http://freedom-center.org/keywords/psych-abuse The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-michael-gennarelli 49:00 Madness Radio 2008-06-04 <p>Community organizer and writer Michael Gennarelli talks about his 8 years of psychiatric treatment as a child and his stays at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Michael reads his poetry about these painful experiences and discusses his activism, including an after school program for kids and the Misled Youth Network. <a href="http://www.misled-youth.org/" target="_blank">www.misled-youth.org</a>, <a href="http://www.123communityspace.org/" target="_blank">www.123communityspace.org</a>, <a href="http://www.fountainhouse.org/" target="_blank">www.fountainhouse.org</a>, <a href="http://theicarusproject.net/" target="_blank">www.theicarusproject.net</a>.</p> Survivor of 8 years of child psychiatric treatment and stays at Bellevue Hospital reads poetry and discusses community organizing. no children psych abuse radio Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:30 -0400 admin 381 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-black-mental-health-uk-philip-morgan 51:24 Madness Radio 2008-05-14 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 Advocate from London's Tower Hamlets African and Caribbean Mental Health Organization on the legacy of slavery. no history psych abuse race &amp; class radio research social justice Mon, 12 May 2008 04:54:55 -0400 admin 377 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-author-ronald-bassman-psychologist-survivor 53:05 Madness Radio 2008-14-16 <p> Internationally known advocate, psychiatric abuse survivor organizer, and clinical psychologist Ronald Bassman discusses and reads from his new book, <em>A Fight To Be: A Psychologist&#39;s Experience From Both Sides of the Locked Door</em>. Ron was diagnosed &quot;paranoid schizophrenic&quot; and left in back wards as a &quot;chronic case,&quot; but has gone on to become a leader in the recovery movement and an inspiring teacher and therapist. <a href="http://ronaldbassman.com/" target="_blank">www.ronaldbassman.com</a> </p> Author of 'A Fight To Be: A Psychologist's Experience From Both SIdes of the Locked Door' no books psych abuse radio spirit &amp; mysticism Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:14:18 -0400 admin 370 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-queer-writer-jessica-max-stein 52:06 Madness Radio 2008-04-03 Queer writer, educator, and Icarus Project organizer Jessica Max Stein talks about homophobia, mental health, and our broken educational system. She recently won an award from Poets & Writers magazine, and had a poem published in the Sun magazine. She reads from her 'zines Mad Love and Long Walk Back To Myself. Award-winning Poets & Writers and Sun magazines author on homophobia, mental health, and schools. no books poetry psych abuse radio sex &amp; genders social justice Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:40:07 -0400 admin 368 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-moosa-salie 50:41 Madness Radio 2008-03-12 Capetown South Africa survivor activist Moosa Salie talks about mental health organizing in Africa and beyond, and work to establish the Ubuntu Center for alternative support. Check out Moosa's blog at http://moosa-salie.oism.info/ and the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry at www.wnusp.net. Activist Moosa Salie on psychiatric survivor organizing in South Africa. no psych abuse radio Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:52:19 -0500 admin 359 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-2008-01-23-celia-brown-international-human-rights 52:10 Madness Radio 2008-01-23 <p> Psychiatric abuse survivor and human rights activist Celia Brown discusses working for change in the mental health system, including her ownn experiences and creating &#39;supported decision-making&#39; for people in distress. Celia is President of Mindfreedom International and a board member of the National Association of Rights Advocacy and Protection. www.mindfreedom.org www.narpa.org </p> Mindfreedom International President on working for system change, including supported decision making. no psych abuse race &amp; class radio social justice Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:29:41 -0500 admin 355 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-angela-bischoff-wayne-lax 51:20 Madness Radio 2007-12-05 Two interviews on psychiatric abuse: Angela Bischoff's husband Tooker Gomberg died in a suicide after taking anti-depressants; both were prominent Toronto environmental and peace activists. Wayne Lax survived 80 shock treatments and multiple hospitalizations over thirty years. Today both Angela and Wayne are waging campaigns to reform the mental health system. www.greenspiration.org Activist who lost her husband in an anti-depressant suicide and shock survivor discuss reforming mental health. no psych abuse radio Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:48:27 -0500 admin 347 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-2007-11-28-police-training-julie-diamond 57:15 Madness Radio 2007-11-28 After James Chasse, a man with a schizophrenia diagnosis, was killed by Portland police in 2006, reforms included improved police training. Julie Diamond discusses efforts to help teach police better de-escalation and conflict resolution techniques as an alternative to force and violence. Check out www.mentalhealthportland.org, www.juliediamond.net, and another audio interview with Julie at http://www.katejobe.com/podcast.html. De-escalation and conflict training for Portland Police after they killed a man diagnosed with schizophrenia. no alternative treatments prisons &amp; crime psych abuse radio social justice Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:28:29 -0500 admin 344 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/shocking-facts-why-opponents-call-ban-ect activism &amp; advocacy psych abuse Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:56:52 -0500 341 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/alison-hillman-mdri-argentina 49:38 Madness Radio 2007-11-14 Latin America Program Director Alison Hillman of Mental Disability Rights International talks with Will Hall in Buenos Aires Argentina about the campaign to reform the country's brutally abusive mental health system, and the work she and Will have been doing with the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales to support the emergence of the user/survivor movement. Check www.mdri.org and www.cels.org.ar. Alison Hillman Mental Disability Rights International on reforming Argentina's asylum system. no legal psych abuse radio social justice Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:52:51 -0500 admin 337 at http://freedom-center.org