May 22, 2016
What exactly are “mental health problems”? In the mainstream, psychological difficulties are seen as “symptoms” of an “illness” or “mental disorder” and based on this the […]
September 8, 2012
Many people come into the mental health system often after being betrayed and traumatized in a number of ways: too often, the mental health system ends […]
October 6, 2011
While the mental health field is just starting to acknowledge that “madness” or psychosis is often a response to trauma, I think it is important to […]
September 24, 2011
Anyone who attempts to list a “hearing voices” group at the new Hearing Voices USA website will find that they are asked if their group assumes […]
April 30, 2010
As I pointed out at a recent mental health system meeting in my county, people with mental health problems face two kinds of risks. The first […]
January 23, 2010
Martin Luther King often made the point that it is better NOT to be “adjusted” to injustice, and that psychologists often over-emphasize the value of “adjustment.” […]
October 10, 2009
[Note: The document below is just a part of the proposed consumer empowerment guidelines for Lane County. I’m posting this separately here, because it is the […]
December 12, 2006
(Note, this is a very old post, and at least many of the problems reported with the EAST program no longer exist, as they have been […]