Occupy Health

Susan Downs, MD
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Occupy Health provides leading edge health information to allow you to take proactive steps towards optimal health. We help you look under the hood to find the underlying contributing causes to illness. We also interview health and functional medicine experts to provide answers to questions and to arm you with questions for your health provider. Tune in to Occupy Health, broadcasting every Friday at 11 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.

  1. 4d ago

    What is Wrong with Psychiatry?

    We have talked often on how allopathic medicine seeks to treat the symptoms and not the underlying problem.  Is this the same for psychiatry?   1.7 billion people worldwide suffer from mental illness.  Only 44 % of adults with mental health issues receive treatment, and less than 20 % of children needing mental health treatment receive it.  One in six people will be affected by a depressive disorder in their lifetime: at any time, 17 % in US.   Other than pain from arthritis, depression is the most disabling.   At root of all psychiatric conditions are contributions from the toxic load, infectious burden, and inflammation.  As part of the allopathic model, conventional psychiatry focuses on managing symptoms rather than identifying and addressing the root causes of depression.  The allopathic approach focuses on medications.   The US has 4  % of the world population, yet we take 40 % of the pharmaceuticals in the world Sixty million in US take anti psychotic medications (some for sleep, some to supplement treatment for other disorders) One in six adults in US is on a psychiatric drug Among women in their fifties and sixties, the number is closer to one in four. Children as young as four are prescribed antipsychotics originally developed for adults with schizophrenia Are we doing this right?   Guest Bios:   Colin Ross, MD Dr. Colin Ross is an internationally renowned clinician, researcher, author and lecturer in the field of dissociation and trauma-related disorders. He is the founder and President of The Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma.  He is  a past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. He has appeared in a number of television documentaries and has published essays, aphorisms, poetry, short stories, and screenplays. Dr. Ross's book, The Trauma Model: A Solution To the Problem of Comorbidity in Psychiatry, was first published in 2000, with a second edition appearing in 2007. Other books of his include: Trauma Model Therapy: A Treatment Approach for Trauma, Dissociation and Complex Comorbidity (2009), The C.I.A. Doctors: Human Rights Violations by American Psychiatrists (2006), Moon Shadows: Stories of Trauma & Recovery (2007), Structural Dissociation: A Proposed Modification of the Theory (2013), The Trump Card: A Psychiatrist Analyzes Reactions to Donald Trump (2017), Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (2018), Be A Teammate With Yourself (2019), The Genetics of Schizophrenia (2020), and Opus 5 In B Flat And Other Poems (2020).   Glenn Macko After a career building communications software for major international companies in mission critical manufacturing and military protection systems, Glenn has focused his efforts on advocating for health approaches that save lives. He hosts a podcast where he bravely delves into controversial topics.

  2. Oct 23

    Psychiatry, MK Ultra and Mind Control with Colin Ross, MD

    Are Manchurian candidates real?  This episode will answer this question.   There has been horrible government sponsored research.  Notable are the Tuskegee experiments where African American Men were given syphilis and observed without receiving treatment.   Dr. Colin Ross has gone through thousands of pages of CIA declassified documents will discuss CIA psychiatrists.  Among his findings are cruel experiments wiping out a person's memory through excessive electro convulsive therapy and wiping out a personality and replacing with the implantation of new ideas.     Bio Dr. Colin Ross is an internationally renowned clinician, researcher, author and lecturer in the field of dissociation and trauma-related disorders. He is the founder and President of The Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma.   Dr. Ross obtained his M.D. from the University of Alberta in 1981 and completed his training in psychiatry at the University of Manitoba in 1985.   Dr. Ross's book, The Trauma Model: A Solution To the Problem of Comorbidity in Psychiatry, was first published in 2000, with a second edition appearing in 2007. Other books of his include: Trauma Model Therapy: A Treatment Approach for Trauma, Dissociation and Complex Comorbidity (2009), The C.I.A. Doctors: Human Rights Violations by American Psychiatrists (2006), Moon Shadows: Stories of Trauma & Recovery (2007), Structural Dissociation: A Proposed Modification of the Theory (2013), The Trump Card: A Psychiatrist Analyzes Reactions to Donald Trump (2017), Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (2018), Be A Teammate With Yourself (2019), The Genetics of Schizophrenia (2020), and Opus 5 In B Flat And Other Poems (2020).   Dr. Ross has authored 38 books and over 290 professional papers  and is a past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.  He has appeared in a number of television documentaries and has published essays, aphorisms, poetry, short stories, and screenplays.   Dr. Ross is adept at imparting complex information to diverse professional audiences on a variety of subjects. He has spoken widely throughout North America and Europe and in China, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.

