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Wellness Resources

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 19:23.
Wellness Resources

Coming Off Drugs Guide Now In Spanish! Guia Reduccion de Drugs Psiquiatricas Disponible en Castellano!

Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 15:04.

guide cover CastellanoThe Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by The Icarus Project and Freedom Center, is now available in spanish - thanks to the dedicated translation work of Agustina Vidal from Buenos Aires Argentina.

Discontinuación del Uso de Drogas Psiquiátricas: Una Guía Basada en la Reducción del Daño, publicado por The Icarus Project y Freedom Center, ha sido traducida al castellano por Agustina Vidal desde Buenos Aires Argentina, miembro de la Asamblea permanente de usuarios del sistema de salud mental.

You can download the guide free online. Puedes decargarla de forma gratuita.

Go to the Icarus ProjectResources section to download and read the Guide in spanish.

Vísite la página en Recursos en el Icarus Project para bajar y leer la Guía.

Major UK Study Shows No Evidence For Forced Drugging

Submitted by admin on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 09:48.

A major new study in latest Journal of Advanced Nursing says there is no clincal evidence in research that forced drugging helps people. Instead, the practice is "taken for granted." According to the BBC, "Very few rigorous investigations of the use of coerced medication have been done despite it being widespread, the Journal of Advanced Nursing reported.

The dearth of evidence is "unacceptable" and more should be done to find alternatives, the team said"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7764512.stm

Yoga Journal Article on FC w/ Teacher Chaya Grossberg

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 12:23.

The widely read Yoga Journal magazine, available across the US, recently had an article about Freedom Center's weekly yoga class, quoting teacher Chaya Grossberg and FC co-founder Oryx Cohen. Download and read the article here.

Freedom Center, Arise for Social Justice, Out Now Oppose PostPartum Depression Screening Program

Submitted by lee on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 22:19.

We are concerned about a legislation that is trying to create universal mental health screenings.

Who will get screened? Why will they get screened? What will happen if they get diagnosed? Are there

other ways to support struggling postpartum mothers?

Hearing Voices Group Tuesdays 4:30 in Holyoke

Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 13:17.

Every Tuesday now, 4:30 to 6 PM at the Recovery Learning Center, 187 High St., Suite 303, Holyoke MA

 

Hearing Voices groups are popular and fairly widespread in Europe, especially England. Hearing Voices groups do not pathologize the experience of hearing voices or experiencing other altered states, instead they ask the voice hearer: What do the voices mean to you? Join us to get support from others with similar experiences! Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Development, RLC and the Freedom Center.

Free Weekly Acupuncture Clinic Mondays 4:30 Open to Public

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 03:38.

Freedom Center brings you FREE Auricular Acupuncture Clinic

Every MONDAY 430 pm -6pm Quaker Space, 43 Center St. left side entrance up stairs second floor downtown Northampton, MA
. , contact lee(at)freedom-center.org

Map to Northampton clinic

Check out the Gazette article about our acupuncture clinic.

Download the general acupuncture information brochure about the clinics.

 

 

 

SHARC Position Paper on Mandated Treatment and Harm Reduction

Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 21:27.

A statement written for the Statwide Harm Reduction Coalition on why mandated treatment is not consistent with Harm Reduction philosophy, developed by Caty Simon and Will Hall.

FC Presents at Herb Convergence

Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 13:59.

FC Organizer Mollie Hurter writes about the Northeast Herbal Convergence:

Freedom Center just did two presentations at the herbal convergence in
Ashfield. The convergence had a few hundred people at it from all over the
northeast and even some folks from the west coast.

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide - Published by Freedom Center & Icarus Project

Submitted by will on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 14:06.

The Icarus Project and Freedom Center's 40-page guide gathers the best information we've come across and the most valuable lessons we've learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, withdrawal, detailed Resource section, information for people staying on their medications, and much more.

Ahora disponible en castellano!