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Grace vs Shame

Dr. Deb

2) quizzes (3) read-aloud visits (3) resiliency (5) schizophrenia (4) screenings (1) SEL (1) self help booksteachers (1) self-care (9) self-esteem (18) service animals. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 1) traumatic injury (1) treatment (59) treatment. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Becoming Stewards of Shadow: Beyond Great Men and Myths of Invention

Mad in America

Various African healing traditions have long-standing practices of engaging with hidden parts of the self—through dreams, rituals, and guided journeys. Among the Yawuru people of Western Australia, children are taught that their shadow is part of them—something to walk with and be especially aware of when it may impact others.

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Self Care Tips for Winter Months

Dr. Deb

Deb Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Self Care Tips for Winter Months Posted by Dr. Deb at 7:26 PM Email This BlogThis! 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. 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Reverted Rights Celebration!

Dr. Deb

2) quizzes (3) read-aloud visits (3) resiliency (5) schizophrenia (4) screenings (1) SEL (1) self help booksteachers (1) self-care (9) self-esteem (18) service animals. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 1) traumatic injury (1) treatment (59) treatment. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1) 3) trauma (39) trauma. (1)

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Psychiatry Criticism Politics: When the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Your Friend

Mad in America

Attempting to counter this in 2008, I published an article in the Huffington Post (now called the HuffPost ) titled “ Thinking Critically About Scientology, Psychiatry, and Their Feud ” in which I describe the similarities between establishment psychiatry and Scientology. general public have gotten increasingly enraged by mass shootings.

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Brain Disorders or Problems with Living? How Research on “Mental Illness” Went Awry

Mad in America

About the only arrow psychiatry had left in its quiver was talk therapy, and while no doubt individual psychiatrists did some good in that capacity, there was a growing awareness among the public, and themselves, that the conditions they were treating were not really diseases , and what they were doing was not really practicing medicine.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Mad in America

It’s about learning to self-regulate, so that, if and when mental storms pass through, they no longer require such harsh societal intervention. From 2001 to 2008, I was hospitalized for mania at a rate of almost once per year (7 times in 8 years)—including one month-long hospitalization. If the system says I am a 6.8