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Our latest Mental Health in Minutes segment explores the history of psychiatric treatments, from the infamous lobotomy to lesser-known oddities like malaria fever treatment. Listen to learn more as we uncover some of the strangest skeletons in psychiatry's closet… Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of psychiatric abuse, depression, and psychosis. Resources: Anne Harrington, Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019). Charles Kellner, “Patient education: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (Beyond the Basics),” UptoDate, March 28, 2023. Ed. Peter P. Roy-Byrne and David Solomon. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/electroconvulsive-therapy-ect-beyond-the-basics. Emma Dibdin, “The Controversial History of the Lobotomy,” Psych Central, May 6, 2022. Reviewed by Marc S. Lener, MD. https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-surprising-history-of-the-lobotomy#recap. Glenn Frankel, “D.C. Neurosurgeon Pioneered 'Operation Icepick' Technique,” The Washington Post, April 7, 1980. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/04/07/dc-neurosurgeon-pioneered-operation-icepick-technique/d861181c-3af5-4779-96c3-f514b3a7f6cd/. “How ECT Relieves Depression,” Johns Hopkins Medicine, June 19, 2018. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/how-ect-relieves-depression. Jack El-Hai, “Race and Gender in the Selection of Patients for Lobotomy,” Wonders and Marvels, https://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2016/12/race-gender-selection-patients-lobotomy.html. James D. Page, “Treatment in mental disorders,” University of Rochester, 1949. Accessed in the National Library of Medicine Digital Collections. https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-8700838A-vid. “Lobotomy,” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/science/lobotomy. Max Fink and William Karliner, “Primary Sources: Insulin Coma Therapy,” PBS, http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/filmmore/ps_ict.html. Patriarca C, Clerici CA, Zannella S, Fraticelli C. Ugo Cerletti, Pathologica and electroconvulsive therapy [published online ahead of print, 2021 Sep 23]. Pathologica. 2021;113(6):481-487. doi:10.32074/1591-951X-263. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8720400/. Renato M. E. Sabbatini, “Ladislas J. von Meduna: A Brief Biography,” Brain & Mind Magazine republished on CerebroMente.org, December 1997/March 1998. https://cerebromente.org.br/n04/historia/meduna_i.htm. Singh A, Kar SK. How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works?: Understanding the Neurobiological Mechanisms. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2017;15(3):210-221. doi:10.9758/cpn.2017.15.3.210.

Have you heard the rumor that the characters from Winnie the Pooh actually represent different psychological diagnoses? We investigated the theory so you didn’t have to. Listen to hear what we found! Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of mental illness, trauma, and PTSD. Resources: Images sourced from the “Characters” page of Winniepedia, https://pooh.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Characters; and Alex Tomb’s Cove Collective article, and IDRLabs, both linked below. End credits music is the original theme from “Winnie the Pooh,” accessed through the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_25619. “A. A. Milne,” New World Encyclopedia, https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/A._A._Milne. “A. A. Milne,” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/a-a-milne. Amanda Ruggeri, “A A Milne and the Curse of Pooh Bear,” BBC, January 28, 2016. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160128-a-a-milne-and-the-curse-of-pooh-bear. AndrewEverett360, "The Tao of Pooh," The Key Point, June 26, 2015. https://thekeypoint.org/2015/06/26/the-tao-of-pooh/. Alex Tomb, “Winnie-the-Pooh Explains Milne’s Post-War Struggles and Offers Comfort,” COVE Collective, February 28, 2021. https://editions.covecollective.org/content/winnie-pooh-explains-milnes-post-war-struggles-and-offers-comfort#:~:text=Milne%20was%20injured%20and%20returned,Christopher%20Robin%20Milne%2C%20in%201920.. Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh (Boston: Dutton Books, 1982). Dan Evon, “Were 'Winnie-the-Pooh' Characters Created to Represent Different Mental Disorders?” Snopes, August 21, 2018. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/winnie-the-pooh-mental-disorders/. Emily Mark, "Taoism," World History Encyclopedia, February 22, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/Taoism/. Finlay Greig, “Winnie the Pooh’s surprising mental health themes explored,” iNews, September 27, 2017. https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/winnie-the-pooh-mental-health-aa-milne-93148. “Is Winnie the Pooh a Metaphor for Mental Health?" Harmonia Mentis, February 11, 2020. https://www.harmoniamentis.com/society/is-winnie-the-pooh-a-metaphor-for-mental-health/. “Pooh Pathology Test,” IDRLabs. https://www.idrlabs.com/pooh-pathology/test.php. Sara Kettler, “A.A.&

