Struggling against psychiatry's human rights violations. Weitz D
HumanRightsViolationsWeitz2008
Psychiatric power: A personal view. Bracken P
Psychiatric power a personal view
ISPS book list
The recent book in the ISPS series is by Romme and Esher on ‘Psychosis as a Personal Crisis’. The are all available by Routledge. ISPSbooks
QRMH4 conference programme
The Fourth Qualitative Research on Mental Health (QRMH4) conference programme is now available on their website. QRMH4
Inquiry into the schizophrenia label
An independent Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label was launched on 16 th April 2012 by a group of organisations and individuals concerned about the meaning and usefulness of ‘schizophrenia’ and similar labels such as ‘psychosis’. The Inquiry aims to investigate the impact this label has on people’s lives and to collect evidence from people, including
ISPS name change
Members of the International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses ( www.isps.org ) have just voted, by an overwhelming majority, to change the society’s name to the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. MEDIA RELEASE 14.3.2012 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY REMOVES ‘SCHIZOPHRENIA’ FROM ITS TITLE Members of the International
Prodromal states and psychosis: Towards a theory of mind. Nevradakis C.
A paper presented as a poster in a IEPA conference in 2006. The abstract was been published in a special issue of Schizophrenia Research. Prodromal_States_and_Psychosis
A Revolution of Deceit. Thomas P
Posted on Mad In America blog on 5th March 2012
A philosophical investigation into coercive psychiatric practices. Roche G
A PhD dissertation that seeks to examine the validity of the justification commonly offered for a coercive psychiatric intervention, namely that the intervention was in the ‘best interests’ of the subject and/or that the subject posed a danger to others. Gerry Roche_PhD Dissertation_Volume 1_Feb 2012 Gerry Roche_PhD Dissertation_Volume 2_Feb 2012