“Mostly it’s the overmedicating that steals lives, not the distress of the mental health”
Elaine Browne, peer support worker
Perspective peer support and wellbeing centre opened officially in October 2019. Before then it had been a developing peer practice...
The biomedical model of psychiatry and the right to refuse medication
As an inpatient, I have seen the prevailing biomedical model of psychiatry and how it compels doctors and nurses to act. The cavalier attitude...
What does the social model of disability have to do with emotional and mental...
Language and Framing: talking about what we mean when we talk about “disability”
The language we use is influenced by what we know (or think...
A self-help version of EMDR could make healing from trauma easier
I entered the training for EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with extreme skepticism, thinking it was the gimmickiest therapy technique ever proposed on...
The politics and power of hearing voices
A lot of voice hearers have voices that are persecutory in nature although it is worth remembering that some people are comfortable with this...