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Rossa Forbes

California
Blog: http://holisticschizophrenia.blogspot.com/
I am a mother who is on a journey with her son to help him overcome schizophrenia. We are taking a holistic approach. I have tested many of the therapies myself, so I can write with confidence about what they do. No therapy is too unusual to try, which makes for interesting reading.
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Turning points by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The Families Healing Together course that I am currently enrolled in, talks about turning points for you and your relative. I think our family is going through one ri ... Read on »
Lindsay Lohan, detox, and Adderall by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Stories like the one below suggest to the public that (a) getting off prescription drugs doesn't take long and (b) Adderall is a weight loss drug. Editor's note: Perha ... Read on »
The final few frontiers by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Chris has come a long, long way, in many areas of growth, except for one very fundamental one. His sense of self is lagging. Always has. As a baby, toddler, and adolescent, ... Read on »
Eve Ensler on what made her sick by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Eve Ensler is the brilliant author, playwright, feminist (the list goes on) who is best know for The Vagina Monologues, which she wrote and performed along with countless o ... Read on »
CAMH psychiatrist reviews Silver Linings Playbook (unmoved by its lighter side) by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health A word of explanation. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the facility in Toronto where Chris began his ordeal as a psychiatric patient in 2003. The place ... Read on »
Last day to register for interactive family recovery course by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health A word of explanation. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is the facility in Toronto where Chris began his ordeal as a psychiatric patient in 2003. The place ... Read on »
New paradigm novels by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health My  guest today is author Jilaine Tarisa , who kindly gave me her permission to reprint her reflections on what is meant by a new paradigm novel. Her new paradigm novel, A ... Read on »
Lowest effective dose is often much lower than the minimum dose by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Common sense seems to be returning now that pharma is coming more and more under scrutiny. Keep in mind that lowest effective dose applies to psych drugs, too, and it may b ... Read on »
Memories by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Driving to a doctor's appointment today, I rounded a corner and thought I saw one of the mothers from Chris's old recovery program about to cross the street. It's been eigh ... Read on »
Community Treatment Orders - superficially appealing by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health It's really quite amazing that the British psychiatrist who was a champion of Community Treatment Orders, tested his own theory (published in The Lancet) and acknowled ... Read on »
Take us both off the "mommy track" - please by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I haven't been posting much in the past few months, because, well, I feel increasingly awkward writing about my 29 year old son like he's in kindergarten. "Chris's first da ... Read on »
Today's obituary by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Edith Schaeffer , together with husband, Francis Schaeffer, founded l'Abri, an evangelical Christian center in Huemoz, Switzerland. She was 98. Read on »
"Schizophrenic" teens and transgendered teens: Some observations by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health About a Boy, by Margaret Talbot, features in the March 15 edition of the New Yorker Magazine. The author writes about the growing numbers of teenagers--increasingly female o ... Read on »
He is risen by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health About a Boy, by Margaret Talbot, features in the March 15 edition of the New Yorker Magazine. The author writes about the growing numbers of teenagers--increasingly female ... Read on »
Fun for a long week-end by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health From the it's about time department. Ursus Wehrli tidies up art. Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstructin ... Read on »
The Mindstorm: Fear and Misinformation and Throwing Away 50% by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health From the it's about time department. Ursus Wehrli tidies up art. Ursus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art -- by deconstr ... Read on »
Sign petition to release Adam Lanza's medical and toxicology records by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health March 25, 2013 Dear Ablechild Member, We have a nationwide problem that is growing by the minute.....Massive amounts of pending mental health bills in response to ... Read on »
NPR host needs stigma rehab and training by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I like social worker Jack Carney's exhortation to the mental health community: "Don't mourn, organize!" We can all do our part to raise our objections and concerns when we ... Read on »
Learning from the voices in your head by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Live from TED2013 Living with voices in your head : Eleanor Longden at TED2013 I don't think that the video is available yet, but here's what Eleanor wrote in ... Read on »
It's cheaper to kick somebody's ass by Rossa Forbes Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Live from TED2013 Living with voices in your head : Eleanor Longden at TED2013 I don't think that the video is available yet, but here's what Eleanor w ... Read on »
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