Words can’t express our gratitude. From the entire CRAZYWISE team, thank you to every person who has supported us during our campaign.
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Words can’t express our gratitude. From the entire CRAZYWISE team, thank you to every person who has supported us during our campaign.
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Mary Olson, Ph.D. is a family therapist and the founding Director of the Institute for Dialogic Practice in Massachusetts. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar she traveled to Finland in 2001 she discovered Open Dialogue,
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E. Fuller Torrey, a well known psychiatrist, is an outspoken critic of some of Robert Whitaker’s (Anatomy of an Epidemic) findings. We met Dr. Torrey at his office in Washington D.C. for this interview. I found him to be very warm
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Last week we traveled to East Coast to interview several individuals who are currently involved in the vigorous debate surrounding the definition and treatment of mental illness in our country. In Cambridge, Massachusetts we met Robert Whitaker
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While documenting Adam’s story and interviewing experts in the field of mental health I have become alarmed to learn how severe the mental health crisis currently is in the U.S.
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Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Will Hall, one of the bright lights in the Survivor-led movement that’s advocating for a change in the way mental illness is defined and treated. Will has faced his own struggles with madness and speaks to us about the alternative treatment approaches that have worked for him.
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Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality. Joan mentions that she isn’t against psycho-pharmacology to treat mental distress, but she also believes that its important
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Sandra Ingerman is one of the respected leaders of the neo-shamanic movement here in America that has brought traditional cross-cultural healing methods and beliefs to the Western world.
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There seems to be two competing paradigms used to describe the causes of severe mental distress. One takes a more objective scientific approach
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Debra Thompson Harvey, our producer, recommended that we interview Gabor Mate after reading his book “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts”.
Phil’s Introduction to Shamanism and Spiritual Awakening
Could meditation be an alternative to medication?
The story of two friend’s trauma and healing
Spiritual growth in Hawaii
Adam’s search for a supportive community
Points of view on mental health