Wednesday, 29 November 2006 – MindFreedom Radio

Guest is Leah Harris, psychiatric-survivor & champion of youth rights.

To listen live click on http://www.theprn.org at 4 pm EST, 1 pm PST Wednesday, 29 November 2006 or listen to the archive later. Yes, the archives now work!

You may phone in to the show live toll free with your questions or comments, or e-mail them to radio@mindfreedom.org.

Host of MF Radio — which begins and ends with news and resources about changing the mental health system — is David Oaks, psychiatric survivor, human rights activist for 30 years, and director of MindFreedom International. MF Radio and archives are always free.

Leah Harris short bio:

Leah Harris is a mother, a psychiatric survivor, a poet, and an activist. Leah spent most of her adolescence in and out of the mental health system. She says, “I watched the treatment my parents receive for their mental health issues slowly kill their spirits and their bodies.” When Leah became an adult and decided to take back control of her life and her destiny she says “everything changed.”

Today Leah is using the negative experiences of her past to transform the mental health system and promote rights, dignity, and recovery for all people labeled with “psychiatric disorders.” Leah recently keynoted the conference of the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy calling for encouragement for youth activists, and a greater dedication to youth issues, in the movement to change the mental health system.

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MindFreedom Radio is by psychiatric survivors for the “creatively maladjusted.” Listen live every Wednesday at 4 pm EST or hear the archives at http://www.theprn.org. Always free.