Hi All,
Please check out this announcement for the upcoming workshop on the nature of madness and how to compassionately respond, that I’m leading with my friend David Lukoff at Esalen this November.
Best wishes,
Michael
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Transforming Crises, Self-Doubt and Extreme States
Hi All,
In this brief but very valuable blog post, Laura Kerr shares about how self-doubt and isolation can overtake us, but can also bring possibilities for personal and even spiritual transformation. She includes a video of me talking about extreme states.
Laura’s blog “Trauma’s Labyrinth” is a very helpful and inspiring resource!
Best wishes,
Michael
Does MadinAmerica Promote the Spreading of Scientific Anarchy? – Mad In America
Hi All,
In this new article just published I directly challenge Dr. Lieberman, the former president of the American Psychiatric Association, to stop his destructive public statements aimed at silencing people who are critical of psychiatry!
Best wishes,
Michael
R.D. Laing In the Twenty-First Century: What is Sanity? What is Madness? | Esalen, July 19-24, 2015
Hi All,
I’ll be a speaker and panel moderator at this awesome upcoming R.D. Laing Esalen event! A detailed program can be found here.
Best wishes,
Michael
Empathic Therapy Conference 2015
Hi All,
I’ll be speaking with Peter Breggin in a lively dialogue on the topic of “Therapy Yesterday and Today” at this great-looking, upcoming conference hosted by Peter Breggin and Bertram Karon.
Best wishes,
Michael
Responding to Madness with Loving Receptivity: A Practical Guide
Helping people in extreme states with loving receptivity
Psychosis 2.0, Toronto, Canada, 6.13.2014
LETTER FROM NINE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS TO FUNDERS AND ETHICS COMMITTEE ABOUT KETAMINE + ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY STUDY
OPEN LETTER, COPIED TO ALL CONCERNED WITH THE ECT-KETAMINE STUDY, INCLUDING NATIONAL INSITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH, NATIONAL RESEARCH ETHICS SERVICE, AND PARTICIPATING NHS TRUSTS AND UNIVERSITIES
June 19, 2014
We are a group of nine mental health experts, including four psychiatrists and affiliates of five Universities. We are writing to you (as a funder, an ethics committee or a NHS Trust) to raise concerns about, and recommend suspension and investigation of, the ‘Ketamine augmentation of ECT to improve outcomes in depression’ study.
{Funder Ref Number: EME-10/90/04 REC Ref: 12/NW/0021 EudraCT Number: 2011-005476-41 ISRCTN Ref: ISRCTN14689382 CTA Ref: 23148/0004/001-0001 Ketamine-ECT Study Protocol – Version 4.2 (03.07.2013)}.
When several mental health staff in the Manchester area started to contact some of us, from August 2013, with concerns about this study, we contemplated writing to you all at that stage to immediately pass on those concerns, as…
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