Listen as Jason interviews David Reville! Judi Chamberlain https://narpa.org/bios/chamberlin Mad Pride https://ct.counseling.org/2022/02/peer-support-mad-pride-and-disability-justice/ Mars Project https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mars_project Mind Freedom International https://mindfreedom.org/ Sunnybrook, A True Story With Lies https://www.amazon.com/Sunnybrook-True-Story-Persimmon-Blackbridge/dp/0889740607 Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Listen as Jason interviews Oryx Cohen, COO of the National Empowerment Center. Healing Voices https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Voices-PJ-Moynihan/dp/B0821RFTJY National Empowerment Center https://power2u.org/ Freedom Center www.freedom-center.org National Alternatives Conference https://www.alternatives-conference.org/ Emotional CPR https://www.emotional-cpr.org/ 8 Dimensions of Wellness https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma16-4958.pdf Soteria Houses https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/09/soteria-house-heal/ Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Listen as Jason, Chad, and special guest Prof review The Week That Was at Oddball Magazine for April 3, 2023. Artists and Writers Reviewed this week at Oddball The Secrets of Skinny People: Geoffrey Fallon https://oddballmagazine.com/the-secrets-of-skinny-people-less-than/ She Who Laughs Last: Anna Skove https://oddballmagazine.com/she-who-laughs-lasts-80s-danger/ Poem by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-mike-mesterton-gibbons-11/ Comics Spotlight: Abel Hollinger https://oddballmagazine.com/comics-spotlight-abel-hollinger-2/ Poem by Joe DeBritz https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-joe-debritz/ Jagged Thought #469: Cosmic Entrance https://oddballmagazine.com/jagged-thought-469-cosmic-entrance/ Poem by Emily Hawkins https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-emily-hawkins/ Poem by Emma Wells https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-emma-wells-2/ It’s All One Thing #478: Because (Be Cause): James Van Looy https://oddballmagazine.com/its-all-one-thing-478-because-be-cause/ Remembering Rick Berube: Jason Wright https://oddballmagazine.com/remembering-rick-berube/ Bamboozled No More! War: Janet Cormier https://oddballmagazine.com/bamboozled-no-more-war/ Wise Words with Bruce Wise https://oddballmagazine.com/wise-words-with-bruce-wise-320/ Music: Aum by Bug Slos Dorchester by Shaggy Palms Submit your work to Oddball Magazine! https://oddball.submittable.com/submit Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Check out Jason's interview with Jim Gottstein, lawyer, writer and a longtime advocate for the rights of people diagnosed with serious mental illness. This episode contains discussions of mental illness, homicide, and psychiatric treatment that may be upsetting to some listeners. Show Notes Jim Gottstein's The Zyprexa Papers can be found here. In the interview, Jim argues that people with serious mental illness were no more likely to commit violence than the general population prior to the introduction of antipsychotic drugs. To learn more about this claim, check out Robert Whitaker’s Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill (New York: Basic Books), 186-187. Whitaker writes: “Before 1955, four studies found that patients discharged from mental hospitals committed crimes at either the same or a lower rate than the general population. However, eight studies conducted from 1965 to 1979 determined that discharged patients were being arrested at rates that exceeded those of the general population. And while there may have been many social causes for this change in relative arrest rates (homelessness among the mentally ill is an obvious cause), akathisia was also clearly a contributing factor.” You can also read L.A. Teplin’s article “The criminality of the mentally ill: a dangerous misconception” in the American Journal of Psychiatry (1985 May; 142(5):593-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.5.593. PMID: 3985198. To learn more about Soteria-Alaska, check out these resources: Lessons from Soteria-Alaska by Jim Gottstein, Mad in America, June 29, 2015. Soteria-Alaska, psychiatrized.org. Schizophrenic sentenced to 60 years for clinic murder by Jerzy Shedlock, Anchorage Daily News, published November 1, 2013 (updated September 28, 2016.) Mentally ill man to be sentenced for murder of Anchorage psychiatric patient by Jerzy Shedlock, Anchorage Daily News, published October 31, 2013 (updated July 7, 2016). Other Concepts and Resources Mentioned The Zyprexa PapersSoteria HousesPeer Respite HousesHearing Voices NetworkOpen DialogueHealing HomesDavid W. OaksMindFreedom InternationalJudi ChamberlinWildflower Alliance Certified peer specialist model

