Connecting to Madness | Jim van Os | TEDxMaastricht

[@lisanaber3097]

It is great to see a courageous psychiatrist openly challenging the pervasive and irrational organic pessimism that has dehumanized psychiatry. Well done.

[@ΑικαΠαπα]

Lisa Naber EXACTLY ! Finally a SANE psychiatrist!

[@Colez1]

This is by far captures best this mental states which fall under the diagnosis of schizophrenia etc. I know this because I myself have been given this diagnosis. Thank you Mr Os for being able to think not inside of categories but in individual states and spectrums which is far more realistic. ❤

[@andiemacdream]

Thank you so much.After 15 years with this diagnosis I realized that I am normal . Now I try to get rid of the stigma. I always knew that I am not mentally ill. A crisis is a chance, chance for change.A sign that all is too much and it is time for a break. I will be a peer counseller and help others.

[@morganmurphy8034]

My brother was diagnosed with "schizophrenia" and he was my shaman. He showed me the light. He taught me my most valuable lessons. Mental illness is a societal construct. It is not an "illness" in any form. This TED talk is a light of hope in the world of psychiatry, which I have lost complete faith in, except for people like Jim van Os.

[@bartkoppers6628]

I watched this video a few times and it gives me feeling of hope for a change in psychiatry and how the 'experts' will change there treatment towards their patients. Jim is changing the way people look at the psychiatry in general and making it less judgemental for others. What will cause improvement in recovery of psychiatric illnesses. Keep up the good work Jim!

[@davidmlee3573]

Simple and elegant. What a boon if van Os' talk was given to teenagers and adults throughout our cultures!

[@lesbiancuttlefish5715]

Brilliant and beautifully human. Thank you

[@mindfulmoments4956]

This is not just for schizophrenia - labels (fancy names) should not be given for any mental illness. This is because “mental illnesses” are diagnosed using subjective evaluations - there are no blood tests, tissue tests, X-rays or any of that sort (no objective tests at all). Diagnosis made this way also fails to meet the Virchowian standard of disease. When a person is labeled as “mentally ill” (and are often told that these “are long-term conditions”), for the patient, having a label itself can lead to a great deal of worry - thinking that one is mentally ill permanently, ‘doomed for life’, ‘why me’, etc. This will lead to excessive mental proliferation, worry, rumination, etc., and could in turn aggravate their situation (many psychological studies have clearly shown that rumination, worry, etc., lead to mental illness). A label can also increase stigma, affecting how others treat the person, further aggravating the whole situation. All this mental proliferation, worry, rumination, would also gradually result in adverse structural changes in the brain (via epigenetic and neuroplastic changes in the brain - there are so many studies that support this). Then, the person is really mentally ill.

[@ΑικαΠαπα]

Exactly !

[@chapstic593]

the cognative deficiets present in schizophrenia can objectively measured because they're the same everytime. Also try working with a schizo for a day in the early stages of the illness and look him in the eye and say you didnt get frustrated. We lag behind we lack understanding . its not hidden

[@shells4donna]

Thought provoking and non judgmental.

[@mitchmander6642]

van Os is the best psychiatrist!

[@HelenDownhill]

facinating and thought provoking- thanks so much for your work in this area.

[@mad-sense]

Jim van Os speaks clearly and succinctly and does an excellent job of connecting to what the experience is like. I use Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to prevent the recurrence of psychosis - we can interrupt the train of thought that voices provoke to own our reaction and response to them. Recovery is achievable when you know how.

[@triflebizarre]

Carefully and brilliantly illuminated talk. TY

[@MsGnor]

Great talk, thanks Jim van Os and TED xxx

[@thomasrimmer36]

Holy… that‘s crazy… after my episode I thought for a long time what this symtoms may be.. my result was the same.. a fastthinking interpretations of daily happening things and in my episode i was thinking about a group of intelligent people which were sourrounding me could figure out what‘s the matter and that is unbelievable

[@Mattroxnight]

Jim van Os my Respekt for YOU! Lg

[@mjennifer142]

Shout out to my "mentally Ill" people. I love y'all. I haven't been diagnosed but..I know they would tell me something. But I honestly believe..that even though we suffer from it..we..are better then the others..we know more then the regular "normal" people. No one can tell me other wise. I have my own self and beliefs. Everything I say is mine. And I am gifted with everything and every ability. Aaahhh I'm so happy.

