I just read this damning report on the treatment of patients with schizophrenia in the UK. I’ve read that UK treatment of patients with severe mental illness was more progressive than in the US. I don’t know if that is true, but, if so, imagine the report the US would get. This article states that the “treatment” […]
Category Archives: Stigma
Know Your Stigmas
Recently, scientists set out to get a sense of the stereotypes and stigmatization associated with mental illness on the whole as well as stigmas associated with sub-types of mental illnesses. Here’s a segment from the study’s abstract: Study 1 demonstrated that the overarching category of people with mental illness was perceived as relatively incompetent, but not very hostile (i.e., relatively […]
The Myth of Mental Illness – Arachnoid.com
Most modern definitions of "mental illness" don't agree with the above traditional one — many now include the possibility that some mental illnesses have causes and remedies apart from psychological ones, but to date the implications of that …
Schizophrenia – Tall Guy Investigates
An eleven page chapter from my upcoming book Psychiatric Tales, which will be out from Blank Slate in early 2010. Feel free to point out any errors or make any other comments. 1 schizophrenia · 2 schizophrenia
Christian Health Care Center joins forces with community to create a …
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