A Tapering Success Story with Lauren

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This is a success story Of coming off antidepressants - enduring severe withdrawal - and reclaiming life. By Dr. Anders Sørensen, originally posted to his Substack, Crossing...

Keep on keeping on: The joys of solidarity

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Irit Shimrat was a keynote speaker at the Mad Pasts, Mad Presence conference put on by Andrea White at the University of Victoria in...

Stop the madness! An indictment against the abuses in Belgian and Dutch psychiatry

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Published by Mad in the Netherlands Brenda Froyen is an author, teacher and mental health activist. After two very traumatic experiences of isolation and restraint...

Announcing Oral History Collection on Mental Health Activists in Manitoba

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Stories are us.  Finding ourselves in history, we figure out who we are and where we belong and how what we do fits with...

Kassi’s Mom

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Thank you for having me. I walk around angry, jaded and bitter. I am not religious but I have begged bargained and negotiated with...

Re-Imagining Psychosis with Filmmaker Rebeccah Love

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Photo: Rebeccah Love directing her Eve Parade cast and crew. Photo by Ben Dickey. Artist Bio: Rebeccah Love is a Toronto-based filmmaker, writer, visual artist...

887 Deaths from Psychoactive Meds Reported to Health Canada in 2021

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I guess I started seriously considering the potential of antipsychotics to kill after I lost my friend Cameron. Cameron Fray was a husband, father...

The Best (and Worst) That Mood-Tech Can Be

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When Ontario was first placed under lockdown in March 2020, I, like many other psych-service users found myself relying on Skype and phone sessions...