  3. Oct 16

    Psychopathic Authoritarianism with Dr. Joseph Sansone

    Dr. Joseph Sansone is a psychotherapist specializing in clinical hypnosis opposed to psychopathic authoritarianism and the author of Psychopathic Authoritarianism: A Disease of the Soul. Joseph has a B.S. in psychology, an M.S. in clinical mental health counseling, and a PhD in psychology with a transpersonal concentration.  He enjoys facilitating self-actualization. In this book, he shows that authoritarian systems are not merely political phenomena, but psychological ones, driven by a specific cluster of personality pathologies.   They appeared in every culture and every century, rising to power through manipulation, cruelty, fear, and the systematic exploitation of human weakness.   The book further examines how psychopathic authoritarianism operates not only through individual leaders, but through institutions, media, academia, finance, and the emerging globalist technocratic agenda, including digital surveillance systems, depopulation programs, technocracy, transhumanism, and the erosion of national sovereignty.   The book then asks the deeper question that most works in this genre never reach: why does this pattern recur throughout all of human history? Dr. Sansone proposes that psychopathic authoritarianism is a habitual behavioral field encoded within the fabric of nature itself, a disease of the soul spread through normalization, reward, fear, coercion, and the corruption of human empathy, conscience, and spiritual connection.

  4. Oct 9

    Self Obsession with Dr. Tom Davies

    We all have dreams and aspirations whether they be society imposed or generated from our hearts.  Yet the Buddhists posit that suffering is caused by desire (duhkha). In an increasingly individualistic world, we are encouraged to define ourselves: through our achievements, relationships, appearance, beliefs, careers and countless other markers of identity.  Does this relentless focus on who we are - and who we think we should be - may actually be contributing to our anxiety, dissatisfaction and psychological distress? When we don't meet these standards whether they be externally or internally imposed, we are distressed.    Tom explores how our sense of self is constructed, why we become so attached to it, and how attempts to protect and strengthen our identities can inadvertently create suffering. Drawing together contemporary psychology, evolutionary science and Eastern philosophy, he examines why self-obsession is such a powerful feature of the human condition.     The answer is not changing who we are, but, aligned with the Buddhist philosophy, to loosen our attachment to the idea of a fixed identity.  Tom explores practical ways of loosening our attachment to identity, responding differently to difficult thoughts and emotions, and becoming more engaged with life beyond ourselves.        Bio Tom studied Biology at Warwick University before completing his medical training at King's College London. Tom has worked as a physician in primary and secondary care, including in General Practice and Psychiatry, as well as in non-clinical roles within public health and the digital mental health space. He now works as a psychotherapist in the East of England.  He has written the book self obsession.    Tom is a   British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)-accredited CBT therapist specializing in OCD and health anxiety. He provides evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), helping people break free from cycles of intrusive thoughts, anxiety, checking, reassurance and rumination. Therapy is available online across the UK.    Intrusive thoughts, doubts and uncomfortable feelings are a normal part of being human. Problems can develop when we get caught trying to eliminate uncertainty, find reassurance, or prevent feared outcomes. Through CBT and ERP, Tom helps people respond differently to these experiences, reduce the behaviours that keep anxiety going and get back to living more freely.  His approach is practical, collaborative and focused on recovery rather than simply learning to cope with symptoms.  In his book, Self Obsession, he discusses how to lessen the hold of becoming a "perfect self."   Outside of his clinical work, Tom is a passionate long-distance hiker and has explored many of the long-distance trails across Europe. In 2018, he walked approximately 2,000 km from Canterbury to Rome along the Via Francigena over three months. Walking has also played an important part in Tom's interest in philosophy and contemplative traditions. Many of the ideas explored in his book Self-Obsession developed through his experiences of long-distance walking and his longstanding interest in Eastern philosophy

