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"The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope."

--William Shakespeare





"If I was determined to live my life in a city and to work a really intensive steady job in an office, I think I would have to take medication to do that. But I don't think that fact means that I have a disease. I think it means that it would take a pharmaceutical substance to override my instincts - to make me capable of fitting into a system that was not designed for someone with a spirit like mine."
--J. Ashley McNamara, Crooked Beauty



The Icarus Project
navigating the space between brilliance and madness

The Antipsychiatry Coalition
a host of informative articles on schizophrenia and other controversial topics

Schizophrenia and Recovery Resources
some useful articles on schizophrenia and recovery

Successful Schizophrenia
firsthand accounts of "breakthroughs", not "breakdowns" - and more

Schizophrenia, by tallguywrites
A comic strip devoted to de-stigmatizing schizophrenia

The Role of Metaphor in Recovery from Trauma
An essay by Susan Lien Whigham

Learning Metaphors
by James Lawler and Penny Tompkins

Decisive Resolution of Trauma in Brief Therapy
by Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB

Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive Dyskinesia & Reglan - Symptoms, Side Effects & Treatments

Withdrawal from a Legal Drug
by Benjamin McFadden - One man's personal account of withdrawal from psychiatric medication and firsthand perspective on the schizophrenic mindset

Embracing the Fragmented Self
Shamanic Explorations of the Sacred in Schizophrenia
by Maureen B. Roberts, PhD


Further Recommended Reading:

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Trauma and Recovery
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D.

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For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
Alice Miller

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Coming off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers
Multiple Authors, edited by Peter Lehmann

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Anti-Oedipus:
Capitalism and Schizophrenia

Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari

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Myths to Live by
Joseph Campbell

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The Drama of the Gifted Child:
The Search for the True Self

Alice Miller

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Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry
Multiple Authors, edited by Peter Stastny and Peter Lehmann



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