{"quotes":[{"text":"Psychiatric institutions are filled with lots of normal people.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["filled","institutions","normal","people","philosophy","psychiatric"],"id":65194,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"The distinction between diseases of 'brain' and 'mind,' between 'neurological' problems and 'psychological' or 'psychiatric' ones, is an unfortunate cultural inheritance that permeates society and medicine. It reflects a basic ignorance of the relation between brain and mind. Diseases of the brain are seen as tragedies visited on people who cannot be blamed for their condition, while diseases of the mind, especially those that affect conduct and emotion, are seen as social inconveniences for which sufferers have much to answer. Individuals are to be blamed for their character flaws, defective emotional modulation, and so on; lack of willpower is supposed to be the primary problem.","author":"António R. Damásio","tags":["brain","character","character-flaws","mental-disorder","mental-health","mental-illness","mind","neurological","psychiatric","psychological"],"id":71513,"author_id":"Ant%C3%B3nio+R.+Dam%C3%A1sio"},{"text":"As an undergraduate student in psychology, I was taught that multiple personalities were a very rare and bizarre disorder. That is all that I was taught on ... It soon became apparent that what I had been taught was simply not true. Not only was I meeting people with multiplicity; these individuals entering my life were normal human beings with much to offer. They were simply people who had endured more than their share of pain in this life and were struggling to make sense of it.","author":"Deborah Bray Haddock","tags":["bizarre","dissociative-identity-disorder","mental","mental-health","mental-illness","mpd","multiple-personality-disorder","multiplicity","normal","pain","psychiatric","psychology","student","trauma","undergraduate"],"id":102464,"author_id":"Deborah+Bray+Haddock"},{"text":"If a 6 foot tall talking Badger comes to your door with a great deal on health insurance, be certain to ask if it includes in-patient psychiatric care.","author":"David C. Holley","tags":["badger","crazy","health-insurance","humor","jokes","psychiatric","sales"],"id":237525,"author_id":"David+C.+Holley"},{"text":"We got through it. Haven made excuses for me to friends, and made an appointment with a terrific doctor, who put me on Effexor, 150 milligrams a day, enough to get my brain straightened out.","author":"Tyler Hamilton","tags":["depression","depression","depression-recovery","medication","mental-disorder","mental-illness","psychiatric"],"id":368374,"author_id":"Tyler+Hamilton"},{"text":"As a therapist, I have many avenues in which to learn about DID, but I hear exactly the opposite from clients and others who are struggling to understand their own existence. When I talk to them about the need to let supportive people into their lives, I always get a variation of the same answer. 'It is not safe. They won't understand.' My goal here is to provide a small piece of that gigantic puzzle of understanding. If this book helps someone with DID start a conversation with a supportive friend or family member, understanding will be increased.","author":"Deborah Bray Haddock","tags":["dissociative-identity-disorder","goal","mental-health","mental-illness","mpd","multiple-personality-disorder","multiplicity","normal","pain","piece","psychiatric","psychology","puzzle","safe","safety","support","trauma","understanding","unsafe"],"id":383141,"author_id":"Deborah+Bray+Haddock"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}