By: Lauren Mackay

Lauren Mackay — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:22:31 +0000

I read this book by Victoria after my partner and I lost his 17 year old son to suicide. It was refreshing to read in that it did not focus on recovery via the medical model but quite the contrary. The medical model failed our son who was diagnosed or rather misdiagnosed with bipolar/depression or whatever they decided to label him with. The book is enlightening to read and inspires hope surrounding recovery from Mental Illness. I take my hat of to Victoria for having the courage to write this book and to find her own road to recovery that in turn will inspire others to hopefully follow suit. Her writing style is intelligent and referenced brilliantly; compassionate and sensible and makes for a great read. I recommend this book to anyone who is either suffering from a mental illness or knows someone who is. It will truly help. Thank you Vicky and good luck. We hope to see more e-books soon!

By: Jacqueline Musgrave

Jacqueline Musgrave — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:34:51 +0000

The Seen But Forgotten is a compelling and revealing look at how many aspects of modern psychiatry in the public domain can actually do more harm than good in attempting to ‘treat’ people with mental illness. It truly shows that research in this field, including the pharmalogical approach of prescribing dangerous medications, is in many ways not taking into account a person’s body and spirit. From here, this book illustrates that a deeper and more alternative approach, including recovery-based and more spiritual concepts, is needed in order to open-up more the field of psychiatry to other ways of healing to try to avoid the chemical straight-jackets which so many people get buried under whilst being counselled and treated for a mental illness by the current medical approach of the practice of psychiatry.

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By: Lauren Mackay

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