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To donate to my PayPal (thank you): https://paypal.me/danieru22?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US "The Zyprexa Papers is a comprehensive presentation of a powerful sequence of events in which Jim Gottstein exposed a pharmaceutical company whose antipsychotic medication could harm psychiatric patients." - Michael Warren Cornwall, Book Review I hope you enjoy this interview with Jim Gottstein. PsychRights - http://psychrights.org/ Mindfreedom International - https://mindfreedom.org/ Elyn Saks - https://gould.usc.edu/faculty/profile/elyn-saks/ Note: Information contained in this video is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for treatment or consultation with a mental health professional or business consultant.

Few people have experienced the struggle of psychiatric patients like Ronald Bassman has. Ronald has seen both sides of the locked door. At the age of 25, he was institutionalized at a psychiatric hospital and treated with electroshock, insulin comas, and massive doses of medication. In this episode, he retells the traumatic events that led him to pursue a doctorate in psychology. He is now the Executive Director of MindFreedom International. He has been part of multiple organizations vying to promote the civil and human rights of people with psychiatric disabilities and provide the tools to facilitate genuine community integration for people who use mental health services. Learn more about his story and the mental health pushing to cultivate a better world for people with mental illness.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the On Your Mind Community today:journeysdream.orgTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

(with music + commentary)MindFreedom International: https://mindfreedom.org/MindFreedom Shield Program: https://mindfreedom.org/shield/Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons (USA): https://www.justice.gov/crt/civil-rights-institutionalized-personsArticle 12 of the United Nations Disability Convention (concerning the rights those with mental disabilities): https://mindfreedom.org/kb/article-12-un/Psychiatric Advanced Medical Directives information (USA): https://mindfreedom.org/resources/psychiatric-advanced-directives/Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: http://www.bazelon.org/Homelessness Marathon (an annual 14-hour radio broadcast featuring the voices and stories of homeless people from around the United States): http://news.homelessnessmarathon.org/Autistic Self-Advocacy Network: https://autisticadvocacy.org/

Beth gives updates on the process of ending guardianship including working with the MN ACLU and MindFreedom International. Also, Able Media is looking for board members! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week on MIA Radio, MIA Correspondent Leah Harris interviews Celia Brown. Celia is a psychiatric survivor and a prominent leader in the movement for human rights in mental health. She is the current Board President of MindFreedom International, a nonprofit organization uniting 100 sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labelled mentally ill. Please Support Us: Our work is made possible by the generous support of our readers. To make a donation please visit this page. Thank you. https://www.madinamerica.com/donate/

