mental illness – NOT YOUR DOC

It is frustrating that there are many years’-worth of clinical experience which show that OPEN DIALOGUE (a Finnish, technique which is very helpful in treating psychosis) helps clients become significantly more functional without the use of, adverse-effects-laden antipsychotic medications. Much more quantitative research is needed in order to prove the effectiveness of OPEN DIALOGUE, but the potential value that this technique brings is very encouraging in this era of polypharmacy. All chronic diseases, especially in mental health, exist in part, outside of the client’s/patient’s body. These diseases, in part, exist in a person’s genetics, nutrition, childhood/upbringing, traumas, supportive environments, as well as their relationships, and their connections. These life events inform a person’s understandings, thoughts, beliefs, and eventually, their behaviors and actions.

If you are reading this blog, then you are a survivor. You are still here. The mental illness, this dysfunction, has allowed you to get to the, “here and now”, but no longer serves its purpose of helping you survive, helping you make sense of a previously difficult condition or terrible situation. This mental illnessContinue reading “SO MUCH OF MENTAL ILLNESS IS A REACTION TO, OR A RESPONSE TO (an answer to?), NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES IN OUR LIVES. THIS MENTAL ILLNESS, A FORM OF DYSFUNCTION, WAS NEEDED/ CREATED IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, AND MAKE SENSE OF THOSE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES.”

You may just become a good EGG ( Empathic, Grateful, and develop Grit). Charles Tadros M.D. April 20, 2021 St Louis, Missouri