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Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2015 6:34:00 GMT
‘More Harm than Good’ conference can be watched live cepuk.org/moreharmthangood/More Harm Than Good: Confronting the Psychiatric Medication Epidemic a one-day international conference at the University of Roehampton The Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry invites you to join global leaders in the critical psychiatry movement for a one-day conference which will address an urgent public health issue: the iatrogenic harm caused by the over-prescription of psychiatric medications. There is clear evidence that these drugs cause more harm than good over the long term, and can damage patients and even shorten their lives. Yet why are these medications so popular? What harms are they causing? What can be done to address the problem? This event brings together key experts from both sides of the Atlantic to debate these issues, and we invite you to join the discussion cepuk.org/2015/09/07/harm-good-conference-can-watched-live/CEP is pleased to announce that its upcoming conference More Harm than Good: Confronting the Psychiatric Medication Epidemic will be ‘live streamed’ via YouTube on 18 September. This means that anyone with an Internet connection can watch the conference for free in real time. In addition, each of the talks will be filmed and posted onto the CEP website for later viewing. There are two streams to view. The first starts at 9am BST (GMT+1) and will record the morning session. The address is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8kMnFTBgvcThe second starts at 2pm BST (GMT+1) and will record the afternoon session. The address is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSF1vjCwrk
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Post by sishellen on Nov 11, 2015 7:43:41 GMT
Hi - I am gathering information on this topic. Have you heard of treatments with psychedelics? For example Ibogaine for addiction, ayahuasca for many illnesses, ketamine for depression? I have experimented with different ones, but mainly MDMA, for my own issues. The prescription drugs are aiming to change your chemistry = blocking specific receptors, and I am trying to understand what the differences are. The psychedelics I know from the meaning of the word itself, reveal whatever is in the psyche. And that could be fatal in some cases of serious psychosis and issues of that nature... Any feedback?
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Post by Admin on Nov 11, 2015 9:27:35 GMT
Hi - I am gathering information on this topic. Have you heard of treatments with psychedelics? For example Ibogaine for addiction, ayahuasca for many illnesses, ketamine for depression? I have experimented with different ones, but mainly MDMA, for my own issues. The prescription drugs are aiming to change your chemistry = blocking specific receptors, and I am trying to understand what the differences are. The psychedelics I know from the meaning of the word itself, reveal whatever is in the psyche. And that could be fatal in some cases of serious psychosis and issues of that nature... Any feedback? Hi. i took a lot of drugs in the past - have been T-Total now for over 14 years. Me personally i hope Not to take anything ever again, & i don't think it would be wise for me. There does seem to be some evidence that psychedelics can help in cases, at various doses. i've read a lot of Stan Grof. As with everything, there are a lot of different perspectives/opinions on all these areas.
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Post by sishellen on Nov 11, 2015 9:47:55 GMT
Seems like Stan Grof uses the same approach with the holotropic breath technique (which is valid in my experience) youtu.be/qCzG9QsM-Pw
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Post by snowstorm on Nov 11, 2015 18:53:20 GMT
Just wondering if psychedelics 'act on' the psyche, rather than 'reveal' the psyche?
I instinctively wouldn't want to take substances as a therapy, because psychosis is traumatic enough without adding a variable.
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Post by sishellen on Nov 11, 2015 20:51:34 GMT
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Post by sishellen on Nov 11, 2015 21:04:59 GMT
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