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Re: Announcing a new Psychiatric Survivors / Antipsychiatry Group in Denver, CO, USA.
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| | From: | RubyB | | Subject: | Re: Announcing a new Psychiatric Survivors / Antipsychiatry Group in Denver, CO, USA. | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:33:57 -0500 |
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 | "* Do you consider the treatment of 'mental illness' a form of social
> control?"
Isn't it though? Treatment makes us conform whatever the social norms are.
Ruby
"Nebula" wrote in message
news:1106339026.426126.327610@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Otherwise Specified is a new psychiatric survivors group in Denver,
> Colorado and we're looking for people to help shape our vision.
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> Our initial meeting will be Tuesday January 25th, 2005 at 7:00 PM.
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> * Are you looking for alternatives to psychiatry?
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> * 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?
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> * Do you suffer from sluggishly progressing schizophrenia?
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> * Do you consider the treatment of 'mental illness' a form of social
> control?
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> * Do you want to attempt positive social change?
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> Our first meeting will be downstairs at:
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> Breakdown Book Collective
> 1409 Ogden St.
> Denver, CO
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> That's only a few blocks from the state capitol. For directions, visit
> http://www.otherwisespecified.org/directions.php
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> To subscribe to our announcements list, please e-mail
> subscribe@otherwisespecified.org
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> All are welcome. Please come by and help set the vision for Denver's
> new anti-psychiatry group.
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> Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested. Feel free to
> make copies, forward online or in e-mail, and post anywhere.
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> About the Organizer
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> Otherwise Specified is being founded and organized by a life-long
> Denver resident, who has had numerous dealings with the mental health
> system.
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> 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.
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> Now, at twenty years old, I have been off medication for four years. I
> am a decently successful network engineer.
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> Rather than keep my mouth shut and pretend none of my experiences ever
> happened, I have decided to get active.
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> Thus, Otherwise Specified is born.
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