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My mini memoir at Mad in America

Monica Cassani wrote 6 days ago: Everything Matters: a Memoir From Before, During and After Psychiatric Drugs New article up at Mad i … more →

Tags: health, Mental Health, psychiatric drug withdrawal, Psychiatric Medications, recovery, memoir, psychiatric drugs

"May Not Be Curable?" Really, Adrian Warnock?1 comment

Karen Butler wrote 2 weeks ago: Here is my response to a series begun by Adrian Warnock at Patheos, who will be hosting a Patheos-wi … more →

Tags: Christians and Psychotropics: An Uneasy Exchange, the nervous breakdown, mental disorder, Psychosis, schizophrenia, World Health Organization, adrian warnock, Jonathan Cole, neuroleptics

Corrections Officers, Not Clinicians | Mad In America

KIP wrote 3 months ago: A note via Laura Delano of Mad In America: If you work as a “provider” in the “men … more →

Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Personal Empowerment, psychiatry, mental illness, Depression, Bi-Polar, Psychosis, Laura Delano, Mia

Free from Harm? Reflecting on the Dangers of the White House’s Proposed ‘Now is the Time’ Gun Control Plan | Mad In America

KIP wrote 3 months ago: Via Harvard grad and psychiatric survivor, Laura Delano. In the tragic aftermath of Newtown, Big Bro … more →

Tags: Pharmaceuticals, psychiatry, Laura Delano, Mia, psychiatric control

What is Critical Psychiatry? | Mad In America

KIP wrote 3 months ago: Sharing today from Mad In America These themes are not mutually exclusive, for example, there is a c … more →

Tags: psychiatry, Mia, critical psychiatry

Time to Abolish Psychiatric Diagnosis? | Mad In America

KIP wrote 4 months ago: Sharing – an excellent piece on the damage done by psychiatric diagnosis. Read here: Time to A … more →

Tags: Pharmaceuticals, psychiatry, Mia

Now also at Mad in America2 comments

David wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been invited to do a blog at the fabulous Mad in America website, which I’m really … more →

Tags: activism, Housekeeping

Involuntarily Voluntary | Mad In America1 comment

KIP wrote 6 months ago: A quick share today; written by Lauren DeLano on finding her freedom from her involuntary incarcerat … more →

Tags: Robert Whitaker, Pharmaceuticals, Personal Empowerment, Personal Stories, psychiatry, Laura Delano, Mia

ISEPP's Philedelphia Conference gets positive reviews1 comment

isepp wrote 6 months ago: ISEPP’s 2012 conference, “Alternatives to Biological Psychiatry II: Treatments that Work … more →

Tags: DSW, Mental Health, Social Work, Advocate, Jack Carney

On Mad in America -- Neurotoxic vs. Brain-Boosting: Psychiatric Drugs (CORRECTED LINK)

Monica Cassani wrote 8 months ago: If you missed it on this blog it’s on Mad in America now… Neurotoxic vs. Brain-Boosting: … more →

Tags: Psychiatric Medications, recovery, psychiatric drug withdrawal, Mental Health, health, Science, psychiatric drugs, brain

crap I have read recently #7

gun street girl wrote 10 months ago: Ah, this is the summer of my discontent… [Lots of SPOILERS below.  Just can't help myself...] … more →

Tags: Books, Reviews, meh, Fantasy, Psychiatry, mental illness, Robert Whitaker, Best Served Cold, Revenge

Oh, You Silly Little Chemical Imbalance1 comment

lrhart wrote 10 months ago: Robert Whitaker rocks my psychiatry and mental health socks off.  He’s so fantastic at pointin … more →

Tags: Psych/Health, health, Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic, Medicine, Science, Psychiatry, Mental Health, chemical imbalance

Drugging Our Children: Legal and Moral Issues by Attorney Jim Gottstein

isepp wrote 11 months ago: About ISEPP Board Member James Gottstein: James Gottstein, Esq., J.D. A Harvard Law School graduate, … more →

Tags: MindFreedom, mental health advocacy, James Gottstein, prozac, mindfreedom international, Prozac and suicide, Foster Care, School Shooting, Occupy the APA

When is Schizophrenia not Schizophrenia? To Be or Not to Be...6 comments

Pamela Spiro Wagner wrote 11 months ago: Rossa Forbes wrote a fascinating article at the Mad in America website  –  see my permanent li … more →

Tags: schizophrenia, health, Thoughts, Reflections, Insight

Mickey Mouse pumpkins; and drugs that genetically modify your brain

thebovine wrote 11 months ago: Inhabitat.com, on Disney’s Epcot Centre land exhibit: Genetically modified Pumpkins resemble M … more →

Tags: News, Genetic modification, michael cornwall, Epcot, Disney

"Mad" and "Crazy" recognizing the schizophrenic nature of mental health advocacy: Without Integration, is a divided advocacy sustainable?2 comments

isepp wrote 11 months ago: “Sustainable development is a dynamic process which enables people to realise their potential … more →

Tags: Robert Whitaker, Pete Earley, "Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Heal

“I Believe I Owe the Gay Community an Apology”1 comment

prideinmadness wrote 12 months ago: Leading Psychiatrist Apologizes for Study Supporting Gay ‘Cure’ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/he … more →

Tags: The Facts, Madness, Mental Health, Stigma/Discrimination, Articles/Video/Campaigns/Photos, LGBT, Psychiatry, Research, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, reparative therapy, Cure

Robert Whitaker on Imagining A Different Future in Mental Health, Philadelphia May 6, 2012

isepp wrote 1 year ago: Published on May  7, 2012 by     jimgotts Robert Whitaker, author of the acclaimed books, Mad in Ame … more →

Tags: Robert Whitaker, Robert Whitaker, mindfreedom international, Occupy the APA, mental illness, Anatomy of an Epidemic

10 Reasons Survivors Might Know More!4 comments

prideinmadness wrote 1 year ago: 10 Reasons Survivors Might Know More Medicine Than Psychiatrists Posted on April 29, 2012 by Corinna … more →

Tags: The Facts, Madness, Mental Health, Stigma/Discrimination, Articles/Video/Campaigns/Photos, Mental Health, mental illness, Psychiatry, anti-psychiatry, psychiatric survivor, Medicine


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