Much Madness, Divinest Sense

Wonderful review of Much Madness in the Medical Psychotherapy Association of Canada's Psychotherapy Review's spring 2018 edition, page 14 https://www.mdpac.ca/_Library/Journal_Issues/Spring2018.pdf

Just wrote a response to an article in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). I suggest that my physician colleagues discuss the real crisis we have in Canada. We lack trauma-informed training in psychiatry. We do not fund psychology or social workers who would be better able to support women struggling with mental illness. We lean on psychopharmacology rather than addressing the underlying issues that contribute to women’s deteriorating mental health. http://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/20/E624/tab-e-letters

A review of Much Madness, Divinest Sense will be in the next issue of the Medical Psychotherapy Review, currently in the production stage... Stay tuned...

#metoo isn’t enough; we need to talk about where sexual violence and men’s power over women begins: in the home, as girls. In Judy Rebick’s new book, Heroes in My Head, Rebick writes: Childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a family member is much more widespread than we are led to believe, she asserts. So how are we going to get women to talk about this? By gathering Canadian women’s stories and publishing the next collaborative book, of course! Call for submissions: Trauma...: Who Cares? Canadian Women Speak Out The assertion, Me too, is an act of courage. Experiences of childhood and adult sexual, physical and emotional trauma are common across generations of Canadians, irrespective of race, gender, social class. Who dares to speak out about their experiences? How are Canadian health care providers and institutions equipped to respond? The resounding response is, We don’t do trauma. How many little girls have been dismissed or silenced or told to "get over it" when they approach others to report sexual offenses perpetrated by brothers, fathers, uncles? How many women with histories of abuse have been stigmatized or labelled with personality disorders, rather than provided with therapy and legal assistance? This is a call for women to share their stories about the institutionalized barriers and inequalities to accessing care for trauma, our biases and blind spots, our challenges as the providers and recipients of trauma-informed health care. Please note that this is NOT a forum to disclose personal information in an effort to ask for help, to seek medical or legal assistance or to disclose information about others. We are looking for poetry, prose, essays, materials that can be printed in as a compilation about care for trauma in Canada. Please submit your stories to [email protected] Submissions will be accepted from April 12, 2018 until July 31, 2018. For Ottawa folk, Judy Rebick will be in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 17 with Octopus Books to launch her new memoir, Heroes in My Head. Hosted by Monia Mazigh. For more detail about the launch: https://www.facebook.com/events/171859703465388 Heroes in My Head House of Anansi Press

Trauma: Who Cares? Canadian Women Speak Out The assertion, Me too, is an act of courage. Experiences of childhood and adult sexual, physical and emotional trauma are common across generations of Canadians, irrespective of race, gender, social class. Who dares to speak out about their experiences? How are Canadian health care providers and institutions equipped to respond? The resounding response is, We don’t do trauma.... How many little girls have been dismissed or silenced or told to "get over it" when they approach others to report sexual offenses perpetrated by brothers, fathers, uncles? How many women with histories of abuse have been stigmatized or labelled with personality disorders, rather than provided with therapy and legal assistance? This is a call for women to share their stories about the institutionalized barriers and inequalities to accessing care for trauma, our biases and blind spots, our challenges as the providers and recipients of trauma-informed health care. Please note that this is NOT a forum to disclose personal information in an effort to ask for help, to seek medical or legal assistance or to disclose information about others. We are looking for poetry, prose, essays, materials that can be printed in as a compilation about care for trauma in Canada. Please submit your stories to [email protected] Submissions will be accepted from April 12, 2018 until July 31, 2018.