Month: April 2014

First They Ignore You: Impressions From Today’s Hearing on H.R. 3717 (Murphy’s Bill)

by Leah Harris As I walked alone up the stairs to the Rayburn House Office Building this morning to attend the hearing of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on H.R. 3717 – the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act – I thought about how I wasn’t truly alone. In spirit with me were all the people who had experienced scary, coercive, and dehumanizing interventions in the name of help. In spirit with me were all the well-intentioned family members who didn’t want to force treatment on their loved ones, but didn’t have access to or know about alternative voluntary, recovery-oriented community resources. In spirit with me was every mental health provider who went into the field hoping to really make a difference in their communities, but became cynical and discouraged in the face of so many broken systems and broken spirits. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

What meditation really is

Jon Kabat-Zinn, a pioneer of scientific research on meditation, defines meditation as "living life as if it really mattered". … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Sensitivity is intelligence not pathology

The image features Celosia spicata, commonly known as Wheat Celosia or Flamingo Feather. for sensitivity is intelligence

I use the term sensitive as a catch-all term for anyone who might otherwise be labeled and drugged by psychiatry. Neurodiverse has become the norm. Neurodiverse, however is being co-opted by psychiatry and the pharmaceutical companies so I don't like it. There is no perfect way to describe these issues. I actually believe that all human beings are naturally sensitive. Most are simply buried under tons of conditioned BS. Language falls short in these matters. ...

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Murphy bill hearing this morning — ACTION Alert: stop forced treatment

The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

The hearing will focus on the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Witnesses to be announced. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Help study dependence & withdrawal from benzos, antidepressants etc. Take a survey

We desperately need to seed the medical establishment with the indisputable facts about what have happened to us as a result of taking psychiatric drugs. Please help The Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry with this data collection. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

People can now be forcibly drugged in their own homes in every state in the country.

The out patient forced treatment bill passed...people can now be forcibly drugged in their own homes in every state in the country.

What tragedy befalls us. This is dangerous legislation. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

We are not meant, in most cases, to lead separated lives…

We are not meant, in most cases, to lead separated lives…
We require, natural solitaries or not, the opportunity at times to take a companionable stroll through the deserts of our lives with others who walk the same path, in the hope that they can see the terrain for us with fresh eyes... … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Health industry group: Replace psychiatrists with vending machines — Measure to reduce health care costs

A health care industry thinktank, US Health Insurance Consortium on Cost, advocates replacing psychiatrists and other doctors with vending machines to prescribe and dispense antidepressants.

"We believe this will cut the cost of psychiatric services significantly," Uli Arnowsky, spokesperson for USHICost, said. "Our studies show the diagnosis and prescription process can be automated, with no loss in quality of care. Specialist costs are just not necessary for this type of treatment, and psychiatrists are overworked anyway."

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