Hospital Diversion Services: A Manual on Assisting in the Development of a Respite/Diversion Service...
A manual on creating a peer-run hospital diversion respite house, based on the experience of Rose House and the work of PEOPLE, Inc. (Available...
Video: Coming Off Medications: A Harm Reduction Approach
Video by Will Hall explaining some of the important things to consider when choosing to reduce medications.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments in Psychiatry
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Addressing Non-Adherence to Antipsychotic Medication: A Harm Reduction Approach
Article in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
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Coming Off Medication
Article by Guy Holmes and Marese Hudson in Mind
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Making Sense of Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Website of Mind, U.K.
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First Aid for Emotional Trauma
Handout by Will Hall, offered on the Icarus Project website, on what emotional trauma is and how to work to heal it.
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Positive Expectations for the Future Improves Quality of Life
In a pilot study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, researchers found that Future-Directed Therapy (FDT) improved quality of life and relieved depressive...
Humor As Effective As Medication in Treating Agitation in Dementia
In "the first major study of the impact of humour therapy on mood, agitation, behavioural disturbances and social engagement in dementia," researchers in Australia...
Vitamin D Benefits Depressed Adolescents
Low levels of vitamin D were found in a sample of 54 depressed Swedish adolescents, with a positive correlation between vitamin D and well-being....
Sensitivity to Anxiety is Related to Psychiatric Multimorbidity
Researchers in Israel found that sensitivity to the physical and psychological experiences of anxiety was strongly correlated with PTSD, depression, anxiety disorder, panic attacks,...
International Review of Psychiatry Focuses on Recovery
The February International Review of Psychiatry focuses on recovery, from mental health "Trialogues" in Austria, to social equality in Canada, to policy shifts from...
PTSD Mediates Overall Mental and Physical Health
Researchers from the University of Hawaii found that PTSD was associated with severity of depression, substance use, and overall mental and physical health in...
Peer-Led Education Improves Recovery and Hopefulness
In a study of 428 outpatients in Tennessee, researchers from the University of Chicago and the NIMH found that BRIDGES, an 8-week peer-run education...
Early Environment Influences Schizophrenia Independent of Genetic Risk
Canadian researchers found that childhood adversity and other environmental factors such as family instability and cannabis use was associated with the development of schizophrenia,...
Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition in Schizophrenia
Oxytocin, a natural hormone with a role in social behaviors, has been shown to improve social behaviors in people with autistic spectrum disorders and...
Becoming Dialogical: Psychotherapy or a Way of Life?
"Becoming Dialogical" is a 2011 article by Jaakko Seikkula about the shifting focus in Open Dialogue from speech to the entire embodied human being...
Review of Evidence for Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Depressive Disorders
Researchers in Germany review and evaluate the evidence for non-pharmacological treatment of depressive disorders, finding an "adequate level of evidence" for psychotherapeutic intervention, marital/couples/family...
EEG Shows That Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Brain Function in Bipolar Disorder
In a study of 12 patients with bipolar disorder and 9 controls, researchers found that after an 8-week training in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy...
CBT Helpful For Benzo Discontinuation
CBT helps in benzo discontinuation, over and above relaxation training and contact with a therapist. Published in Behaviour Research and Therapy.
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Childhood Adversity Changes Stress-Related Gene Expression
Researchers in Rhode Island and New Hampshire examined 99 healthy adults for changes related to stress hormones, and asked about their childhood attachment experiences....
1 in 4 Adults With a Mental Illness Has Been A Victim of Violence...
In a meta-analysis funded by the World Health Organization and published in The Lancet, studies of 21,500 disabled individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand,...
Deficits in Psychosis Linked To Childhood Trauma Via Brain Changes
In a study of 83 patients and 63 controls, researchers in Norway and the U.K. investigated deficits in attention, concentration, language and verbal intelligence...
Paranoid Symptoms Arise From Social Phobia/Trauma
In a 10-year longitudinal study of 3021 participants, researchers in The Netherlands, U.K., Germany and Switzerland find that paranoid symptoms are associated with social...
NH Wins $10 Million to Expand Fitness Program
New Hampshire's SHAPE program to promote physical fitness for the mentally ill has been so successful that the federal government has awarded $10 million...
