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The new peer workforce in mental health services: Optimising implementation and maximising value

Centre for Mental Health

Julie Repper, CEO, IMROC Imroc first developed and delivered peer support training in 2007 as just one way of driving forward recovery-focused changes in the culture and practice of mental health services. From my perspective, as both a nurse and a peer worker, I engage with people at the same human level.

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Grace vs Shame

Dr. Deb

Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Newer Post Older Post Home About Me Dr. Deb Blogposts are for educational purposes only. Deb Tuesday, April 09, 2024 Grace vs Shame Posted by Dr. Deb at 9:50 AM Email This BlogThis! They should NOT be used as a substitute for psychotherapy or treatment advice. 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Criticisms That Establishment Psychiatry Can and Cannot Tolerate

Mad in America

In contrast, what is existentially threatening to establishment psychiatry is the 2007 Annals of General Psychiatry article, Psychiatry During the Nazi Era: Ethical Lessons for the Modern Professional by psychiatrist Rael Strous, who is critical of the contemporary training of psychiatrists.

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Self Care Tips for Winter Months

Dr. Deb

Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: self-care , winter Newer Post Older Post Home About Me Dr. Deb Blogposts are for educational purposes only. Deb at 7:26 PM Email This BlogThis! They should NOT be used as a substitute for psychotherapy or treatment advice. 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Veterans Take Their “War Cry For Change” to Capitol Hill

Mad in America

Father and son had co-authored a 2022 book, Suicide Stalks the Sniper , which details Mark Miller’s recovery, with family support, after a suicide attempt involving Prozac in 2007. Mark Miller subsequently became “addicted” to opioids, his father said, prescribed by the VHA for a war injury.

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Interview with German activist Peter Lehmann: “I Lost My Fear and Gained Everything.”

Mad in America

I grew up in a time shortly after the second world war, where I had to deal with parents who were educated and had socialized during the Hitler fascism. So, Ilike many other peoplehad to suffer from an often humiliating and violent education, and, yeah, other people developed better than me. 2007): Alternatives beyond psychiatry.

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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

Mad in America

was given a slap on the wristjust had to take some continuing education coursesand hes still practicing today. In Alan Schwarzs article, he mentioned that from 2007 to 2011, prescriptions for Adderall increased by 250%from 14 million prescriptions to significantly more. That first doctor had areputation. million Adderall prescriptions.