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

7 Comments

Filed under inhumanity, Mental Hell Treatment, Oregon State Hospital, wellness and systems change

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

Leave a Comment

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

Leave a Comment

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

Leave a Comment

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

Leave a Comment

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

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, mindfreedom news, wellness and systems change

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

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Mental health recovery, politics, wellness and systems change

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

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, wellness and systems change

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

1 Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, Mad Radio, Mental health recovery, pictures, wellness and systems change

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

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, Mental health recovery, personal story, pictures, wellness and systems change