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Link between Diet and Mental Health – Role of a Nutritious Diet on Mental Well-Being

Originally published on Mad in America The link between diet and health is a well established one. Previous research has shown that there is a well established connection between a diet high on pro-inflammatory foods and depression. The benefits of having a rich, well-balanced diet on our well being and as an additional and alternative […]

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Making Sense of Trauma – Moving Away from the Disease Model and Embracing Cultural Responses to Stress

Reblog from Mad in America Noel Hunter recently wrote on Mad in America about how the \’trauma-informed trend often falls short\’. In this article, she argues that while there are more and more mental health professionals who are becoming \’trauma-informed\’ and though the trend is moving in that direction, many of them have not moved beyond the disease

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Reframing mental health conversations from \’What\’s wrong with you?\’ to \’What\’s happened to you?\’

Originally published on Mad in America Zenobia Morrill recently wrote on Mad in America on Trauma-Informed care with survivors perspectives. Based on a new editorial in the Journal of Mental Health by Dr. Angela Sweeney in collaboration with Dr. Danny Taggart, she writes on trauma informed approaches and how survivors perspectives come into context especially with re-traumatization through

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A Cross Disability Understanding of the Effects of Stigma and Social Factors on Health Outcomes

Reblog from Mad in America Sadie Cathcart recently wrote on Mad in America about a new study on autism by Monique Botha and David M. Frost from the University of Surrey.  Botha and Frost write “The minority model of disability is underpinned by the notion that one can have a condition the medical model considers a disability, but

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Global Mental Health: An Old System Wearing New Clothes. Mad in America Podcast with Bhargavi Davar

In Mad in America yesterday, TCI Asia Pacific Convenor, Bhargavi Davar talks about the history and origins of TCI Asia Pacific, the goal, understanding Inclusion in the context of the Global South and colonialism and the progress of the disability movement. Listen to the entire podcast for the full interview.

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