  Dinah Miller, MD, returns to the MDedge Psychcast, this time to do a Masterclass lecture on involuntary commitment. Dr. Miller is coauthor of “Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care.” She has a private practice and is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, both in Baltimore. In addition, Dr. Miller is a columnist for Clinical Psychiatry News and serves on the editorial advisory boards of CPN and MDedge Psychiatry. Timestamps: This week in Psychiatry (00:37) Masterclass lecture (02:00) Dr. RK (40:50) This week in Psychiatry: Duloxetine 'sprinkle' launches for patients with difficulty swallowing by Christopher Palmer Drizalma Sprinkle (duloxetine delayed-release capsule) has launched for the treatment of various neuropsychiatric and pain disorders in patients with difficulty swallowing. Overview of the involuntary commitment debate Four main controversies surround involuntary treatment First, standards for involuntary commitment vary by state; most states require that a person be diagnosed with a mental illness and is imminently dangerous to self or others. Some states extend their parameters to include those who are “gravely disabled” or need of psychiatric treatment. Second, as involuntary beds decrease, there is no place for involuntary treatment. Third, involuntary treatment includes outpatient civil commitment (OCC), and policy groups differ in their opinions of involuntary inpatient and outpatient treatments. Laws defining the need and amount of mandated outpatient services vary, based on geographical area. Also, outpatient commitment is difficult to enforce. The final controversy addresses a patient’s right to refuse treatment with medication. Groups hold wide-ranging positions along policy spectrum The Treatment Advocacy Center is a strong proponent of involuntary hospitalization. The group advocates for more state hospital beds in the United States, monitors the number of state hospital beds, proposes an involuntary standard of based on need for treatment, and argues that anosognosia justifies involuntary hospitalization. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a grassroots organization founded by parents of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and initially represented a view in favor of involuntary hospitalization based on protecting those with SMI. However, as NAMI has grown to represent a broad swath of people with mental illness, the organization has struggled with whether it represents the interests of people with SMI only or a broader group of people with any mental illness. The American Psychiatric Association holds the middle ground, identifying dangerousness as the standard of involuntary care. In 2015, the APA released a carefully worded stance in support of outpatient commitment on a limited basis. Organizations strongly against involuntary treatment include the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, whose mission is to protect and advance the rights of adults and children with mental illness. The Bazelon Center opposes anything that restricts the rights of people with mental illness. The recovery movement, which developed as a backlash against the perceived paternalism of psychiatry, prioritizes the mental health consumer’s autonomy with an emphasis on peer support and being proactive in health care choices. On the antipsychiatry spectrum are the groups MindFreedom International and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Both of those groups oppose involuntary treatment. Violence and mental illness In the community, psychiatric illness is thought to be responsible for 4% of total violence and 7%-10% of murders. The MacArthur Foundation investigated rates of violence in people with mental illness 10 weeks after an inpatient hospitalization. It found that, compared with community samples, people with mental illness following hospitalization have higher rates of violence. The rate of violence was 8% for people with schizophrenia, 15% for bipolar disorder, 18% for depression, and 23% for personality disorder. Twenty weeks after discharge, patients with more treatment contacts were less likely to be violent. Mental illness does not belong in conversations about violence prevention because violence is more strongly correlated with substance use, anger, and early exposure to violence. Thus, mass murder cannot be prevented with forced care or institutionalization. The case is less clear for involuntary treatment for suicide prevention. For example, we know that two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides; however, we do not have statistics to elucidate whether involuntary hospitalization would prevent suicides. Final thoughts Involuntary hospitalization should be the treatment choice of last resort. A psychiatrist should pursue careful assessment with as many sources as possible and strongly suggest alternatives, such as voluntary hospitalization. Involuntary hospitalization could be less traumatizing by implementing steps such as reducing forced treatments, minimizing seclusion and restraints, asking patients for feedback at the end of their stays, and acknowledging that involuntary treatment is difficult. Involuntary care would be less necessary if voluntary care were easier to access earlier in an illness to avoid crisis and hospitalization.   References Miller D and Hanson A. “Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care” (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016). Torrey EF et al. The MacArthur Violence Risk Study revisited: Two views ten years after its initial publication. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Feb 1;59(2):147-52. Testa M and West SG. Civil commitment in the United States. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2010 Oct;7(10):30-40. For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgePsych  

This week on MIA Radio, we interview Celia Brown. Celia is a psychiatric survivor and a prominent leader in the movement for human rights in mental health. She is the current president of MindFreedom International, a nonprofit organization uniting 100 sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labelled mentally ill. Celia also serves on the board of the National Empowerment Center and has co-chaired the planning committee for the National Alternatives Conference for the past few years. She was last year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alternatives Conference. In this interview, we talk about the history of the human rights movement to combat forced treatment and the important role Celia has played in it. In the episode we discuss: •The goals and values of the movement for human rights in mental health, specifically in regards to the issue of forced treatment •Celia’s role in the human rights movement and MindFreedom International •How the movement for human rights in mental health first started and its early achievements •The important role played by Judi Chamberlin in the formation of the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement •How efforts to combat shock treatment and provide informed consent about psychiatric drugs have been a core part of the movement in recent years •The development of the peer specialist position and the peer support movement •How the human rights movement has developed alternative language to the terms and labels used by the mental health system •Some of the current tensions and divisions within the movement •Current ongoing advocacy efforts to combat forced treatment, including Tina Minkowitz’s advocacy work with the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Disability Integration Act •Why the movement has faced challenges in changing policy and public opinion on the rights of people labelled mentally ill •How the movement for human rights in mental health has overlapped and intersected with other human rights movements, including the civil rights, feminist, and disability rights movements •The role Kate Millet played in bridging the psychiatric survivors movement with the feminist movement •How people can get involved in the movement for human rights in mental health by learning about the history of the movement, attending conferences, and seeking mentorship To get in touch with us email: podcasts@madinamerica.com © Mad in America 2017  

Oregon Mental health counselor Ron Unger discusses his experiences with altered states of consciousness, and how cognitive behavioral therapy can be a useful alternative to medication and mainstream psychiatric treatment. Ron is a longtime organizer with the human rights organization Mindfreedom International, and his website is http://www.recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/blog/   [Read more...]

Psychiatric abuse survivor and human rights activist Celia Brown discusses working for change in the mental health system, including her ownn experiences and creating "supported decision-making" for people in distress. Celia is President of Mindfreedom International and a board member of the National Association of Rights Advocacy and Protection.   [Read more...]