Rethinking Psychiatry Advocacy, Blogs, News, Podcasts and Resources
Feb 10, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Spotlight: MIA’s @emalinus4 interviews feminist psychologist and filmmaker @JanHaaken about the role of #trauma and #mentalhealth discourse in social movements.
#podcast#psychiatry#psychtwitter#psychchatter madinamerica.com/2021/02/trauma…
“The progressive mental health movement must demand something of the larger public and not just settle for spiriting people away to places or directing them to services. As a broader society, we must have greater respect and not call the police when someone is acting odd.”
May 27, 2020 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Bringing Human Rights to Mental Health Care: An Interview with @UNHumanRights Envvoy Dainius Pūras
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The families and children I met were actually my real teachers. They were teaching me about ethical #psychiatry. They were teaching me that if you take #humanrights out of psychiatry, then it becomes dangerous and toxic.