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Mental Health Talent Show

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An awareness-raising talent show in New York City.

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  • Social Event
  • mad-pride
When Oct 23, 2008
from 01:00 AM to 01:00 AM
Where New York City, NY, USA
Contact Phone (718) 643-6758
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A Mental Health Talent Show will take place at South Beach Psychiatric Center in New York City on the night of Thursday, October 23rd. The event will draw disabled people with serious mental health diagnoses from all over the city to perform in the spotlight for a large crowd of supporters. The show is designed to raise the self-esteem of the downtrodden to become more active in life and to raise awareness of the talents of the mental health community.

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Peter Lehmann, editor, author, psychiatric survivor activist

Peter Lehmann of Berlin, Germany serves as one of the MindFreedom International representatives with the United Nations, and is a long-term supporter of MindFreedom campaigns and activities. Peter is a psychiatric survivor who has worked passionately for decades in Germany, Europe and internationally with a variety of groups for significant change in the mental health system. Peter is editor and publisher of a variety of books challenging human rights violations in the mental health system and promoting alternatives. His most recent book (co-edited with Peter Stastny, MD) is called "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry." This book provides chapters from 61 leaders in changing the mental health system, and is available in the MindFreedom Mad Market.

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