Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis

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International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (UK)– works to promote greater knowledge of the different psychological approaches to psychosis and psychotic experiences – psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, arts-based, family and holistic approaches – and their better integration with each other and with pharmaceutical approaches. Thank you for this afternoon and for the passion you brought to it. It’s made me feel more hopeful that change is possible.

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This online workshop is aimed at people who reject the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and who want to further explore non-pathologising ways of supporting people who are experiencing emotional distress particularly when the distress has been or is at risk of being explained by society, services and many professionals as evidence of ‘mental illness.’ I was a 26-year-old support worker sat face to face with a recently sectioned, police-escorted patient on a mental health ICU ward. As this patient looked me in the eye with what took considerable effort to fight the level of sedation they were under, they asked me… “What can you actually do for me, how can you help me, you look like a teenager, how can you help someone of my age, how can you understand what I’ve been through?” Indigo Daya, survivor advocate, blogger, speaker, consumer academic, University of Melbourne and human rights advisor, Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, Australia A. New assessment tools: based on the kinds of trauma a person has experienced and its lasting effects. They also need more humane methods of eliciting recovery, e.g. counseling in which there is authentic, person to person, client-centered connection.Thank you, Jacqui, totally mind blowing! Really made me think and lots of practical skills I can use in my work. The Inner Compass Initiative and Withdrawal Project– provides information, resources, tools, and connecting platforms to facilitate more informed choices regarding all things “mental health”. There’s an intruder in our house! Counselling, psychotherapy and the biomedical model of emotional distress The Power Threat Meaning Framework– Towards the identification of patterns in emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubled or troubling behaviour, as an alternative to functional psychiatric diagnosis.

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helpful to anybody who wants to learn more about the many facets of mental health care and treatments.’ with overwhelming emotional issues typically does not help them. Instead, a psychiatric diagnosis usually The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry– CEP exists to communicate evidence of the potentially harmful effects of psychiatric drugs to the people and institutions in the UK that can make a difference. Anyone who wants to deal with the epidemic of distress and despair in our society should engage deeply with Jo Watson's work and this massively important book. --Johann Hari, author of Lost Connections and Chasing the ScreamThis is a limited numbers online workshop with the aim of creating a space for interaction and discussion for participants. Free and reduced places are limited and available on a first come first served basis.

Drop the Disorder: Challenging the Culture of Psychiatric

This book represents a mission… a move away from biomedical entrapment to a caring mental health system built on the values of liberation and humanity.’ Dr Sarah Carr, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Service User Research Enterprise, King’s College London

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Online Events Online Classes Online Health Classes #counselling #psychiatry #psychology #mental_health Mad in America– Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad).