ALTERNATIVES

This page contains online resources for download on alternative approaches and understandings of mental health outside of mainstream psychiatry:

“Talking back to psychiatry: Resistant identities in the psychiatric consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement” by Linda Joy Morrison

Spirituality and Recovery from Mental Illness by Chris Summerville

YouTube: Dr. Daniel Fisher on Hope & Recovery

“Self Determination: The Time Has Come” by Peter C. Ashenden and Amy Colesante

Capacitar Emergency Response Kits – simple basic practices taught by Capacitar to empower people to deal with the stress of challenging situations

Gilbert, J. (2008) Mental health: culture, language and power.

In Global Health Watch 2. Zed Books.

Gilbert, J. (2007) What is it to be human? Finding meaning in a cultural context.
The Networker (BOND), Issue 67, 10-11.

Gilbert, J. (2005) Psychiatrist or Psychosocial Adviser? Confusion, controversy and progress in mental health.
The Health Exchange, August, 31-33.

Gilbert, J. (1999) Responding to mental distress:  Cultural imperialism or the struggle for synthesis?
Development in Practice 29(3), 287-295.

Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide – Published by Freedom Center & Icarus Project

Consumer-Directed Transformation to a Recovery-Based Mental Health System

From Relief to Recovery

Nurturing Oneself in Depression

Ensuring Social Inclusion by Focusing on Personal and Community Wellness

The Danger and Opportunity in Crisis

By Lars Martensson

Love, Hope, and Brain Science
Transcript of speech by Lars Martensson at seminar
“Road to Recovery”, San Diego, April 2nd, 2004

LOVE, HOPE, & BRAIN SCIENCE -Cornerstones of a New Psychiatry
by Lars Martensson, M.D.
Based on a public lecture at the University of Oslo, Norway, September 16th, 1997

Interview with Hebriana – Summer of 1998

THE MEANING OF LIFE EFFACED

BRAIN/MIND & SCHIZOPHRENIA

OVERCOMING PSYCHOSIS
First Person Experiences Show Usefulness of Concepts of Brain/Mind & Schizophrenia

SHOULD NEUROLEPTIC DRUGS BE BANNED?