Tag Archives: Recovery

OCSC/ No Radio

The Oregon Consumer/ Survivor Coalition had it’s Strategic Planning Retreat last week. In attendance were approximately 40 individuals representing a number of consumer operated organizations and individual members. I’ll do a more involved post soon enough but I wanted to get my pictures … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

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

Father’s Day, 2010

Happy Father’s Day, all you fathers. May your day be sweet. May you forgive yourself for all the things, big and small, that cause you shame and suffering. May you be at peace. In My Life, part 1 My relationship with fatherhood is … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under personal story, pictures

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

Mad Liberation by Moonlight

Re: Looney Radio 5/15/09 Mental Health consumer-talk-radio Tonight, Friday night, 1 a.m. to 2 a.m.- May 15th, 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

Mad Radio Audio Selection

These are from Valley Free Radio/ Madness Radio: madnessradio-2008-07cognitivetherapyronunger madnessradio-2008-07-02spiritualemergencedavidlukoff

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, Mad Radio, Mental health recovery, mp3, sound bite, wellness and systems change

Events News Release from MindFreedom

Some of the events are already past because I was late getting this up but much of it is still useful. MindFreedom International News – 17 July 2008 http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing – please forward A Few 2008 Events About Changing the Mental … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

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

Not thinking right and I know it…

No poetry this post, sorry. Tune in next time, soon. Yes I take drugs. I take 4 different psych meds, not high dosages and I’m unable to notice any annoying side-effects. There have been several times in my mentally-ill life … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under animated gif, animation, can't pay for meds, comedy relief, CS/X movement, Mad Radio, Mental health recovery, not doing well, personal story, pictures, silly

The world is so full of a number of things…

I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. I digress…. had to post this picture: Mental Health and Mortality Per our last post, we reported that in Oregon one-third of people treated for mental health diagnosis die before … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under animated gif, animation, buddhism, CS/X movement, Free Music, Links: Recovery, Mental health recovery, Music, new music, pictures, silly, Uncategorized, wellness and systems change

Potpourri

UK study/ SSRIs Millions of prescriptions for SSRIs are written up in the UK each year, but a major study says they’re no better than placebo. What now for the citizens of Prozac Nation? http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/ssri.study “Perhaps the next time half … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under CS/X movement, Free Music, Frogs, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, mp3, new music, pictures, tadpoles, Uncategorized