Remove Consultation Remove Counseling Remove Schizophrenia
article thumbnail

Accessing Service the Creative Way

Gary Direnfeld

This after a several month stay in the children’s mental health centre to get his schizophrenia under control. In more recent years I consulted with a person whose adult sibling was languishing in hospital. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. I couldn’t live with that.

article thumbnail

Those Crazy-Making Conflicting Messages

Gary Direnfeld

Developed in the 1950’s it was thought to create schizophrenia and other issues of mental illness. While we no longer see it as creating schizophrenia, we do accept that it is harmful to one’s well-being. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

Relias

Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD. We can also have a system of checks and balances in place, where peers review our diagnoses or have peer consultation regarding diagnoses.

article thumbnail

My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Schizophrenia? Who wanted a social media and marketing consultant who’d spent time in a mental hospital? He covers most of our household expenses and goes to couples counseling with me. She is now retired but worked as a self-employed social media consultant and freelance writer. I wondered. Schizo-affective disorder?