Why do I have these wild relapses? I blame them on my sick synapses. My brain lacks neural density resulting in sub par plasticity. With neurons frayed, flawed, and deficient my coping skills are insufficient. That’s why I want to kiss and hug the doc who gives me some new drug each month and blithely…
Although I think that I’m just fine my friends claim that I’m borderline. Each time I rant and rave a bit they say that I have had a fit. They diagnose me as a nut and then they try to drug me but I know that God is on my side and that I’ll soon…
by Tom Greening QUACK I could lose my license for offering this experimental treatment unproven by clinical trials and double-blind studies. No glossy brochures or stylish advertising with testimonials tout its benefits and safety. Still I go on peddling my home brew to those who suffer, and hope someday scientists will find a way…
Tom Greening has been writing serious and comical poetry for over 50 years and has had poems published in such diverse places as The American Scholar and Ski Magazine. A set of his poems about his trips to Russia has been translated into Russian. Tom says, “Writing poems about psychology, some of them satirical, has…
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Info ISEPP is one of the main networks of concerned mental health professionals, who work united with family members, psychiatric survivors, advocates, and the public. The theme this year: Alternatives to Biological Psychiatry II: Treatments That Work What Convention When Nov 01, 2012 05:00 PM to Nov 03, 2012 05:00 PM Where Airport Marriot Hotel…
Info National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy (NARPA) is a founding Sponsor of MindFreedom International. Their 2012 conference will be in Cincinnati. What When Sep 05, 2012 05:00 PM to Sep 08, 2012 12:00 PM Where The Millennium Hotel, Cincinnati, OH Contact Name Ann Attendees All are welcome. Add event to calendar vCal iCal…
Here you can find a calendar item and PDF flyer for showing of film OpenD Dialogue in Eugene, Oregon on Tues., 27 March 2012. Flyer: Open Dialogue Film in Eugene, Oregon This is a one-page flyer you may download and distribute about the upcoming free showing of the film Open Dialogue by Daniel Mackler in…
Info Author and mental health industry critic Robert Whitaker and MFI Director David W. Oaks will be among the keynote speakers at this conference sponsored by Community Health and Counseling Services in Maine. What Conference When Sep 20, 2012 10:00 AM to Sep 21, 2012 05:00 PM Where Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, Maine Contact Name…
Info The second annual symposium for Rethinking Psychiatry will be held in Portland, Oregon, USA, with keynote speak psychiatric survivor/attorney Jim Gottstein of PsychRights in Alaska. What Symposium When May 11, 2012 07:00 PM to May 12, 2012 05:00 PM Where Portland, Oregon, USA Contact Name Terry Danielson Attendees All are welcome. Add event to…