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Mental Health Care

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Mental Health Care, System Transformation

What is quality treatment for OCD and Anxiety Disorders?

March 10, 2020

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Posted by Mark

One of the reasons I originally started to share about mental health and recovery skills was because I was fortunate to …

March 10, 2020

Posted by Mark

Mental Health Care, Workshops

5 Tips for Taking Mental Health Workshops Online

June 20, 2019

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Posted by Mark

I’ve been facilitating workshops for years, in mental health and business strategy. Adapting design thinking exercises to mental health has been …

June 20, 2019

Posted by Mark

Mental Health Care, Personal, System Transformation

So you want to work in mental health…

April 8, 2017

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Posted by Mark

I was part of a panel discussion at the University of Toronto recently on community engagement work in the mental health sector. …

April 8, 2017

Posted by Mark

Be yourself, Mental Health Care, System Transformation

The Internet Killed Traditional CBT

June 22, 2016

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Posted by Mark

When I was doing Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) therapy for OCD, it was very behavior-focused. It was all about progressively …

June 22, 2016

Posted by Mark

Mental Health Care, Personal

Counselor Troi is not Scalable

August 26, 2015

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Posted by Mark

In anticipation of this year’s Medicine X Conference, some reflections on one of the stickiest problems in mental healthcare innovation… In less …

August 26, 2015

Posted by Mark

Mental Health Care, System Transformation

Mental Health Service Collaboration Across Sectors and Agencies

March 16, 2015

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Posted by Mark

I was recently part of a design workshop with local government and mental health services, exploring how to collaborate better around …

March 16, 2015

Posted by Mark

Be yourself, Mental Health Care, System Transformation

What causes OCD? (video)

November 30, 2012

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Posted by Mark

When it comes to the question of what causes Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, the simple answer is that the causes are complex. But …

November 30, 2012

Posted by Mark

Knives out. Dice up a recovery salad. #mentalhea

Knives out. Dice up a recovery salad.

#mentalhealth #tweet #recovery #knives #anxiety #psychology #therapy #mindfulness #cooking #mentalhealthawareness #recoveryispossible #contamination #OCD #health #recoveryquotes

You don't have to listen to your brain's reasons!

You don't have to listen to your brain's reasons! This isn't different. You know it was going to pull this trick. Where do you want to go? What do you want to give your time and energy to?

#mindfulness #recovery #mentalhealthquote #mentalfitness #stress #reasons #thinking #psychology #addiction #anxiety #fear #control #compulsions #habits

This also applies if it did happen. You can do stu

This also applies if it did happen. You can do stuff differently up there!

#thinking #ruminating #brain #mindfulness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthnotes #quote #reminder #psychology #therapy #recovery #cognitive #acceptance #fear #anxiety #control #writing #brain #writersofinstagram

From last night's Twitch stream exploring examples

From last night's Twitch stream exploring examples of Exposure Therapy vs ERP vs ACT. No actual cookies were harmed in the making of this theoretical example. Obviously, in reality, you would gather up every crumb of that cookie and eat it (while contacting the closeness of death and the wonders of life in that moment).

#mindfulness #ERP #ACT #recovery #therapy #psychology #science #cookies #Twitch #acceptance #death #stoicism #reality #life #mentalfitness #fear #anxiety

Don't turn into a ruminating centipede. It'll feel

Don't turn into a ruminating centipede. It'll feel like you're going somewhere. If you just think a little more about it, you'll finally solve it! But not really...

Illustration by @pupik.love

#ruminating #illustration #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #thinking #mindful #mindfulness #happiness #psychology #therapy #mentalhealthart

Don't get stuck on the smelly pile of crap this we

Don't get stuck on the smelly pile of crap this week. Yes, it smells. Yes, it's a crap disorder. Yes, you hate it and want to chase solutions to make it go away. But focus on changing the big systems producing the pile of crap symptoms you hate. What's feeding that system?

#mentalfitness #mentalhealth #Twitch #psychology #recovery #anxiety #intrusivethoughts #fear #depression #diagram #mentalhealthnotes #science #TOOLKIT

Closure smosure. We have experiences that are pain

Closure smosure. We have experiences that are painful. We can touch that pain, be honest about it. It can be painful and we can do things in the present that matter to us. It can be painful and we can make choices in the present that align with what we value, that create and build the things we want to see in the world.

#recovery #regret #fear #pain #mentalhealthnotes #mentalhealth #psychology #mindfulness #emotions #community #closure #falsememory #guilt

You still trying to avoid human experiences? How's

You still trying to avoid human experiences? How's that working out for you?

#recovery #psychology #mentalhealth #therapy #mentalhealthquotes #ocd #pureo #fear #phobia #erp #mindfulness #mentalfitness #mentalhealthmatters

All of the stuff you're doing in your head: that's

All of the stuff you're doing in your head: that's practice. Whatever you're doing up there, you're getting skilled at that. What do you want to get skilled at today?

#mindfulness #recovery #mentalhealthnotes #mentalfitness #practice #judgment #nonjudgment #psychology #fitness #skill #focus #goals

You don't wait to feel strong before lifting weigh

You don't wait to feel strong before lifting weights. The strength comes after, and even then, you'll just keep on pursuing more exercises that make you feel weak, that make you sweat and gasp for breath. You go towards the difficult experience. You fuel that and support that. So why would you take the opposite approach with emotions?

#mentalfitness #emotions #mentalhealthnotes #psychology #sweat #fitness #recovery #weightlifting #failure #success #anxiety #socialanxiety #fear #depression #love #guilt #mindfulness

If I’m trying to be optimistic that good things

If I’m trying to be optimistic that good things will happen, I’ve actually thrown away any power I have. I’ll need things I don’t control to magically turn out in my favor. It’s a lottery mentality.

So I bring power back to me. I’m optimistic that I will learn and build skills to handle the dumpster fire in a shit storm that is this world. I will practice skills and nourish my needs so I’m prepared for whatever happens. I want challenging situations that don’t go “right” so I can learn to handle them. I’m optimistic about my capacity to try new things, to discover limits, to enforce boundaries, and make difficult changes that help me thrive in any situation.

#mentalhealth #happiness #optimism #positivethinking #lawofattraction #recovery #fear #anxiety #mentalhealthquotes #psychology #goals #fitness #sweat #challenges #life #reminder #mentalfitness

It is so useful to recognize how seemingly "normal

It is so useful to recognize how seemingly "normal" checking and controlling fuels the symptoms we hate. If you're struggling with things like derealization / depersonalization, or fears around sexuality, losing your mind, developing psychosis, and anything else that involves losing control of you and your identity, look broadly at how you interact with uncertainty in your life. The brain is simply being logical. If I react to uncertainty about a door lock, or an email, how can I not react to an uncertainty about my existence?! The time we spend on uncertainties that don't trouble us much is what causes the uncertainties that do trouble us.

#uncertainty #fear #anxiety #depersonalization #derealization #recovery #checking #YouTube #pureo #ruminating #realization #mentalhealth #mentalfitness #mentalhealthquotes #psychology

thepathtochange

Mindfulness is not hard work. It is not some great burden to practice mindfulness. All of the judging, ruminating,… https://t.co/ZZuPcRZRxP

19 hours ago

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Brain Tech Support Live is back for the first show of the new year on YouTube today. Starting momentarily:… https://t.co/VczGL0neyb

21 hours ago

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Once you're on that psych ward, anything you do can feed a narrative you need to be there, filtered through the HCP… https://t.co/wfxlky4DqW

22 hours ago

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RT @MorganCShields: If you were hospitalized in a psychiatric unit/hospital within the past 5 years, please consider taking our survey and/…

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