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Conference: "Innovative Solutions for Building Recovery With Alternatives to Psychotropic Medications"
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Author and mental health industry critic Robert Whitaker and MFI Director David Oaks will be among the keynote speakers at this conference sponsored by Community Health and Counseling Services in Maine.
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| When |
Sep 20, 2012 10:00 AM
to Sep 21, 2012 05:00 PM |
| Where | Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, Maine |
| Contact Name | Mary Haynes |
| Contact Phone | (207) 947-0366 ext 508 |
| Attendees |
Event organizers say all are welcome: "The conference is open to the public. We are targeting a wide range of people as attendees -- consumers, mental health professionals, pcp's, nurses, family members, as well as interested community members." |
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From the organizers:
Speakers who have confirmed (as of 2/24/2012):
- Robert Whitaker (see photo: Journalist and author of Anatomy of an Epidemic and Mad In America)
- David Oaks (psychiatric survivor activist and Director of Mind Freedom)
- Barry Duncan, Psy.D. Director, Heart and Soul of Change Project
- David Cohen, Ph.D. (Professor, School of Social Work at Florida International University
- Joanna Moncrieff, MD (practicing psychiatrist in the UK, academic, author, and founder of the Critical Psychiatry Network)
- James Greenblatt, MD (Psychiatrist; Medical Director of Comprehensive Psychiatric Resources, Inc., and faculty member at Tufts Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.
- Gail Hornstein, Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke and author. Initiated the first Hearing Voices group in the US)
- Kathryn Power, M.Ed. - SAMSHA Regional Administrator, New England
- Leticia Huttman & Kelly Staples - Maine DHHS
- Frank Chessa, Ph.D. - Ethicist at Maine General Hospital
For latest information, including current list of speakers, etc. click here.
