The health professions make a grave mistake when they treat mental illnesses as “discrete brain conditions that are largely genetically determined and barely influenced by the slings and arrows of misfortune,” writes clinical …
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Is part of recovery from PTSD losing the war narrative and letting it …
At lunch this week with Paul Edgar, I began to think that “losing the narrative” is part of moving beyond PTSD. I was moved to this thought by a short essay that Paul Yingling ran in my blog, through the good offices of Paul …
Mental illness is a result of misery, yet still we stigmatise it | Richard …
Patients are being shunned in the mistaken belief they have biological defects. In fact the evidence shows that most have endured traumas.
Engaging women with mental health conditions in health care …
Laura Line, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Maternity Care Coalition. This post is part of “Mental Health: The Missing Piece in Maternal Health,” a blog series co-hosted by the MHTF, the Mental Health Innovation Network at …
Approach mental health like cancer care: prevention is key …
For decades cancer strategy has focused on early prevention and diagnosis. Now we must do the same with mental health.