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Madness Radio 2008-05-14: Black Mental Health UK Philip Morgan

Submitted by admin on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 04:54.

Blacks in the UK are much more likely than white people to be locked up, put on drugs, and mistreated in the mental health system. Social scientist Philip Morgan of London's Tower Hamlets African and Caribbean Mental Health Organization (THACMHO) discusses the legacy of slavery, survivor-run advocacy for system change, and an innovative project reclaiming Black identity through historical research. www.thacmho.org.uk

Madness Radio 2007-07-18 : Madness Survivor Voices with Gail Hornstein

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/14/2007 - 21:40.

Longtime Freedom Center Ally Mt. Holyoke College Professor Gail Hornstein discusses first-person accounts of people who have lived through madness, and previews her upcoming book Agnes's Jacket.

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Madness Radio 2006-05-04: Darby Penney Willard Hospital Suitcase Exhibit

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/04/2006 - 11:27.

Leading survivor advocate Darbey Penney on the exhibit created from suitcases found in the attic of the old Willard State Hospital asylum in New York.