  5. Oct 2

    Covid: Heart Attacks, Shedding and Solutions with Professor Ian Brighthope

    Some have complained that the mRNA shots have resulted in having heart attacks.  Can shedding have the same results?  What can one do to prevent adverse effects from covid?     Bio Professor Ian Brighthope graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1974.   It was in the fields of plant and animal nutrition that Professor Brighthope became aware of the importance of optimum nutrition and the use of nutritional supplementation in animal production, the treatment of animal dysfunction and the potential of this approach in the prevention and treatment of human disease. Also, the addition of agricultural and food processing chemicals to the food chain concerned him, and this resulted in his investigating their harmful effects on human health in general, and in particular, the human nervous, immune and endocrine systems. Neglect of these areas of human care prompted him to adopt the nutritional and environmental medicine approaches in his medical practice, which was the first of its kind in Australia. The Brighthope Clinics and Biocentres were developed in the 1970's. They specialised in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine with particular interests in cancer, heart disease, psychiatric diseases, learning and behaviour disorders, psychological disorders related to foods and chemicals, the chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, asthma, food and chemical sensitivities, auto-immune diseases, diabetes and the treatment of acute viral illnesses and other conditions with megadoses of intra[1]venous Vitamin C and other nutrients. The antioxidant and intravenous Vitamin C clinics under his management were the first of their kind in Australia. They treated patients from all walks of life from all over the world. The Brighthope Clinic was the first Integrative Medicine Centre in Australia in which modalities such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic, meditation, chelation therapy, intravenous nutritional therapies and others were integrated with mainstream and hospital medicine in the 1970's. In the early 1980's, he coined the term 'Integrative Medicine'. This term was adopted by the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), which has become a significant force in changing the practice of orthodox medicine in Australia. Professor Brighthope was closely involved in the establishment of Integrative Medicine in Australia. As president of ACNEM, Professor Brighthope pioneered the first post-graduate medical course in nutrition in Australia and remained on the faculty as one of its principle lecturers from 1980 until 2007. In August 2007 he was awarded the Inaugural ACNEM award in recognition of more than 25 years of outstanding service in the field of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine including 25 years as founding President of the College. He initiated the ACNEM fellowship program and examinations and now plays a pivotal role in maintaining, as an official ambassador, ACNEM as the peak body in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine in Australia and Asia. A quality assurance and continuing medical education program is an integral part of the qualifying fellowship program. Professor Brighthope also edited the ACNEM newsletter from the beginning of the organisation and evolved it into the ACNEM Journal. Professor Brighthope, in association with Professor Avni Sali, formed the Graduate School of Integrative Medicine at Swinburne University in 1996, at which he was honoured with a Full Professorship   Professor Brighthope has published extensively for the general public and has appeared regularly in the media as an advocate of nutritional and environmental health. He is the author of 5 books and many scientific and medial lectures and reviews. His books have been endorsed by many luminaries, most notably the late Linus Pauling, the only person to have ever been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Professor Brighthope has acted as an advocate of doctors practicing Complementary Medicine for over 45 years.  Professor Brighthope's lifelong ambition is to change the way medicine and healthcare is practiced for the benefit of the public and to see nutrition, nutritional and environmental medicine the building blocks and keystones to world health and peace.   In 2019 he was made a director of the National Institute of Integrative Medicine in Melbourne, Australia.   Professor Brighthope is currently the Director of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine in Melbourne , Australia. In August, 2022, frustrated with the damage being done by the mainstream medical authorities and politicians of all persuasions, he formed The WOW, The World Of Wellness International Limited, a public support and educational organisation. He is also on the board of the World Council for Health (Australian) and the spokesperson/adviser to the Aligned Council of Australia. Professor Brighthope continues to campaign for the best of health care and world peace.

  6. Sep 25

    Racism and Diversity in Medical Care with Richard T Bosshardt, MD, FACS

    Do minority groups receive a different quality of care than majority groups?  How is DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and critical race theory affecting medical care?     Bio Dr. Richard Bosshardt a plastic surgeon, a founding member of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) in Medicine and a Senior Fellow of Do No Harm. Both are organizations whose mission is to push back against the invasion of the ideology of critical race theory, in the guise of antiracism and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in medicine. He has been a physician for 39 years and a plastic surgeon for 28 of those years. He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine in 1978 and completed a 5 year residency in general surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA. He was board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1991.      His care philosophy is to see himself first  as a physician first and a plastic surgeon second. He considers plastic surgery as an extension of the overall care of patients and part of a healthy lifestyle, not an alternative to this.

