http://freedom-center.org/keywords/children 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-2008-01-30-vara-adams 51:40 Madness Radio-2008-01-30 Vara Adams survived forced hospitalization, drugging, and multiple electroshocks as a teen in Melbourne Australia. She went on to become a heavy metal-influenced songwriter about her experiences as part of the healing process. Show includes several of Vara's songs. www.varaadams.com Melbourne Australia songwriter shares her heavy metal-influenced songs and story of teen psych abuse. no children music radio social justice Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:35:52 -0500 admin 356 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/Madness-Radio-Youth-Suicide-Leah-Harris 51:36 Madness Radio 2007-10-24 Leah Harris reads her powerful poem I Was a Teenage Mental Patient and discusses how communities can work to prevent suicide by looking beyong mainstream approaches and rethinking our alienating school system. Suicide survivor and advocate on alternative ways to prevent suicide no big pharma children coming off meds mental health screenings radio social justice suicide Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:41:33 -0400 admin 323 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madnessradio-2007-05-30-active-bystandership-keely-malone 52:36 Madness Radio 2007-05-30 <p> Keely Malone, organizer with Freedom Center, and Arise for Social Justice, talks about her work with Quabbin Mediation training people in &quot;Active Bystandership:&quot; teaching how to not passively witness harm such as bullying, violence, or crisis, but to become actively involved, and how this can change situations and make communities more responsible.</p> <p><a href="http://www.quabbinmediation.org/html/tba.html" target="_blank">http://www.quabbinmediation.org/html/tba.html </a></p> Practical techniques for ending harm in the community - without government. no alternative treatments children radio social justice Wed, 30 May 2007 11:22:57 -0400 admin 256 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/MadnessRadio-2007-05-23-12-yr-old-lockup-vikki-gilbert-and-holocaust-remembrance 54:40 Madness Radio 2007-05-23 <p> 17 year old Sonia Peterson speaks with great insight about being locked up and forced to take drugs at age 12 and living with a bipolar diagnosis. Plus a short documentaty produced by Darbey Penney and Peter Stastny on Nazi killings of psychiatric patients, and an interview with original Freedom Center leading organizer Vikki Gilbert.</p> Three topics: Nazi killing of psych patients, teen interview, and Vikki Gilbert. no alternative treatments big pharma children family psych abuse radio real paranoia social justice spirit &amp; mysticism Wed, 23 May 2007 11:22:41 -0400 admin 255 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/congressional-bill-end-funding-mental-health-screenings activism &amp; advocacy children mental health screenings news Tue, 22 May 2007 07:11:54 -0400 admin 165 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/madness-radio-2007-05-16-krista-mackinnon-family-advocacy 51:29 Madness Radio 2007-05-16 <div class="content"> <p>Psychiatric Survivor Krista MacKinnon talks about her experiences with extreme states and spirituality, and her current work as a family advocate with Toronto, Canada&#39;s Family Outreach and Response Program, an innovative way of helping families from beyond the limits of the medical approach.</p><p><a href="http://www.familymentalhealthrecovery.org/">http://www.familymentalhealthrecovery.org</a></p> </div> Mysticism, yoga, psych abuse, working with families with Canadian advocate. no alternative treatments children coming off meds dealing with crisis family psych abuse radio spirit &amp; mysticism Wed, 16 May 2007 11:22:37 -0400 admin 254 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/feb-2007-dss-foster-care-legal-training-w-audio activism &amp; advocacy children downloads events legal radio Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:55:17 -0500 admin 116 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/freedom-center-mental-health-show-11-2-06-www-freedom-center-org-prescription-suicide-documentary-w- 42:04 Madness Radio 2006-11-02 A harrowing film of six families devastated by the dangerous violence-causing effects of anti-depressant drugs. Six families devastated by anti-depressant drugs. no big pharma children drugs movies radio suicide Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:27:57 -0500 admin 268 at http://freedom-center.org http://freedom-center.org/Madness-Radio-2006-03-01-Carey-Lamprecht-Children-Forced-Treatment 50:50 Madness Radio 2006-03-01 Activist Carey Lamprecht on her experiences as a staffperson in high security locked facilities with violent children and adolescents, and her creation of successful alternatives to restraints and coercion, alternatives that were blocked by facility administrators. Carey is herself a psych survivor with a bipolar diagnosis. Survivor and former locked facility staff on alternatives to violence. no alternative treatments children prisons &amp; crime psych abuse radio social justice Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:28:44 -0500 admin 227 at http://freedom-center.org