Listen as Jason and Chad review The Week That Was at Oddball Magazine for March 26th, 2023. Artists and Writers Reviewed this week at Oddball The Secrets of Skinny People: Geoffrey Fallon https://oddballmagazine.com/the-secrets-of-skinny-people-no/ She Who Laughs Last: Anna Skove https://oddballmagazine.com/she-who-laughs-lasts-still-more-things-i-did-by-accident/ Poem by Steven David Justin Stills https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-steven-david-justin-sills-8/ Oddball Stories with Alan Sikkila https://oddballmagazine.com/oddball-stories-with-todd-alan-sikkila/ Poem by Allen Seward https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-allen-seward/ Jagged Thoughts 468: Listening to the Deftones in My Mind https://oddballmagazine.com/jagged-thought-468-listening-to-the-deftones-in-my-mind/ Poem by Sandra Wylie Artwork by Sally Brown https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-sandra-wyllie-4/ Poem by Emily Roys Photography by Bonnie Matthews Brock https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-emily-roys/ Its All One Thing #477: Wounding of the Light James Van Looy https://oddballmagazine.com/its-all-one-thing-477-wounding-of-the-light-ii/ Bamboozled No More: Thinking Out Loud Again Janet Cormier https://oddballmagazine.com/bamboozled-no-more-thinking-out-loud-again-2/ Wise Words with Bruce Wise https://oddballmagazine.com/wise-words-with-bruce-wise-319/ Poem by Robert Fleming Artwork by Eric Peterson https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-robert-fleming-3/ Music: Aum by Bug Slos Submit your work to Oddball Magazine! https://oddball.submittable.com/submit Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

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Listen to Jason and Chad break down what's happening with Oddball Magazine for the week of March 13! Submit your work to Oddball Magazine! https://oddball.submittable.com/submit The Week That Was Writers and Artists: March 13, 2023 The Secrets of Skinny People: Losing https://oddballmagazine.com/the-secrets-of-skinny-people-ohhh/ She Who Laughs Last: Sing a Kid’s Song https://oddballmagazine.com/she-who-laughs-lasts-kinda-like-saint-patrick/ Oddball Stories with Emma Wells https://oddballmagazine.com/oddball-stories-with-emma-wells/ Poem by Timothy D. Maguder Art by Jennifer Matthews https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-timothy-d-maguder/ Jagged Thought 4: Wall Jason Wright https://oddballmagazine.com/jagged-thought-466-wall/ Poem by Bruce Robinson Art: Lament 2 by Edward Michael Supranowicz https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-bruce-robinson-2/ Poem by Helene Weintraub Photography by Glenn Bowie https://oddballmagazine.com/poem-by-helene-weintraub/ Its All One Thing 475: The Pleiades Column by James Van Looy https://oddballmagazine.com/its-all-one-thing-475-the-pleiades/ Bamboozled No More: A Note For Today Column by James Van Looy https://oddballmagazine.com/bamboozled-no-more-a-note-for-today/ Wise Words with Bruce Wise Column by Bruce Wise https://oddballmagazine.com/wise-words-with-bruce-wise-317/ Essay by t. love smith Artwork by Eric N. Peterson https://oddballmagazine.com/essay-by-t-love-smith/ Music References: “By the Way” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers “Me, Myself and I” by De La Soul “Colors” by Ice-T Leonard Cohen Book References: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness by Anne Harrington Down From Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age by Richard Selzer The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts by Lee Baer The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle Shelley’s Sisterhood by Emma Wells (to be released 2023) “Why I Am Not a Painter” by Frank O’Hara It's All One Thing column by James Van Looy, Oddball Magazine Movie References: Awakenings (1990), directed by Penny Marshall, based on the book by Oliver Sacks Jack (1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), directed by David Fincher Patch Adams (1998), directed by Tom Shadyac Secret Honor (1985), directed by Robert Altman TV References: Batman The Simpsons Other: Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory Pop Culture References: Nutri Bullet Motel 6 Visuals/sound effects: Pixabay

