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Healing Voices – Jan 3, 2018

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Healing Voices

film followed by group discussion


Healing Voices (2016) is a feature-length documentary examining experiences commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ or ‘mental illness’ in society, and a critical look at America’s broken mental health care system.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 7 – 9 PM
Unite Oregon
700 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR
(across from PCC Cascade Campus)
Click here for map

FREE!  (Donations Welcome $0 – $20 suggested)
For questions, contact RethinkingPsychiatry@gmail.com

Click here to download flyer.

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Welcome!

Posted on October 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Welcome!

Rethinking Psychiatry is a movement dedicated to creating a more holistic, compassionate and effective approach to mental health care.

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Action Groups

Posted on October 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Action Groups

We are an organic group and expect to continue to grow and evolve.  At this point, due to the interest and passion of individuals or groups, eight action groups have emerged. Please contact the group facilitators for more information, or if you want to be included in any group.  Also, do be assured that Rethinking Psychiatry will be eager to support you and your interest if you do not find it below.

Art Therapy

Eartha Forest:  orenda917@gmail.com
Isabel Sheridan:   iasheridan44@gmail.com

Community/Networking

Alice Cotton:  alicot@comcast.net
Kate Hill:  miskate2u@gmail.com

Education and Outreach

Terry Danielson: tdaniel333@gmail.com
Marcia Meyers:  marciajmeyers@yahoo.com

MOMS Movement

Cindi Fisher:  cindipacha@gmail.com

Political/Direct Action

Sarah Smith:  sarahsmith1000@hotmail.com

Healing Perspectives, Protocols, Places, & Perceptions

(AKA the Health & Nutrition Group)

Chris Foulke:  gofer@exchange.ne
Tim Shannon:  drt@drtshannon.com

Spiritual Emergence

Harriet Cooke: holisticooke@aol.com

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Robert Whitaker on Psychotropic Drugs and Children

Posted on October 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Robert Whitaker on Psychotropic Drugs and Children

In this WGBH video, Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic, discusses the disturbing effects of psychotropic drugs prescribed for children. Such medications, used for ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc., have become commonplace over the past 30 years. This practice profoundly alters the lives of the children. Now we, as a society, urgently need to address this question: do the medications help the children thrive and grow up into healthy adults? Or does this practice do more harm than good over the long-term. Robert Whitaker emphasizes two things:

  1. the need for an objective, evidence-based approach to evaluating these drugs
  2. the need for better public understanding of how these medications work.

Click here to watch this WGBH produced video on Forum Network. Recorded June 15, 2010. 51 minutes.

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Mission Statement

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At our September 21st general meeting, we framed our new Rethinking Psychiatry mission statement:

Mental health disorder labels often act as a cover for societal and situational problems. This paradigm is encouraged and exacerbated by powerful financial interests. By providing a safe, respectful and inclusive space for the sharing of the wealth of information, tools and experiences available to us all in meeting the challenges of mental, emotional and spiritual wellness, Rethinking Psychiatry is creating a more hopeful, humane and effective mental health care model.

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