Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis

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This book is a revised and retitled second edition of A Straight Talking Introduction to Being a Mental Health Service User(2010). Johann Hari, journalist and writer; author of Lost Connections: why you’re depressed and how to find hope Thank you for this afternoon and for the passion you brought to it. It’s made me feel more hopeful that change is possible. The Inner Compass Initiative and Withdrawal Project– provides information, resources, tools, and connecting platforms to facilitate more informed choices regarding all things “mental health”.

Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric

This is a limited numbers online workshop with the aim of creating a space for interaction and discussion for participants. Free and reduced places are limited and available on a first come first served basis. Jacqui Dillon is an activist, author, and speaker, and has lectured and published worldwide on trauma, abuse, hearing voices, psychosis, dissociation, and healing. She is a key figure in the international Hearing Voices Movement, has co-edited three books, published numerous articles and papers and is on the editorial board of the journal Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. Jacqui is Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, Visiting Research Fellow at The Centre for Community Mental Health, Birmingham City University and a member of the Advisory Board, The Collaborating Centre for Values-Based Practice in Health and Social Care, St Catherine’s College, Oxford University. Jacqui’s survival of childhood abuse and subsequent experiences of using psychiatric services inform her work, and she is an outspoken advocate and campaigner for trauma informed approaches to madness and distress. Jacqui is part of a collective voice demanding a radical shift in the way we understand and respond to experiences currently defined as psychiatric illnesses. In 2017, Jacqui was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Psychology by the University of East London.

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helpful to anybody who wants to learn more about the many facets of mental health care and treatments.’ This unique contribution to the psychology literature remains accessible through compelling narratives, poetry and artwork. This is not just a book; it is a call to action to advocate for a paradigm shift in modern mental health care. It offers an alternative framework for understanding distress and promotes hope for recovery.

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Hearing Voices Network– If you hear voices, HVN can help – we are committed to helping people who hear voices. We offer information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them. Online Events Online Classes Online Health Classes #counselling #psychiatry #psychology #mental_health Since going online in 2020 we've attracted thousands more people from around the world to our annual online festival, our poetry events and our ongoing workshops. This book represents a mission… a move away from biomedical entrapment to a caring mental health system built on the values of liberation and humanity.’Mad in America– Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad).

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The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry– CEP exists to communicate evidence of the potentially harmful effects of psychiatric drugs to the people and institutions in the UK that can make a difference. Dr Sarah Carr, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Service User Research Enterprise, King’s College London AD4E asks not 'What’s wrong with you?’ but 'What happened to you?’ a question that encourages the framing of distress as an understandable reaction to trauma, adversity, or just the struggles we all face as human beings in a difficult world. There’s an intruder in our house! Counselling, psychotherapy and the biomedical model of emotional distressChallenging, insightful and often controversial… a truly innovative and valuable book that functions both as a learning resource and an ardent call to arms.’ Anyone who wants to deal with the epidemic of distress and despair in our society should engage deeply with Jo Watson's work and this massively important book. --Johann Hari, author of Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream There will be space for questions, discussion and the sharing of ideas making for a uniquely powerful and hopeful learning experience. Thank you, Jacqui, totally mind blowing! Really made me think and lots of practical skills I can use in my work. with overwhelming emotional issues typically does not help them. Instead, a psychiatric diagnosis usually