Is there hope after a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
This documentary shows three people who have created successful lives after periods of severe disruption through psychosis – here is a clear message of hope – Surviving Schizophrenia- click here to play video
Madness Made Me – Documentary about Mary O’Hagan, peer consultant and author from New Zealand, compares her journal entries with case notes from her time in hospital…
Dr Chris Gordon and Brenda Miele Soares describe the implementation of Open Dialogue principles in their services in Framingham, Massachusetts
Professor Richard Bentall’s lecture for IAI – Treating Psychosis
http://iai.tv/VideoController/EmbeddedVideo/378?width=576&height=324&startTime=00%3A00
Professor Jim van Os
Jim has made a series of videos which outline his simple approach to understanding how various experiences called psychotic often can often have quite simple, ordinary explanations
Everybody has psychotic experiences
What is psychosis?
The five phases of psychosis and recovery
Jim’s TED talk
Eleanor Longden’s TED talk
Jaakko Seikkula discusses what Open Dialogue is not (subtitled Danish)
Compassion for Voices: a tale of courage and hope
Dr Peter C Gøtzsche on how to create a better psychiatry
– here Peter describes how addictive psych drugs really are, and their use leads to more disability
The UK Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry (cepuk.org) has a youtube channel featuring a series of talks on the topic of medication safety
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8eIK8kuf7tht1gV1HApH0g
Take these Broken Wings by Daniel Mackler
Open Dialogue by Daniel Mackler
Healing Homes by Daniel Mackler
Psychiatrist Dr Colin Ross discusses his views on the science behind current psychiatric practice https://youtu.be/AG1VHpsgUcY