Can therapy reach people in extreme states of “psychosis” — without
using medications? Do we need to give a diagnosis to help someone? Why are
counselors afraid to listen to their “mad” clients?
New York psychotherapist and filmmaker Daniel Mackler discusses how be defie...
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How does the legacy of colonialism affect mental health in India?
Are women’s rights, spiritual freedom, and ant-colonialism intertwined?
Do women who choose a path of spiritual renunciation have the same freedom
as men? Where are human rights more respected: in traditio...
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Hearing voices is strongly connected with traumatic experiences, but are
voices a brain malfunction or a creative strategy for protection?
UK psychologist Eleanor Longden survived a diagnosis of paranoid
schizophrenia and went on to be a leading researcher around voice hear...
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Could a young man's overwhelming visions of Christ and apocalypse be
a creative response to life trauma, rather than signs of
paranoid schizophrenia? Does madness unfold differently depending on whether
it is supported - or feared? Irish activist and punk musician
Grain...
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Hosted by Will Hall
Today's guest is Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic
Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in
America
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