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Tom Greening has written many humorous poems challenging the current mental health system, and what is called 'normal,' which he decidedly is not.

Tom Greening Poems on "Psychology and Other Pathologies" by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-05-11 11:11
Tom Greening has been writing serious and comical poetry for over 50 years and has had poems published in such diverse places as The American Scholar and Ski Magazine. A set of his poems about his trips to Russia has been translated into Russian. Tom says, "Writing poems about psychology, some of them satirical, has helped me maintain a vestige of sanity in the face of what psychology has become."
Tom Greening is both a psychology professor and a poet by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-05-11 11:08
Tom is a leading dissident psychologist who is challenging the human rights violations inherent in the current mental health system. Plus, Tom is a poet and humorist who helps maintain his own well being through his poetry on psychologist, which is on the MindFreedom web site.
Poem: "Whose Fault" by Tom Greening by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-08-23 15:17
 
Poem: "My Snyapses" by Tom Greening by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-08-23 15:22
 
Poem: "I'm Just Fine" by Tom Greening by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-08-23 15:26
 
Tom Greening has poetry book by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-08-23 15:30
How to order Tom's book on poetry
Quack by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-11-04 07:29
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Thomas E. Wittick is an MFI member who named one of the first psychiatric rights movement activist groups in this era in the USA. Tom chose the name "Insane Liberation Front" for the influential group that began in Portland, Oregon, USA in 1970, and he organized along side the infamous Howie T. