Tag Archives: CS/X movement
MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study
I work at Oregon State Hospital (OSH) in Salem, OR. It exists because in Oregon as well as most everywhere else, there is an assumption in the legal system (in society in general) that the people who have a mental health diagnosis … Continue reading
Monday May I (Short-Sweet)
This will be a mixture today- First, I want to call attention to some of my favorite mental health blogs. Bi-polar Blast is now called Beyond Meds (and has been for a long time, I just didn’t get around to changing it in … Continue reading
Filed under CS/X movement, Free Music, Frogs, Mad Radio, mp3, pictures, wellness and systems change
Mad Radio Night Friday 11/6, sort of
Friday night at 1 a.m. (yes, I know, it’s really Saturday- relax, it’s only radio) will be the usual night of lunacy on KBOO 90.7 FM (or streamed at KBOO.FM). Mental Health consumer-talk-radio Friday night, 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.- … Continue reading
Filed under CS/X movement, Mad Radio, Mental Hell Treatment
Sunday Brunch
Appetizer Playing with Hugh Or, rather, hue (and contrast, and saturation etc.). All these taken in the past week or two. Click for real size, which is big, btw. I call this one “very close to fall”. Oregon Rainforest- Silver … Continue reading
Filed under CS/X movement, mindfreedom news, mp3, Oregon State Hospital, pictures, poetry
MLBM Announcement
Re: Looney Radio 4/17/09 Mental Health consumer-talk-radio This Friday night, 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.- April 17th, 2009 KBOO 90.7 FM or streamed on the web: kboo.fm Call in at 503-231-8187 to be on the radio (or show up at … Continue reading
Filed under CS/X movement, Mad Radio, Mental health recovery
Ray Update from MindFreedom
MindFreedom News – 15 April 2009 Nonviolent Revolution in Mental Health http://www.mindfreedom.org/ray – please forward Ray Sandford Declares “Guarded Victory” for MindFreedom Ray Campaign Because of Public Pressure, Ray’s Psychiatrist May Quit Case The bad news … Continue reading
Study 15
From the Washington Post: A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 18, 2009; A01 The study would come to be called “cursed,” but it started out just as Study 15. … Continue reading
News from MindFreedom and other discussions
It’s been a while since I posted information from MFI or other mental health consumer discussion, so, here, from old to newer; have a full bowl- NY Times says minor reform is not enough, but stops short of calling for … Continue reading
Interview with/ about Ray
Forced Electroshock- Question: Is “forced treatment” really “treatment” or is it “Torture”? This is an interview on NPR (click on link): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98273451 Background (mostly from MindFreedom): Ray Alerts (I apologize for repetitive information) MindFreedom International – 16 November 2008 Ray … Continue reading
Mental Health Round-up
Unlike the Pendleton Roundup there will be no bull(s). We’ve known this for a while- the evidence simply piles up: Lilly, J&J Antipsychotics Don’t Top Old Drugs in Kids (Update1) By Rob Waters and Tom Randall Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — … Continue reading
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