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Goliath: Playing With Reality
4⭐ PCVR • Quest
https://www.libraryofrealities.com/2023/09/goliath-playing-with-reality.html

Goliath: Playing With Reality uses the unique immersive qualities of virtual reality to tell a true life story of someone who struggles to recognize actual reality. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for best VR immersive work at the Venice International Film Festival, this ...

#PCVR #MetaQuest #Documentary #Education #Narrative #VirtualReality #VR #Schizophrenia #MentalHealth #Gaming

Psychiatry in the west has been built upon a long history of colonial aggression. If you are part of a minority group, chances are you will end up in a psychiatrists office at some point in your life.

Psychiatry then positions the problem in your brain, rather than the political and material circumstances of your life.

Psychiatry needs to do better.

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy #schizophrenia #Schizophrenic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #mentalhealth #Psychiatry

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***TRIGGER WARNING -- DEATH TOPIC***

TITLE: Suicide Most Common Cause of Death in People w/
Schizophrenia—"Need for Continuous Suicide-Prevention Efforts for People
w/ Schizophrenia"

Thank you Dr. Pope

-- Forwarded --

The American Psychiatric Association issued the following news release:
Suicide Most Common Cause of Death in People With Schizophrenia, Study Finds

Suicide is the most common cause of death in patients who have
schizophrenia spectrum disorders, a study in Schizophrenia Bulletin has
found.

Marie Stefanie Kejser Starzer, M.D., of Copenhagen University Hospital
and colleagues analyzed data from the OPUS I study, a randomized
controlled trial of 578 patients experiencing their first episode of
psychosis. Patients enrolled in the study between January 1, 1998, and
December 31, 2000. When the patients enrolled, they were between 18 and
45 years old; had received first-time treatment for a diagnosis of
schizophrenia, schizotypal disorder, delusional disorder, acute or
transient psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, or nonspecific nonorganic
psychosis; and had not received antipsychotic medication for more than
12 weeks. They were randomized to receive treatment as usual or a
specialized early intervention that consisted of two years of assertive
community treatment (including family involvement, social skills
training, and psychoeducation) by a multidisciplinary team. Patients
were then assessed multiple times over a 20-year period.

By the end of 2021, 14.2% of the patients had died. Of those, 48.6% died
of external causes (for example, suicide or accidents) and 51.4% died of
medical conditions and diseases.

The most common cause of death was suicide, accounting for 27.8% of
deaths; followed by accidents at 13.9%; unspecified medical
abnormalities at 11.1%; and cardiovascular disease and cancer, both at 8.3%.

Death due to external causes, mostly suicide, occurred at a steady rate
throughout the study, whether the patients had received treatment as
usual or the specialized early intervention. Starzer and colleagues
wrote that this indicates a need for continuous suicide-prevention
efforts for people with schizophrenia.

“Early intervention services alone cannot address this issue, as the
risk [was] present long after [the specialized early intervention]
ended,” they wrote. “Perhaps more regular screening for suicide risk in
aging patients with schizophrenia could help prevent some of these late
suicides.”

Patients with a history of substance use had a higher risk of both
all-cause mortality and death from medical conditions and diseases.

“This underlines the importance of proper treatment of comorbid
substance use at any time after patients are diagnosed,” the researchers
wrote. They noted that the treatment of mental illness and the treatment
of substance use are often managed by separate entities. “Lack of
integrated treatment could be leading to suboptimal care for
dual-diagnosis patients, and a more multidimensional and non-categorical
treatment approach is needed.”

