OPEN EXCELLENCE

Accelerating the world's transition to excellent mental health care.

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Open Excellence is proud to support HOPEnDialogue's International Network Meeting for the Treatment of Psychosis 2023: August, 31 2023 - September, 03 2023 in Rome https://t.co/N9eDwFvKPl

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The conference starts tomorrow and it's going to be fantastic. Experts from across the world will discuss the practical details of withdrawal & alternatives to medication. Free and reduced price tickets available for those who qualify. https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

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Do not miss this opportunity May 5-6, when experts from across the world will discuss the practical details of withdrawal, alternatives to medication, and how to change the narratives surrounding psychiatric drugs. Tickets to fit every budget.
https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

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Experts from across the world will discuss the practical details of withdrawal & alternatives to medication, followed by an opportunity for those who wish to connect with other attendees and reflect on the conference in a Zoom meeting, May 5-6. #IIPDW https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

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Experts from across the world will discuss the practical details of withdrawal, alternatives to medication, and how to change the narratives surrounding psychiatric drugs, May 5-6. Ticket prices to fit every budget, including pre-paid tickets. https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

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Anyone with a personal or professional interest is welcome at this conference, May 5-6. Those with lived experience of psychiatric drugs who would like to be considered for a pre-paid ticket, please get in touch with the conference organizers at https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

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Don't miss this. Experts from across the world will discuss the practical details of withdrawal, alternatives to medication, and how to change the narratives surrounding psychiatric drugs, May 5-6. Ticket prices to fit every budget. https://t.co/iYTtDkJTbk

[Nev Jones PhD @viscidula]

I’ve gotta say that I find myself rather dismayed that, in 2022, a special edition like this, 40 articles, includes only a single essay written by anyone w direct experience (Elyn Saks in this case) & minimal interdisciplinary A 🧵

[CEP @CEP_UK]

More than 1,000 patients stopped taking antidepressants after introduction of local deprescribing guidelines.

https://t.co/TWD0FQSmDO

[The Nation @thenation]

The story most of us know about antidepressants is more marketing than science.
https://t.co/nmaYR6JIhi

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Want to help change the world? Learn from those who are doing it. Panelists will share their experiences building and sustaining care systems that prioritize well-being, autonomy, and dignity both in and outside the public mental health system. https://t.co/06V6bHtdfy

[RxISK @RxISK]

A malaria drug called #Larium gave this soldier nightmares, rages, paranoid fears. But the worst was when army docs insisted there was nothing wrong.

It’s called Sanctuary Trauma.
https://t.co/RzuPiRIRqA

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What a fantastic resource for professionals and the public. A top notch gathering of experts by training and lived experience.

[International Institute for Psych Drug Withdrawal @Institute_PDW]

WITHDRAWAL FROM PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS - IIPDW is pleased to invite you to our first large-scale conference ONLINE https://t.co/8e7lJLIfIy this May 6 & 7, bringing together international experts @CarinaHkansson1 Robert Whitaker @LauraDelano @joannamoncrieff & Magnus Hald. Join us! 🎟️

[Mad In America @Mad_In_America]

Former NIMH Director’s New Book: Why, With More Treatment, Have Suicides and Mental Distress Increased?
By Bruce Levine, PhD

Insel asks this unsettling question: “If treatments are so effective, why are outcomes so dire?”

https://t.co/WxdGYNdmz2

[Charlotte Archer @ArcherCS_]

Our work published today by @BJGPjournal reports a rise in prescribing for anxiety @DrKMTurner @Becky_mars_ @sjmacneill David Kessler & Nicola Wiles. https://t.co/Bateq69Ztx @NIHRresearch @NIHRSPCR @capcbristol @arc_wessex @BristolBRC @sapcacuk (1/6)

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Looking forward to @idha_nyc’s virtual panel #DecarceratingCare: Laying the Foundations for Liberated Practice on 3/28. Featuring @neuronbomb, @MooreVesper, @YoloAkili, @dharmajoydc1 and Anjali Nath Upadhyay of @libspring

ASL + CART provided
Register: https://t.co/53cs0pU4y0

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If you serve people experiencing psychosis, this practical CE course series might be just what you're looking for.

[Ron Unger @ronunger]

I'm teaching a series of live online seminars on CBT for psychosis starting 4/8/22, CE credits offered. Explore issues like working with paranoia and troublesome voices, the intersection of trauma and psychosis, and cultural and spiritual issues. https://t.co/y8cU2OatN7

[James Barnes MSc., MA @psychgeist52]

Highly respected expert on the social history of medicine, Andrew Scull, writes for @Mad_In_America on psychiatry's history of callous, concrete thinking and cynical experimentations. Discusses present day Deep Brain Stimulation & ECT

Well worth a read

https://t.co/QfUGrFYLD5

[Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social @markhoro]

Looks like a very informative series of lectures - can't wait.