The Soteria Network is holding a conference on the 11th November in Derby on ‘Alternatives within and Beyond Psychiatry ‘. Speeakers include Robert Whitaker, Jaakko Seikkula, Richard Bentall and Sonia Johnson. Soteria network conference

Sami has sent this link to a short film by Peter Gordon (an old age psychiatrist in Scotland) critiquing the Craddock et al paper on need for psychiatry to be more medical model http://www.vimeo.com/24105655

A discussion group will be starting on the 2 nd June in Manchester between 7pm and 9pm. Its led by Helen Spandler and others. It will focus on existentialism and the first topic is ‘Hell is other people: from Sartre’s No Exit to Reality TV’ PosterExistentialDiscussion Group