Ken Pope

Ken Pope, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Hector Y. Adames, Janet L. Sonne, and
Beverly A. Greene
Speaking the Unspoken: Breaking the Silence, Myths, and Taboos That Hurt
Therapists and Patients
<https://dmanalytics2.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkspope.com%2Fsite%2Fspeaking.php&i=1&d=Rzr5PjhkQrWyc3192AGtVQ&e=michael%40hygeiacounseling.com&a=rK2uiI3iT6q0YvO-AEesqQ&s=P6UiQdMCzZU>
(APA, 2023)

#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychotherapists
@psychology @socialpsych @socialwork
@psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression
#suicide #SI #psychosis #schizophrenia
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This is something I have been battling for 18 yrs and although it took me nearly a week to write I got it done 😬🙏 for those that also face these day to day challenges and/or give insight 🙏

#schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizoaffectivedisorders #mentalhealthmonday #mentalhealth #writerscommunity #writerscommunityofmastodon @AuthorsGuild

https://damienlawless.medium.com/schizo-affective-depression-author-a1c46e69e2b3

Trending: in this #OpenAccess paper Clara Humpston argues for the importance of investigating the kinds of #nothingness, #solitude and #nihilism intrinsic to #schizophrenia and how these might be understood from the angle of paradoxicality @philosophyofpsychiatry @phenomenology @psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2022.2078187

"I Don't Want to Die (What Have I Don't to You All?)" is the latest song in the official VOCES ANIMARUM book soundtrack, composed by novel's author, Marten Hoyle.

VOCES ANIMARUM: Coming Soon from I Ain't Your Marionette Press.

#schizophrenia #horror #novel #books #soundtrack #comingsoon #mentalhealth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6vVi9D2jRI

@Animystic This show has it all:
- Relatable #Millennial dialogue
- #Ghosts
- #SoulRetrieval
- #Spiritualism
- #Shamanism
- #Curandera
- #Ancestral lineage #healing
- #FamilySystems
- #TimeTravel
- #Integration & character growth

#occult #esotericism #schizophrenia #mentalhealth

Also: #FUCKAMAZON

"The Prisoner(s) Music Video."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atX-bljK1w8

#art #schizophrenia #horror #novel #comingsoon #writing #poetry #video #music

Schizophrenia drugs may have been off target for decades, study finds - As a former psychiatric nurse (decades ago, before I jumped to tech), I can report this has always been the case. These drugs made #BigPharma big bucks, but did not help patients other that to provide sedation. Time to start over. #AntiPsychotic #Drugs #Schizophrenia #Medication https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/schizophrenia-drugs-may-have-been-off-target-for-decades-study-finds/ar-AA1fh9Nt

#Schizophrenia Drugs May Have Been Off Target For Decades, Study Finds

https://www.sciencealert.com/schizophrenia-drugs-may-have-been-off-target-for-decades-study-finds

“The notion that D1 receptors may be a more important target upends decades of research in a $15 billion market for drugs that are famously erratic. Antipsychotics don’t work for about 30 percent of people who try them. They’re plagued by side effects, from extreme lethargy to unwanted facial movements, and rarely address the cognitive symptoms of psychosis, like social withdrawal and poor working memory.”

#schizophrenia

https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-was-wrong-about-antipsychotics/

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***TRIGGER WARNING -- DEATH TOPIC***

TITLE: Suicide Most Common Cause of Death in People w/
Schizophrenia—"Need for Continuous Suicide-Prevention Efforts for People
w/ Schizophrenia"

Thank you Dr. Pope

-- Forwarded --

The American Psychiatric Association issued the following news release:
Suicide Most Common Cause of Death in People With Schizophrenia, Study Finds

Suicide is the most common cause of death in patients who have
schizophrenia spectrum disorders, a study in Schizophrenia Bulletin has
found.

Marie Stefanie Kejser Starzer, M.D., of Copenhagen University Hospital
and colleagues analyzed data from the OPUS I study, a randomized
controlled trial of 578 patients experiencing their first episode of
psychosis. Patients enrolled in the study between January 1, 1998, and
December 31, 2000. When the patients enrolled, they were between 18 and
45 years old; had received first-time treatment for a diagnosis of
schizophrenia, schizotypal disorder, delusional disorder, acute or
transient psychosis, schizoaffective disorder, or nonspecific nonorganic
psychosis; and had not received antipsychotic medication for more than
12 weeks. They were randomized to receive treatment as usual or a
specialized early intervention that consisted of two years of assertive
community treatment (including family involvement, social skills
training, and psychoeducation) by a multidisciplinary team. Patients
were then assessed multiple times over a 20-year period.

