The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
In the 1950s and 1960s, several books were published criticizing the psychiatric profession and calling for its reform. The authors included therapists, psychiatrists, politicians,…
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Deep Ecology and Mental Illness
Mental illness can be caused by a variety of things, from abuse and neglect to genetics and hormonal imbalances. But people are also affected…
Read MoreThe Barney Fife Syndrome: Recognizing and Working With Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
If you have the traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), you could be causing the people who love or work with you to feel…
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5 Tips on Dealing With an Autistic Person
Dealing with an autistic person can be enormously challenging, demanding tolerance, kindness, and patience. Before exploring how to cope with autistic people, it would…
Read MoreSchizophrenia and Wrestling With the Unconscious
There have always been people within our society who have seen and/or heard things that are not apparent to others. Many of them hear…
Read MoreHow to Pull Yourself Out of a Depression
If you are vulnerable to depression, it would be wise to develop an action plan you can implement when you begin to sink. You could even give it a…
Read MoreWhat Is Anhedonia? – Loss of Interest, Pleasure
Numbness and loss of pleasure are now recognized as core symptoms of depression. A general loss of pleasure in life, or ‘anhedonia’ as psychiatrists…
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What Is Hypergraphia?
The brain is a strange instrument that is far too complex for anyone to fully understand. While it’s easy to take it for granted…
Read MoreHow to Combat Social Anxiety
While some people will have clinically diagnosable social anxiety, which is a very crippling and serious condition, it’s also true that almost all of…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Benzodiazepines and Benzodiazepine Addiction
Benzodiazepines are a type of drug prescribed by doctors and psychiatrists in order to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia. These drugs have a mild…
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