Info Document Actions Print this This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.) Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems Author: Daniel Mackler, LCSW Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe…
Info Document Actions Print this In this New York Times article, Ethan Watters explores the impact of the spread of American culture on the understanding of mental health issues outside of the United States. “The Americanization of Mental Illness” Date Published: Jan 10, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Ethan Watters Source: The New York Times For…
Info Document Actions Print this This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.) Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems Date Published: Jan 21, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Daniel Mackler, LCSW Therapy…
Info Document Actions Print this The Reuters news service covers a new scientific study that shows that the number of children in the USA two to five years old who are labeled “bipolar” who put on the powerful neuroleptic or “antipsychotic” psychiatric drugs has doubled in the past decade. Bipolar diagnosis jumps in young children:…
Info Document Actions Print this The conservative newspaper Washington Times published this guest column by two professors concerned that psychiatry’s unscientific labeling may harm attempts to implement universal health care in the USA. Mental health Trojan horse – It’s enough to make anyone sick Date Published: Dec 31, 2009 12:00 AM Author: Richard E. Vatz…
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Calendar item and downloadable flyer about Opal Network meeting in Eugene, Oregon public library on Tuesday, 31 May 2011, at 2:00 pm. The topic: Mental Health, Police and Criminal Justice in Lane County. Downloadable PDF of Opal Network Flyer for 5 May 2011 You can download a one-page PDF flyer [432 K] about the upcoming…
Info Document Actions Print this The New York Times exposes that children are far more likely to be given the super-powerful “neuroleptic” psychiatric drugs, than middle class children. Neuroleptics are popularly known as “antipsychotics.” While MindFreedom is pro-choice about taking psychiatric drugs, there is a cover-up in the popular press that it is now established…
Info Document Actions Print this The New York Times disclosed that when the US Senate forced NAMI to disclose that more than two-thirds of their money secretly came from psychiatric drug companies, one NAMI board member resigned in public protest: Professor H. Richard Lamb. NY Times: NAMI Board Member Resigns in Protest Over Drug Money…
Info On Human Rights Day, the Celia Brown will moderate and participate in a panel in United Nations Plaza about human rights and mental health. What Meeting When Dec 10, 2009 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM Where United Nations Plaza Contact Name NGO Committee on Mental Health Attendees All are welcome Add event to…