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Join us at our next meeting!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

April 17th, 7:00 PM

Coming Off Psych Drugs: A Meeting of the MindsComing Off
Psych Drugs

A Meeting of the Minds

 

Our April meeting will feature a new documentary film by Daniel Mackler.

More than half the film’s subjects have successfully come off a variety of medications, including antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and benzos, and several participants give trainings on the process. Here they tell how they did it and they provide a philosophy and framework for coming off. Starring Will Hall, Oryx Cohen, Laura Delano, Chaya Grossberg, Daniel Hazen, Laura Van Tosh, and Spencer and Matt Ladner.  View trailer

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: First Unitarian Church,  1011 SW 12th Ave., Portland, OR
Note: Laura Van Tosh is unable to attend this meeting as previously promoted.

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Recovery-Oriented Research Funded by Mental Healthcare Foundation

Posted on November 21, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Inspired by Robert Whitaker’s ‘Anatomy of an Epidemic,’ the grants will aid investigation of care models that have helped patients overseas

The Wilsonville-based Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care – started last year to support a new model for mental health research – has awarded a $100,000 grant to research whether the Finnish “open dialogue” model can be implemented in the United States, and is both offering and seeking funds for other related grant projects.

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