. Stress. Abuse. Debt. Poverty. Violence. Pressures. Relationship breakdowns. Loss. Trauma. Isolation. Loneliness. Oppression. Illness.

When you place humans under stress, their emotions, behaviours and thoughts change. This is obvious.

And yet they respond with disbelief, as if they want it to be something more complicated. They would be more comfortable if I made up a disorder or illness of the brain, or gave them some convoluted, inaccessible answer about neurons and genetics.

Anything but look at life through the humane lens which validates the huge amount of trauma and distress in each of our lives - and seeks to support humans as our equals.”

13/01/2025

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Coroner and MPs raise concerns as almost 200 alerts made in decade to regulator over deaths linked to drugs