Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
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Reflections on mental illness, mental health, and life. Authored by Marvin Ross, the MH advocate.
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
5d ago
By Dr. David Laing Dawson I have been focused on Donald Trump recently, and specifically prognosticating how such a personality evolves when emboldened by power and praise but also ridiculed and cornered. It is not a pretty sight, and he will become increasingly dangerous. But he is also a useful idiot for others. Rachel Maddow ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1w ago
The last thing we need is a conspiracy theory buffoon leading a major health agency. But, that is the reality south of our border ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1w ago
By Dr. David Laing Dawson, author of Two Years of Trump on the Psychiatrist’s Couch. “I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me.”– Genghis Khan We try to find humour ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1w ago
Susan Inman As the mother of a daughter who has been living with schizophrenia for over 24 years, I’m profoundly grateful for the evidence-based treatments used in mainstream psychiatry which have helped her have the life she has today. As someone who was considered one of the most profoundly psychotic teenagers the local refractory psychosis ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
3w ago
By Dr. David Laing Dawson We have in the White House a fascinating and terrifying couple, a duo, a pairing. A brilliant but autistic man and a supreme narcissist. It has to be an unusual pairing but perhaps there is a historic precedent. Both lack empathy for others. The one because empathy requires mirror neurons ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
3w ago
By Dr David Laing Dawson Some years ago I was talking with the owners of an antique shop in Australia. They were retiring and closing up their business. Then they were going to travel and see the world. But only to “civilized” countries, they said. Canada was on their list, and much of Europe. But ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1M ago
By Marvin Ross The issues facing those with disabilities tend to be unique to the particular disability with one huge exception that is often overlooked. I am referring to disability income supports that any compassionate government should provide to its citizens. In addition to adequate medical care and supports with daily living, the disabled need ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1M ago
By Dr David Laing Dawson Over the years my attitude toward the U.S.A has been one of typical Canadian ambivalence: one part envy and admiration, one part disdain and disgust. For a while after 9/11 I felt American, or at least one with America. That was my great city on my continent these delusional primitives ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1M ago
By Marvin Ross The last few weeks have seen a number of analyses by Dr Dawson of our friend from south of the border. If you want more of his assessment of the man then I highly recommend his book of a few years ago called Two Years of Trump on the Psychiatrist’s Couch. It ..read more
Mind You Reflections on mental illness, mental health and life
1M ago
Dr. David Laing Dawson On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack against the Soviet Union, its ally in the war against Poland. Many historians have tried to explain Hitler’s decision to break his treaty with Stalin and invade the Soviet Union. It meant traversing a thousand miles of frozen land and committing ..read more