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Irving Kirsch, Ph.D. “The Antidepressant Data Are Clear: The Spin Remains” 2019 ISEPP Conference

Author: Editorial 6th August 2021 0 Comments

This 51 minute video features author and scientist Dr. Irving Kirsch delivering a lecture at 2019 Annual Conference of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP):

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Prescripticide

Author: Editorial 9th July 2021 0 Comments

This 12 minute video (see below) is set within an American context. The producers say: “This video challenges one of the most popular beliefs: That mental suffering is a disease that requires corrective treatment through chemical intervention. More specifically, this…
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Coalition Against Medicalized Psychiatry and Psychology (CAMPP), International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), Psychiatric Drugs, psychiatry, Richard D. Lewis, suicide, videos, violence

How tech could help create ‘music prescriptions’

Author: Editorial 18th June 2021 0 Comments

This 4 minute video comes from the BBC, who say: “Companies are exploring how data could be used to create a so-called prescription playlists of music – perhaps even one day replacing pain-killers or some types of anti-anxiety medication. BBC Click’s…
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AI, algorithms, anxiety, BBC Click, Jen Copestake, medimusic, music therapy, prescription playlists, Research, videos, Warren Youth Project

Maps of Meaning: Story and Metastory

Author: Editorial 16th June 2021 0 Comments

This video (see below) covers the first part (2 hours 22 minutes) of a very interesting and wide-ranging lecture from psychologist Prof. Jordan Peterson. Prof. Peterson says that people almost never come to him with mental illnesses – instead they come…
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belief systems, complexity, culture, Culture & Society, Jordan Peterson, meta-story, personal narrative, story, story-telling, values, videos

My psychologist had never seen a black man with self-harm scars | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up…
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‘They saw me as mad and needing to be medicated’ | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 31st May 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental health system. They discuss medication,…
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The Psychedelic Drug Trial

Author: Editorial 28th May 2021 0 Comments

This 1 hour documentary film is from BBC2. The makers say: “The Psychedelic Drug Trial has exclusive access to a ground-breaking new trial at Imperial College London. The trial sees, for the first time ever under controlled conditions, a psychedelic drug tested…
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RHS Bridgewater: Europe’s ‘biggest horticultural project’ opens

Author: Editorial 26th May 2021 0 Comments

In part concerning therapeutic gardening and social prescribing, the BBC reports : “The first Royal Horticultural Society garden in an urban area has welcomed its first visitors, completing what the charity has billed as Europe’s “biggest hands-on horticultural project”. The 154-acre…
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How Wild Swimming Helped My Mental Health

Author: Editorial 29th April 2021 0 Comments

This 3 minute video is from The Social (from BBC Scotland). The producers say: “Brooke Lily was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, but as soon as she discovered the power of wild swimming – she felt she could take back control…
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There’s More To Life Than Happiness

Author: Editorial 9th April 2021 0 Comments

“I think it’s not just that you pursue a project beyond yourself because it will make you happy, but that you pursue a project beyond yourself because it makes suffering worthwhile. It’s not that you do these things because the…
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antidepressants, Ashley Frawley, diagnostic labelling, happiness, Mark Horowitz, meaning-making, psychiatry, Renegade Inc., Ross Ashcroft, videos, wellbeing