Category Archives: advocacy and rights

Rxisk.org

Posted on March 13, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

  A great treat, for me, to meet Dr David Healy yesterday at a workshop at Uof T and to hear him talk . The Eclipse of Medical Care -a lecture to University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy by Dr David Healy. … Continue reading →

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“Mentally ill” at high risk of violence

Posted on March 1, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Report on BBC News website on the true story of  people labelled with mental health diagnoses and violence.. Mentally ill people are four times more likely to be a victim of violence, according to an international study. One in four has … Continue reading →

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The Psychiatric Drugging of Children & Elderly

Posted on February 29, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jim Gottstein, campaigning lawyer talking about the alarming increasing use of psychiatric drugs in those who are least able to say no – … often used to control behaviour that carers find difficult. ….and for which there is no real scientific evidence … Continue reading →

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Skillin’ an Stylin’

Posted on February 21, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

We’ve featured my friend and toronto based  mentalskillness.com before. Now mentalskillness has stylin’ buttons to share so  that you can show off your own willin’ to be skillin’ -ness… all you need do is go to mentalskillness.com to get one before they … Continue reading →

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Clara Hughes on Q

Posted on February 9, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

An excellent interview with Gian Gromeshi  on CBC’s Q The single best wat to improve the way we think about mental health is simply for more of us to talk about mental health …and if we can all learn to talk about it … Continue reading →

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training police to deal with the mentally ill

Posted on February 6, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Drag our Leaf Icon above to your taskbar to bookmark TGAM in Internet Explorer 9. Show me how Please don’t show me this again Remind me later Drag our Leaf Icon above to your taskbar to bookmark TGAM in Internet … Continue reading →

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The Sacrificial Caste

Posted on February 2, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Image via Wikipedia Article in UK Guardian by George Bonbiot, Jan 16. Thanks to a freind in recovery for highlighting this – adds to the piece on Tuedsday about Gabor Mate coming to talk in Toronto about the way we … Continue reading →

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Posted on January 16, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Dr Martin Luther King Jr is Celebrated today in the US with a  National Holiday. I received  these two quotes in my email from Seth Godin’s blog this morning… They could have been written today. … about recovery? “Change does not roll in … Continue reading →

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wishes

Posted on January 4, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

   Event:   INTAR/ Leadership Project conference: Toronto November 2011 At the conference in November we asked people to share a personal and heartfelt wish. In the gallery below we share them with the world…. Thanks to Earla for encouraging people to share … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to DSM 5

Posted on December 28, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Online open letter / petition to the DSM 5 committee from the Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. Co-signatories include many organisations from around the world. The DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, … Continue reading →

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