Psychiatric survivors movement

Psychiatric survivors movement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search To meet Wikipedia's quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. See rationale on the talk page, or replace this tag with a more specific message. Editing help is available. (Tagged July 2005) A loose coalition of people feeling betrayed by psychiatry have come together to promote legal and treatment alternatives as members of the psychiatric survivors movement. The "psychiatric survivors movement" is also called the "consumer survivors movement."

Contents [hide] 1 Rejection of psychiatric doctrine and/or practices 2 History of movement 3 Psychiatric Survivors Web Pages 4 See also

[edit] Rejection of psychiatric doctrine and/or practices A number of people considered ill and needing treatment by specific psychiatrists or psychiatric doctrine in general do not perceive benefit from the services offered or forced upon them. Many respond with outrage to both the system of values which judges them to be ill, and the coercive and violent nature of interventions made in the name of "help". The psychiatric survivors movement grew out of these experiences.

[edit] History of movement The beginning of a formal movement is often attributed to Howard Geld, or Howie the Harp, and the formation of the Insane Liberation Front in Portland, Oregon in 1969. Many other local initiatives followed, many of them with Howie's direct participation and most owing to his articulation of peer alternatives to traditional treatment methods, and demonstrated success in funding and operating peer-operated service centers. A coalition of such programs meets annually at the Alternatives conference.

MindFreedom International has also been an important group in the psychiatric survivors movement.

[edit] Psychiatric Survivors Web Pages Tristano Ajmone — Italian survivor [edit] See also Anti-psychiatry Care in the Community Chemical imbalance theory History of mental illness New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Outpatient commitment Psychiatric hospital Texas Medication Algorithm Project Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_survivors_movement" Categories: Cleanup from July 2005 | Anti-psychiatry | Mental health