Steven Morgan: friend, colleague and super human being

photo of Steven Morgan against a tree...

Stephen Morgan has died. Here is the Facebook Announcement from Intentional Peer Support He was a rare individual, loved by everyone who knew him. A beautiful light gone from this plane too soon I've never forgotten the first time I met him. He came to my home in Asheville at the beginning of all the beautiful connections made among those in the mad movement online. He was 26. He literally shone like a light. His face is etched in my memory when I opened the door and saw him for the first time and he felt like my brother. He shared eight articles that he wrote here on Beyond Meds. In his memory I ask that if you've not read them before, please do. And if you have read them, you might just find that they're wonderful a second time around. I felt honored at the time that he would want me to share his work. And now I'm so glad that I have this small body of his beauty kept here in the archives. the collection is below:

November 12, 2025 0

Another Way: peer recovery program in Vermont, featured on NPR

Another Way is a community center by and for psychiatric survivors in Montpelier, Vermont. NPR recently came to Vermont and featured us in a small segment. They were covering the impact of Tropical Storm Irene, which last year knocked out the state hospital.

The good news: in the process of trying to replace the hospital, the Vermont legislature and the Department of Mental Health wove together a bill that's actually quite progressive, and includes such jawdroppers as: "The commissioner of mental health shall coordinate a geographically diverse system and continuum of mental health care throughout the state that shall include at least the following: (3) alternative treatment options for individuals seeking to avoid or reduce reliance on medications." Part of the mix is a million dollars for a Soteria-Vermont, and another million dollars for peer support services. Another Way will be one of many recipients of some of the new money.

June 7, 2012

Caty’s story of recovery and empowerment through peer support at the Freedom Center

An original piece by Caty with her permission to reprint: I remember therapy. I remember the array of their tasteful, decorative little offices, all the little tchotchkes that were supposed to demarcate the small variations among their bourgeois personalities. Were they a sensitive New Age therapist was the office bedecked in fuchsia quilts and crystal... Continue Reading →

April 13, 2009 7

Consumer run crisis facilities MORE successful than psych hospitals

Unlocked facilities run by us crazy folk have better outcomes for people in crisis! I actually think I covered this story a while back with a different article but it's worth repeating. This makes me think of all the success Jayme is having at the Peer Wellness Center in Georgia. Jayme is the director and... Continue Reading →

March 1, 2009 5

Embracing Myself: A Journey of Acceptance

Jayme is an incredible human being who was institutionalized for 20 years and experienced all the profound dehumanization that goes with that. The number of people with a history like hers that end up escaping the system is very few. But that is what Jayme did and she did it with such awesomeness and grace and transcendence

January 25, 2009 28

Drug-Free Prevention Of Postnatal Depression

From Medical News Today: A heart-to-heart chat with a peer has proven an effective way to prevent postnatal depression in high risk women, cutting the risk of depression by 50%, according to a University of Toronto nursing study published in BMJ Online. (continue here) What a novel idea. Talking to and supporting people in distress... Continue Reading →

January 21, 2009 6

Ask for alternatives

You have six more days to e-mail to USA National Institute of Mental Health about their "Strategic Plan." NEEDED: Voices for Choices in Mental Health! Why you ought to call on NIMH for research on more CHOICES in mental health system other than drugs, drugs, and more drugs. One of the biggest funders of research... Continue Reading →

December 15, 2007 4

New Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Guide

Harm Reduction Guide To Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs & Withdrawal (update newly revised edition) The Icarus Project and the Freedom Center has come out with a guide called, "Harm Reduction Guide to Coming off Psychiatric Drugs." It is a 41 page PDF file. I printed it out last night and read it. It's a good place... Continue Reading →

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