[@Sanela1]

Great encouragement for everyone who might feel disabled due to whatever psychological issues they might be facing : In fact, the experience is Enabling us to find our purpose.. And purpose is something that too many people lack.. I'm talking about people who don't even have any other psychological problem. Heard of the term "Wounded Healer"? Love it

[@rsalden]

Brilliant !

[@JanCarol11]

How can I get that "Everybody has psychosis" clip isolated (out of the context of the talk) so that I can help people with it? Attention is important to people in distress - this is clear and concise, and a valuable tool for helping people in crisis.

[@kuukuyankson2033]

Well, to quote Shakespeare, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” You can call Schizophrenia by any other name and it will still present the same symptoms.

[@themthejthew1573]

Udemy brought me here. Expanding my knowledge of anyone mentioned in my AI course.

[@mjennifer142]

We need more stories but deetalied stories of what other experience and then tell ours and have a conversation with one another.

[@Sanela1]

I absolutely agree.. That would give us the real opportunity to learn more about each other and from each other directly, great way to relate, instead of helplessly searching for information elsewhere and not looking further.. Did you know that there are people who make videos of their experiences here? Even if they might start without knowing exactly what is it that they are experiencing about themselves or someone else related to some situation...They title their videos the best way they think others who might relate would be able to find

[@margueritecawood8843]

You brave brave girl.

[@PatrickBateman1987]

doesn't address negative symptoms

[@hauwaubello_empoweringthee]

beautiful

[@electrikwatson3403]

Yeah.... everybody is not going through this. This is some heavy shit.

[@electrikwatson3403]

but this is a very positive outlook this dude has and that's cool. very sensible way to put it.

[@violetmiller3723]

I really do not understand why psychiatry still uses the old Greek name made by Eugene Bleuler in about 1860??? Schizophrenia is a devastating word and it really means in the eyes of the general population a serious and heavy madness.

[@lindasantini5618]

The World Health Organization (WHO) says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. Please see my comment below.

[@spijkerpoes]

aieee - a critique on psychiatry? strange that ted hasn't banned it yet..

[@GerardMeijssen]

A distinguished professor on psychiatry, really influential and part of the change that is happening in mental health in the Netherlands and you deny his point, why?

[@spijkerpoes]

+Gerard Meijssen as a fellow Dutch man you should recognise irony! ..I noticed a tendency at TED to ban certain talks witch were too critical and out of the box. so i am really glad with this talk!! Still I think that the field of psychiatry has way too much dogmatic thinking and far too big a influence and might in society to ever be taken serious as a science. but I can only speak of my own personal experience..

[@GerardMeijssen]

I do agree. Irony is hard.

[@spijkerpoes]

oh now I remember.. ..i was really hard pressed to find any criticism on psychiatry in popular media.. ..other than scientology of course. There's almost none at hand. Tough I found a really good one in a TTC lecture from one Daniel Robinson. I might just have to upload it one day (-:

[@nicolearbabzadeh6857]

spijkerpoes I would like to recommend Toxic Psychiatry by Dr Peter Breggins and Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker. They are the most elucidating criticisms of psychiatry that I've ever read.

[@PlanetDeLaTourette]

One day people will understand this man knows nothing and only produces annoying noise, that will resolve absolutely nothing. Only then we can begin to move forward as a species.

[@justinakers3196]

I had a hard time taking the video serious after the music started playing. They could have done without that. Other than that, decent video

[@abdullahalsattam9113]

كناري

[@samialbedri]

JSK?

[@BigBallBearingturBo]

Cannabis use, lmao. Okay.

[@electrikwatson3403]

yeah.... weed leads to psychosis.... it's some fucked shit but it's real for a few people at least

[@BALAKRISHNAN-up4sp]

psychosis is a learnt reaction to stimuli emanating from unhelpful envion.

[@bliblablubb0712]

@@BALAKRISHNAN-up4sp True.

[@ShiningBellyDance]

What is the app called that was mentiones in the video? Is it publucly available yet?

[@jimvanos950]

Yes, PsyMate, available Android and iTunes