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of mental illness, suicide, and involuntary treatment. Notable Terms, Groups & People: Law of parsimony: “the principle that the simplest explanation of an event or observation is the preferred explanation,” APA Dictionary of Psychology MindFreedom International and the MindFreedom Shield Soteria Houses David Oaks Irving Kirsch Sir John Eccles William R. Uttal John Weir Perry Loren Mosher Voyce Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Matthew Fox Martin Seligman Sigmund Freud Further Reading: “Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect,” by Irving Kirsch. (2014). Antidepressants and the Placebo Effect. Zeitschrift fur Psychologie, 222(3), 128–134. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000176 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh Listening to Prozac:: The Landmark Book About Antidepressants and the Remaking of the Self by Peter D. Kramer Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience by William R. Uttal Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness by Anne Harrington Soteria: Through Madness to Deliverance by Loren Mosher The Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

A quick update on what's going on with Oddball Foundation. Please visit Oddball Foundation's website to learn more about our mission at https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation. Thanks to You Me (Instrumental Version) by Penny Lane for the music in this episode.

This episode contains discussion of mental health topics, including hospitalization and recovery. Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau sit down to chat with the creator of the long-time Oddball column "The Secrets of Skinny People", Geoffrey Fallon! They discuss the origins of the comic strip and how it has evolved over the years, as well as how art and creativity can be an outlet in hard times. The Secrets of Skinny People https://oddballmagazine.com/category/oddball-columnists/the-secrets-of-skinny-people/ Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

It's gonna be great! Listen to Jason Wright and Chad Paranteau review some of the poetry and art submitted to Oddball Magazine on the week of February 28th! Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Jason Wright interviews Will Hall, podcast host and author, about Mad Camp, an amazing gathering happening in 2023. Learn more about how you can get involved from Will himself in this episode of Oddball Show, brought to you by Oddball Foundation, your favorite 501(c)3 for mental health advoacy. Learn More about Oddball Foundation https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation https://madcamp.net/ Will Hall https://willhall.net/about/ Mad In America https://www.madinamerica.com/author/whall/ Madness Radio https://www.madnessradio.net/ Crowdfunding Site https://www.gofundme.com/f/mad-camp-2023-scholarship-fund Rob Wipond’s book https://www.amazon.com/Your-Consent-Not-Required-Guardianships-ebook/dp/B09YR1RQLJ

The Insane Liberation Front: What is it and Why does it Matter? Part of a new series of Oddball Show hosted by Jason Wright Show Notes - Madness Network News Archives - Anne Harrington’s Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness - MadinAmerica.com - “The History and Future of Our Psychiatric Survivor Movement” by Ted Chabasinski, ex-patient activist, published on Mad in America’s website - Thomas Szasz’s The Myth of Mental Illness - “Psychiatric Survivor Movement History” from MindFreedom International, a psychiatric survivor movement founded in the early 1980s - Nancy Tomes’ “The Patient as a Policy Factor: A Historical Case Study of the Consumer/Survivor Movement in Mental Health” Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

The week that was for 12/26-12/30 at oddball magazine as reviewed by Editor's Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau. Brought to you by Oddball Foundation. Visit us here to learn about our mission: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau review the week that was at Oddball Magazine for December 19th. Oddball Magazine is brought to you by Oddball Foundation, a 501(c)3 for creative mental health advocacy, social justice and environmental action. donate to Oddball Foundation: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation

Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau of Oddball Magazine review the week that was, December 12th at Oddball Magazine. www.oddballmagazine.com donate to oddball foundation: https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation/Donate Music used this episode: Music by Magnetic_Trailer from Pixabay Music by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay Music by Musictown from Pixabay Music by AAPOfficial from Pixabay Music by AAPOfficial from Pixabay Music by Lexin_Music from Pixabay You Tube: Christmas Time: The Darkness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVg1toMzuo

A look back at the week that was at Oddball Magazine for December 5th. Hosted by Editors Jason Wright and Chad Parenteau. visit www.oddballmagazine.com support Oddball Foundation https://runsignup.com/DonationWebsite/OddballFoundation/Donate Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay Music by Ashot-Danielyan-Composer from Pixabay Music by Lexin_Music from Pixabay https://youtu.be/7qFfFVSerQo High and Dry Radiohead Music by jplenio from Pixabay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMwOvPQtUUw Imagine All Stars Song by Neil Cicierega Oddball Closing Music, by Neil Jacobs

A look back at the week that was at Oddball Magazine for the week of November 28th, 2022. Hosted by Jason Wright and Associate Editor of Oddball Magazine Chad Parenteau. #poetry #art