Announcing a new Psychiatric Survivors / Antipsychiatry group in Denver, CO, USA.

Announcing a new Psychiatric Survivors / Antipsychiatry group in Denver, CO, USA.

Nebula

From: Nebula Subject: Announcing a new Psychiatric Survivors / Antipsychiatry group in Denver, CO, USA. Date: 21 Jan 2005 14:33:48 -0800 Otherwise Specified is a new psychiatric survivors activist group in Denver, Colorado and we're looking for people to help shape our vision. Our initial meeting will be Tuesday January 25th, 2005 at 7:00 PM. * Are you looking for alternatives to psychiatry? * Does your psychiatrist treat you like a broken chemistry set? * Have your medications made you feel worse, or simply taken away your spark? * Have you experienced the dehumanization of a psychiatric hospital? * Do you suffer from sluggishly progressing schizophrenia? * Do you consider the treatment of 'mental illness' a form of social control? * Do you want to attempt positive social change? Our first meeting will be downstairs at: Breakdown Book Collective 1409 Ogden St. Denver, CO That's only a few blocks from the state capitol. For directions, visit http://www.otherwisespecified.org/directions.php To subscribe to our announcements list, please e-mail subscribe@otherwisespecified.org We want to explore and educate about alternatives to psychopharmacology, alternative perspectives on madness, and the diversity of human experience. We want to empower people to realize their potential, and know that often this can be done without drugs - sometimes only without drugs. We want to help people safeguard themselves against coercive treatment, and to fight coercive treatment in the courts and public forum. To do it, we need you. Whether you're recovered, 'insane' and living fine, or struggling but looking for a better way, we want you. If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you're either a smart-ass or psychiatry has taken a good portion of your life. Isn't it worth one evening to see the start of something new? All are welcome. Please come by and help set the vision for Denver's new anti-psychiatry group. Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested. Feel free to make copies, forward online or in e-mail, and post anywhere. ----------------------- About the Organizer Otherwise Specified is being founded and organized by a life-long Denver resident, who has had numerous dealings with the mental health system. I was first hospitalized at eight-years-old, and would spend the rest of my childhood and adolescence trying to get out of the system. During that time, I was hospitalized several times, at four different facilities. I have been diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and eventually an emerging personality disorder. I've been on medications ranging from Stelazine to Lithium. Now, at twenty years old, I have been off medication for four years. I am a decently successful network engineer. Rather than keep my mouth shut and pretend none of my experiences ever happened, I have decided to get active. Thus, Otherwise Specified is born. /---------------------------------------\ | 0x5179C94A168582BE142A3D2C3A8AAEF0 | |---------------------------------------| | Nebula (f/k/a Void Pointer) | \---------------------------------------/ ---- My apologies if this is a double-post. I do not see the first message on my Good_Old_Usenet account or on Google Groups. It was posted with the Google Groups Beta three hours ago. I believe it may have gone into the bit bucket. ----