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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2015 19:14:47 GMT
An Interview with Laura Delano Laura Delano is a psychiatric liberation activist, writer, and community organizer. She entered the “mental health” system as a 13-year old and escaped it 14 years later, after accidentally stumbling upon Robert Whitaker’s book, Anatomy of an Epidemic. Today, Laura works with people looking to free themselves from psychiatric labels and drugs, and communities seeking to build alternatives to the “mental health” system. She lives near Boston, where she’s founded a mutual support group for people coming off psychiatric drugs (RecoveringfromPsychiatry.com). She serves on the boards of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry and MadinAmerica.com www.transformingmadscience.com/laura-delano/
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Post by snowstorm on Oct 14, 2015 16:34:43 GMT
I guess this shows how a book can change your life. I certainly agree that the MH system is dehumanising and oppressive and ex-patients are "survivors."
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