Integral/Holistic view & approach to schizophrenia

[Being]

A very important discussion that needs to be had -

Psychiatry has its head in the sand: Royal College of Psychiatrists rejects discussion of crucial research on antipsychotics

http://joannamoncrieff.com/2013/12/2...ntipsychotics/

Two pieces of research have been published over the last two years that should prompt a major reorientation of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, and a fundamental reappraisal of the use of antipsychotic drugs in general. Put together, these studies suggest that the standard approach to treating serious mental health problems may cause more harm than good. Long-term treatment with antipsychotic drugs has adverse effects on the brain, and may impair rather than improve chances of recovery for some. Many people ask me how the psychiatric profession has responded to this data. Surely, they think, it must have stimulated a major debate within the profession, and some critical reflection about why it took so long to recognise these worrying effects? Sadly, this does not appear to be happening.

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[Being]

http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com...of-convention/

The United Nations has given its firmest indication yet that it is carrying out a secret, high-level inquiry into serious breaches of its disability convention by the UK government.

Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last August that the UK government appeared to have become the first country to face an inquiry by the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), due to alleged “grave or systemic violations” of the rights of disabled people.

[Being]

Originally Posted by Being

A very important discussion that needs to be had -

Psychiatry has its head in the sand: Royal College of Psychiatrists rejects discussion of crucial research on antipsychotics

http://joannamoncrieff.com/2013/12/2...ntipsychotics/

Two pieces of research have been published over the last two years that should prompt a major reorientation of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis, and a fundamental reappraisal of the use of antipsychotic drugs in general. Put together, these studies suggest that the standard approach to treating serious mental health problems may cause more harm than good. Long-term treatment with antipsychotic drugs has adverse effects on the brain, and may impair rather than improve chances of recovery for some. Many people ask me how the psychiatric profession has responded to this data. Surely, they think, it must have stimulated a major debate within the profession, and some critical reflection about why it took so long to recognise these worrying effects? Sadly, this does not appear to be happening.

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i'm Not opposed to a potential wise use of psycho-pharmacology & a more comprehensive psychiatry. Even with an ideal system i do think there would be a place for medications & for some people i think it's probably vital. In my own case i do accept the diagnosis & medication.

i do however think that there is an unanswered question as to the efficacy of far more comprehensive psychological/social approaches -

http://www.moshersoteria.com/

http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental...-open-dialogue

http://michaelcornwall.com/tag/diabasis-house/

http://www.windhorseimh.org/

http://www.theretreatyork.org.uk/

Call me pessimistic - But i can't see such approaches being the norm until there is a systemic change within society, psychiatry & the system - which could take hundreds more years, if it happens at all?

[Being]

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/top...ental-wellness

Traditionally, many conditions labeled under the umbrella of 'mental illness' were summed up solely as genetic or biochemical imbalances. Modern advances in psychiatric medicine have found causation to be more and more integrated to lifestyle and environmental factors, often finding the fundamental cause to be multi-factorial.

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[Serrao]

Hi Being,

I have a question. Hope you know about this.
Are there more people with mental illnesses in the present day than in the past?

[Being]

http://www.pete-walker.com/fAQsComplexPTSD.html

"Renowned traumatologist, John Briere, is said to have quipped that if Complex PTSD were ever given its due – that is, if the role of dysfunctional parenting in adult psychological disorders was ever fully recognized, the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used by all mental health professionals) would shrink to the size of a thin pamphlet. It currently resembles a large dictionary."

[Being]

Originally Posted by Serrao

Hi Being,

I have a question. Hope you know about this.
Are there more people with mental illnesses in the present day than in the past?

Largely depends on definitions/criteria & statistics.

[Being]

“The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.”

Eckhart Tolle

[Being]

https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2...all-countries/

[Being]

Prominent Scientist Says Consciousness Is Key to a ‘Theory of Everything’ -

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1647...of-everything/

Dr. Robert Lanza, who was selected by TIME magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people last year, believes science must recognize the importance of human consciousness.

Quantum physics has proven contradictory to classical, Newtonian physics, setting scientists on the search for a “Theory of Everything” to bridge the chasm threatening to swallow any confidence we have in our scientific understanding of the world.

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