 Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Working to Recover, or Adjusting to Illness? Existing research is pessimistic about the value of our currently dominant biomedical paradigm for treating mental illness. Long-term antipsychotic use appears to make people worse rather than better. While the research continues to accumulate, practice does not change. Doctors continue to practice as if psychosis comes from lack of medication. People recover without medications. How do we reconcile these two models? 1  |
Lewis Mehl-Madrona: To Do and Not To Be
I reflect upon the importance of doing, what is called behavioral activation. In order to change, we need to do things differently, and not just think about doing things differently. Unfortunately, conventional medicine has supported a narrative which tells us that we do not have to make an effort to change our behavior, so people who are depressed or anxious don't believe they need to do anything. We need to change this. |
 Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Healing Camp Day 1: Introduction to the Concept In this article, I write about our invention -- Healing Camp. For the next seven days, I am going to describe what we do and how we do it so that others can (hopefully) replicate it. The concept is simple, that people from all levels of training and walks of life can come together and be healing for each other. We will be doing a similar but shorter event in Hartford, CT, the weekend of August 17th. Check Sukhasala website. |
 Lewis Mehl-Madrona: The Inflammatory Theory of Depression In this article, I describe a way of thinking about depression that makes sense of how we collapse from too much stress and from unremitting anxiety and misery. In this theory, eventually life overwhelms our capacity to resist inflammation and it runs away. From August 16th through the 19th, catch me in Hartford, Connecticut, to further discuss these ideas. For details, see Lewis Mehl-Madrona: The High Cost of Medically Unexplained Symptoms
I write about how the search for the diagnosis for medically unexplained symptoms is an important aspect of what is bankrupting our health care system. We have to solve this problem for manage costs no matter what health care system we have. I acknowledge that some diseases are missed and that some diseases are yet to be found, but suggest that we are much better at findings serious and life threatening illnesses than before. |
Lewis Mehl-Madrona: The Debate Over Obamacare
I offer my views on health care financing. I suggest that we have reached a point as a society in which we are not willing to let people die in hospital waiting rooms who do not have insurance. We even have laws that require hospitals to care for whoever appears regardless of ability to pay even if we do not have any means to remunerate those hospitals. It's time to wake up to the reality that this kind of reality costs. | |
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Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Day 13 of the Australian Journey 2012
Today is Day 13 of the Australian Cultural Exchange Journey for 2012. After a quick morning run, we went to Mission Australia's Youth Forum 2012. We met Nancy Ingram, an elder from the area who attended Harvard University and knew about Vermont. I have a talk about the importance of heroism for adolescents and finding ways for them to be heroic or to save face when they feel they have not been heroic. |
Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Mind, body, and unexplained symptoms
I describe a woman with a "mystery illness" who has defied the efforts of conventional physicians to diagnose her. She has also been unsuccessful at gaining help from alternative medical practitioners. I show how inflammation is an integrative process which can affect a variety of organs and can be provoked by stress, including the stress of worrying too much. We we can change the underlying process, we can reduce it. |
Dr. Kathleen Albertson, L. Ac., PhD: "Sport Injuries: Effectively Treated with Acupuncture"
Acupuncture is clinically proven to accelerate the healing of sports injuries. Integrating Western and Eastern treatment makes the most sense and can fully restore chronic and acute injuries in many cases. You often heal quickly, fully, and with improved performance.
Acupuncture is commonly used for a wide variety of injuries. Read how it works and what it treats. |
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Dr. Kathleen Albertson, L. Ac., PhD: What health treatment system treats multiple symptoms simultaneously? Acupuncture and herbal medicine holds secrets to returning you to your optimum vitality. Do you want to feel dramatically physically and emotionally better? Then Acupuncture and herbal medicine is for you. Here's 4 Reasons Why: 1 |
Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Narrative Interviewing and Behavioral Change
In this article, I talk about the importance of finding the stories behind behaviors that are adverse to health. Health behavior is not rational, but is guided by stories that people have about how life should be lived. Many times they do not realize what these stories are, since they are from their earlier years and are so ingrained as to be outside awareness. I show how changing story allows people to change diet. 1 |
Dr. Kathleen Albertson, L. Ac., PhD: The four Stages of Fatigue: Which one are you in? How can TCM combat it?
Did you know that fatigue slowly expresses itself in four stages in your body? Did you know that it crawls deeper and deeper deteriorating all of your key organ systems? Fatigue has an uncanny way of starting out as an occasional situation that we assume will go away. Often, it doesn't. We do not slow down and get the rest we need---we merely push ourselves harder. At what expense? TCM helps. |
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Dr. Kathleen Albertson, L. Ac., PhD: Amenorrhea: What does not having a menstrual cycle mean?
Amenorrhea means "no menstrual flow" (absence of menstruation). In Chinese medicine, it refers to "no moon." Today it is more important than ever to understand TCM (Traditional Chinese medicine which includes acupuncture and herbal medicine) as well as Western medicine. Today's reality integrates these two schools of thought to improve patient care. TCM gets to the root cause naturally with out the harsh affects of drugs. |
Dr. Clare Albright: Have You Been Told that Your Pain is All in Your Head?
This article discusses how the brain can store the message of pain after an injury has already healed in the body. |
Kathie Albertson: Acupuncture Improves Thyroid Function!
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine is effective in treating thyroid disorders. Read how! |
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Vidya Bolz: Trauma, Health and Neurofeedback
summary of Dr. Robert Scaer's excellent video on his work on trauma and how it is stored in neural networks 1 |
Raymond Andrews: Developmental Neurodiversity Association
One man's experiences as neurodivergent leading him to get involved in the Neurodiversity Movement by starting a nonprofit to help others like himself. |
Kathie Albertson: A Western and Eastern View of PMS Treatment
Western medicine accepts PMS as a "normal" occurrence. Its time to bridge the gap between Western and Eastern medicine in the interest of improving patient care. This article describes how tradtional Chinese medicine addresses premenstrual syndrome. |
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Dr. Kathleen Albertson, L. Ac., PhD: Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Treatment Gynecology Related Problems: Bridging the Medical Gap!
Traditional Chinese medicine includes acupuncture and the use of Chinese herbs formulated specifically or your condition.
For 5000 years, gynecology related conditions have been effectively treated with the use of TCM. Western medicine as were know it has only been in existence for 200+years.
Learn what conditions TCm treats and to bridge the gapin your hhealth care. |
Kathie Albertson: Chinese Herbal Medicine Effective for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Digestive problems--IBS, Chrohn's, constipation, diarrhea, bloating treated successfully with TCM(Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine) |
Allen L Roland: P.T.S.D Is Really Post Traumatic Heart Dysfunction
It is obvious that the symptoms of PTSD are very similar to the symptoms of people being seemingly separated from love whereas deep psychic pain as well as feelings of guilt and unworthiness override the ability to give and receive love: Allen L Roland |
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Dr. Clare Albright: Neurofeedback Therapy for PMS and Menopause
Can neurofeedback help with the symptoms of PMS and menopause? |
Rob Kall: American Character Strengths Threatened By Private Health Insurer Economic Policies
The American character has been undergoing a dangerous and effective attack that has, in my opinion, gone virtually un-noticed. The character values of self-reliance, self responsibility and self control are being seriously eroded by private for profit and non-profit health insurer policies. |
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