  7. Sep 18

    Climate Crisis? with Bonner Cohen, PhD

    Bonner Cohen PhD Bio  Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy advisor at National Center for Public Policy Research, and as adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.   Articles by Dr. Cohen have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, New York Post, Washington Times, National Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, and dozens of other newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. He has been interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Fox Business Channel, BBC, BBC Worldwide Television, NBC, NPR, N 24 (German language news channel), Voice of Russia, and scores of radio stations in the U.S.   Dr. Cohen has testified before the U.S. Senate committees on Energy & Natural Resources and Environment & Public Works as well as the U.S. House committees on Natural Resources and Judiciary.   He has spoken at conferences in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Bangladesh. Dr. Cohen is the author of two books:  The Green Wave: Environmentalism and its Consequences (Washington: Capital Research Center, 2006) and, Marshall, Mao und Chiang: Die amerikanischen Vermittlungsbemuehungen im chinesischen Buergerkrieg (Marshall, Mao and Chiang: The American Mediations Effort in the Chinese Civil War) (Munich: Tuduv Verlag, 1984).   Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. – summa cum laude – from the University of Munich.

  8. Sep 11

    Negotiating the Hospital System

    Negotiating the medical system can be challenging. Often, we don't know what questions to ask, what all the options are, as well as knowing what our rights are in the medical system. How many times have you gone to see your doctor and left feeling there were more questions to be answered. Some people can benefit from health advocates who have experience and can help patients navigate the system. This becomes more complicated when entering the hospital. Upon entry, we sign some digital form without knowing wholly what was in it or what we agreed to. We feel ill, worried and perhaps weak, and at that time understanding the system is even more important.   Directed in Advance was created by Laura Echegaray & Oxana Ostrovsky after their shared experiences of being a hospital patient as well as a patient-advocate dealing with the corporate medical gauntlet.   If you or a loved one have been in a hospital of late, this will resonate with you.  If you have not yet, then knowing what they will teach you could save your life.  After the initial emergency passes, the corporate hospital's interests may not be in your best interests.  Common is over-testing, over-medication, and unwise or debatable procedures designed to run up the bill as well as to cover long-shot liability.  Then there is understaffing, incompetent staffing, and callous attendants already unhappy with their work situations. When and if you get the direct attention of a staff physician, you have to deal with allopathic bias.  All this while you are surrounded by neighborly pain, suffering, and disease.   Laura and Oxana created a different kind of Advance Directives that covers not only standard care, but holistic care, religious belief statement and COVID care. Their stories prove that prayer, holistic care and community support create miracles and change the course of hospital stay. You can learn about them and what they have to offer  on their https://www.directedinadvance.com/   Oxana Ostrovskaya Bio Oxana Ostrovskaya is an educator, community organizer, and co-founder of "Luminary Learning Village", a self-directed learning center for homeschoolers. In 2022, Oxana found herself thrust into the role of medical advocate when she rushed her partner—who was suffering from severe respiratory symptoms—to the ER. Without official advance directives or medical power of attorney in place, she became his patient advocate. After two months in the ICU battling Legionnaires' disease, he survived and was discharged. This experience inspired Oxana to create "Directed in Advance" in collaboration with Laura Echegaray, an initiative designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and tools necessary to advocate for their medical choices in hospital settings.   Laura Eschgaray Bio Laura  Echegaray is a Teaching Artist in the San Francisco Bay Area    In 1997 she trained as a disability educator and advocate to help her Latino clients with disabilities. She also learned to advocate for herself in the medical system, for her sons at school and for her father's medical needs until his passing in 2020.  In 2003 Laura had a major health crisis during which she experienced a miracle healing and was left with many questions and an insatiable interest for the spiritual, natural and energy healing arts. A second health crisis in 2022 prompted Laura to deepen her knowledge of medical advocacy skills which culminated in the creation of  the "Advanced Directives for Freedom People" course, a collaboration with Oxana Ostrovsky.

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Occupy Health provides leading edge health information to allow you to take proactive steps towards optimal health. We help you look under the hood to find the underlying contributing causes to illness. We also interview health and functional medicine experts to provide answers to questions and to arm you with questions for your health provider. Tune in to Occupy Health, broadcasting every Friday at 11 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.

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  • Creator
    Susan Downs, MD
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    203
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    © Susan Downs, MD
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