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Freedom Center & Icarus Project Publish Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide

Submitted by Will on Sun, 09/30/2007 - 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.

Wellness Resources

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 19:23.
Wellness Resources

Email Lists

Submitted by admin on Wed, 02/21/2007 - 03:34.

Read our open discussion list (FC-Discuss) here for all kinds of forwarded emails, news items, announcements, and discussions:

http://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/fc-discuss

 

Read our Announcement list (FC-Announce) archive:

https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/fc-announce

 

Read more about subcribing to our email lists.

 

Web Links, Articles, Organizations and More...

Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/20/2007 - 19:09.

  An amazing compliation of resources Check it out!

 

Also look at our Email Discussion List Archive for news articles and other recent resources and dialog, starting in 2006.

 

Check our Latest Web Links Feed on del.icio.us for a ton of additional recent links -- articles, news, websites. Updated regularly, recent items appear on the sidebar to the right.

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Freedom Center Brochures, Flyers & Other Info To Distribute...

Submitted by admin on Sun, 02/18/2007 - 19:12.
Freedom Center Brochures, Flyers & Other Info To Distribute...
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SHARC Position Paper on Mandated Treatment and Harm Reduction

Submitted by admin on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 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.

Buenos Aires, Argentina 11-07: Convocatoria de Usuarios Salud Mental

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 14:28.

 Invitation to the first Argentina meeting of the newly formed Asamblea de Usuarios Salud Mental, the country's mental health user and patient controlled advocacy organization, read by Agustina Vidal. You can also listen to the entire interview with three founding activists of the group.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina 11-07: Interview with Asamblea de Usuarios Salud Mental

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 14:28.

 Will Hall did this interview with three mental health service user activists in Buenos Aires Argentina who recently were part of the founding of the first user's group in the country's history, the Asamblea de Usuarios Salud Mental. The group's historic organizing efforts were supported by the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales  (www.cels.org.ar) and Mental Disability Rights International (www.mdri.org). You can also listen to the Convocatorio calling for the founding assembly of the group in December.

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Western MA Recovery Learning Community

Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 21:40.

The Western Mass Recovery Learning Community (RLC) supports individuals in finding their own paths to recovery within the communities of their choice by offering trauma-informed peer supports and through the development of a regional peer network.

 

Check it out! www.westernmassrlc.org

First Aid for Emotional Trauma -- handout

Submitted by admin on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 19:01.

A summary of what emotional trauma is and how to work to heal it, in a simple 2-sided handout sheet, written by Will Hall. This work is based on Peter Levine, Hakomi, Process-oriented Psychology, and Judith Levine.