By the end of 2021, 14.2% of the patients had died. Of those, 48.6% died
of external causes (for example, suicide or accidents) and 51.4% died of
medical conditions and diseases.

The most common cause of death was suicide, accounting for 27.8% of
deaths; followed by accidents at 13.9%; unspecified medical
abnormalities at 11.1%; and cardiovascular disease and cancer, both at 8.3%.

Death due to external causes, mostly suicide, occurred at a steady rate
throughout the study, whether the patients had received treatment as
usual or the specialized early intervention. Starzer and colleagues
wrote that this indicates a need for continuous suicide-prevention
efforts for people with schizophrenia.

“Early intervention services alone cannot address this issue, as the
risk [was] present long after [the specialized early intervention]
ended,” they wrote. “Perhaps more regular screening for suicide risk in
aging patients with schizophrenia could help prevent some of these late
suicides.”

Patients with a history of substance use had a higher risk of both
all-cause mortality and death from medical conditions and diseases.

“This underlines the importance of proper treatment of comorbid
substance use at any time after patients are diagnosed,” the researchers
wrote. They noted that the treatment of mental illness and the treatment
of substance use are often managed by separate entities. “Lack of
integrated treatment could be leading to suboptimal care for
dual-diagnosis patients, and a more multidimensional and non-categorical
treatment approach is needed.”

Ken Pope

Ken Pope, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Hector Y. Adames, Janet L. Sonne, and
Beverly A. Greene
Speaking the Unspoken: Breaking the Silence, Myths, and Taboos That Hurt
Therapists and Patients
<https://dmanalytics2.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkspope.com%2Fsite%2Fspeaking.php&i=1&d=Rzr5PjhkQrWyc3192AGtVQ&e=michael%40hygeiacounseling.com&a=rK2uiI3iT6q0YvO-AEesqQ&s=P6UiQdMCzZU>
(APA, 2023)

#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychotherapists
@psychology @socialpsych @socialwork
@psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression
#suicide #SI #psychosis #schizophrenia

Trending: Clara S. Humpston on the key paradoxes within #schizophrenia #OpenAccess https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2022.2078187 @philosophy @philosophyofpsychiatry

Abstract Trees #tree #nature #abstract #abstractart #schizophrenia #schizophrenicartist

It’s about time
#MentalHealth
#schizophrenia
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/30/we-have-hope-for-some-breakthroughs-can-we-change-the-way-we-treat-schizophrenia

I am sick of being mentally ill. My mental illness is currently, and for about a month now, not allowing me to drink water. (Weird and messed up, I know) I am so thirsty right now. The only thing I have other than water is very hot Diet Pepsi that has been sitting in my trunk. I have one in the freezer cooking off faster, but damn I am so thirsty. I hate being schizophrenic. My mind is stupid and I hate it. I just want to cry. I am so freaking thirsty and my mind won’t let me drink water. #mentalillness #schizophrenia #rant #vent

I need to say that there is a great risk of #schizophrenia in using cannabis (marijuana)!
Just keep in your mind. Don't do that to yourself!

Just woke up from a very bad case of psychosis. Full vision blocking horrific dream like hallucinations.

It looks like I was out for about 5 hours.

Jfc this hasn't happened in awhile that wasn't great.

I have schizophrenia so I have to be ready for this kind of thing but it's never easy.

#psychosis #mentalhealth #schizophrenia #health

The Seeds of #Schizophrenia Could Be Planted in The Very Earliest Moments of Life

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-seeds-of-schizophrenia-could-be-planted-in-the-very-earliest-moments-of-life

If you're interested in gaining new insights into #microglia-complement interactions 🧠 and their role in mediating #synapticdysfunctions in #schizophrenia, don't miss the #poster presentation by Nala Gockel (No. T11-022A) at the #gliameeting in #Berlin (#GLIA2023) 🤘😊