Debate over Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law shows the need to rethink the biological model of mental illness.
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Two patients walk with our Naples-based psychiatrist on that fine line between freedom and insanity.
“And then they say that there’s no crisis?”
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On The Couch And On The Lam
Our Dottoré looks back on an entertaining session with a witty runaway convict.
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Sowing The Seeds Of Paranoia
“They must be dumping garbage — good, it makes for good fertilizer!”
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A Sound Mind In A Sanitized Body?
Trying to put the “health” in “mental health” …
Fifteen years ago, Francesco kept busy by scamming people. He was a regular visitor to the beaches of Terracina, south of Rome, where he was caught several times selling counterfeit Ray-Ban sunglasses. Then came the drugs, which fed a serious substance-induced psychosis and eventually he tested positive for HIV. It’s around that time that I […]
How VR can help patients suffering from eating disorders, phobias and schizophrenia.
When Patricia started hearing voices, she was fascinated. Within a year, she would wind up in the hospital. She now tries to cope with her illness, refusing medicine, opting for church and yoga.