March 2020 - The Schizophrenia Myth website, created and maintained by Susan Lien Whigham, is currently in the process of being restored after malware attacks corrupted some of the content. Please feel free to re-visit again another time when more of the content may be restored. Thank you, Susan "The miserable have no other medicine But only hope." --William Shakespeare "Reduced latent inhibition has been found to be characteristic of the schizophrenia spectrum, including both schizotypy and frank schizophrenia, particularly in its acute rather than chronic manifestations. This suggests that individuals within this spectrum are marked by relative openness to environmental stimuli irrespective of the past significance of the stimuli; an attenuated 'screening out' of stimuli is operative. Hemsley argues from a cognitive perspective that schizophrenia is characterized by a loosening of expectations based on previous experience and suggests that, although this may contribute to a disruption in sense of self, it may in fact confer some positive advantages. Interestingly, recent genetic research findings are consistent with the view that heritable phenotypes associated with schizophrenia liability provide an adaptive advantage by conferring heightened creative ability." --source: Relating Schizotypy and Personality to the Phenomenology of Creativity  Click here to view Crooked Beauty by Ken Paul Rosenthal
"Many people continue to assume that serious problems such as hallucinations and delusional beliefs are quintessentially biological in origin, but we now have considerable evidence that traumatic childhood experiences (poverty, abuse, etc.) are associated with later psychotic experiences." "Unfortunately, the emphasis on biological explanations for mental health problems may not help matters because it presents problems as a fundamental, heritable and immutable part of the individual. In contrast, a more genuinely empathic approach would be to understand how we all respond emotionally to life's challenges." --source: Why We Need to Abandon the Disease-Model of Mental Health Care 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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