According to the International College of Neuroethics and Neuroscience (ICONN): While people with Schizophrenia make up only 1% of overall population, they make up: 24% of jail population 20-30% of homeless population 15% of state prison population To say that "mental illness" is criminalized is a style of expression within the advocacy community, meant to … Continue reading So-called Schizophrenia is not criminalized – the neurobehavioral symptoms are criminalized…”Psychiatry” is to blame
Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality
When we use the term "mental illness", not brain illness, do we put our patients in harm's way? .........Drs Mary Baker and Matthew Menken Baker and Menken challenged their colleagues in the medical profession with this question in an article titled "Time to Abandon the Term Mental Illness" - published in the British Medical Journal, … Continue reading Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality
More on Anosognosia, The Visually Blind Patient that Believes they Can See
In yesterday's post, it was said that it can be very difficult to get the psychology out of neurology. Much of Psychology is intuitive, despite its lofty claims of being scientific, despite its venerated status with the intelligencia and the media. Meyerian and Freudian "Psychiatry", especially in its most repugnant form, that being so-called forensic … Continue reading More on Anosognosia, The Visually Blind Patient that Believes they Can See
ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
Advocates often describe anosognosia as someone who is so sick, that they don't know they are sick. That's an inadequate description of the condition because it does a disservice to those who commit acts of harm toward others because of the condition. What does it mean for a person to "know they are sick" in … Continue reading ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
Psychosocial “Psychiatry” Hijacked A Movement Intended to Curtail Institutional Abuse – and destroyed what might have become a well-functioning system of care.
Follow Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-in-the-family/201510/what-clifford-beers-wanted I found this article while researching the topic of Clifford Beers and the destructive Mental Hygiene Movement, the origin of today's Mental Health Awareness Movement. If not for the false beliefs of Adolph Meyer and his cunning strategy to hijack the rational, sensible cause initiated by Beers, we would not the catastrophe … Continue reading Psychosocial “Psychiatry” Hijacked A Movement Intended to Curtail Institutional Abuse – and destroyed what might have become a well-functioning system of care.
Advocacy Community Mourns the Loss of Jeanne Gore
Jeanne Gore was the founder of National Shattering Silence Coalition (NSSC). She worked tirelessly in the years before and up to her untimely passing to reform the system. She is missed by everyone who worked collaboratively with her to stand up for people with serious brain disorders. https://www.nationalshatteringsilencecoalition.org/ Central to Jeanne's perspectives was the fact … Continue reading Advocacy Community Mourns the Loss of Jeanne Gore
There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
When we use the term “mental illness”, not “brain illness”, do we put our patients in harm’s way? …Drs. Mary Baker & Matthew Menken 2001. As long as there is such a thing as "Psychiatry" there will need to be such a thing as "mental illness". The writer of this Washington Post article ponders if … Continue reading There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid was created by Professor Anthony Jorm, a mental health literacy professor and Betty Kitchener, a health education nurse. Similar to CPR and First Aid for emergencies of the body, the Mental Health First Aid program was designed to help a person experiencing a crisis of the mind and/or spirit. Stop right … Continue reading Mental Health First Aid
Op Ed on Bloomberglaw.com
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“Treatment” for Symptoms of a Serious Brain Function Disorder – Pepper Spray and Stun Guns
Excerpt from this news report written by Brett Sholtis, a health reporter for WITF ...he was standing naked outside a Dauphin County hotel, where he had just punched a man. A mental health specialist working with the county prison said Thompson should be sent to a hospital for psychiatric care. But at the hospital, a doctor ran … Continue reading “Treatment” for Symptoms of a Serious Brain Function Disorder – Pepper Spray and Stun Guns
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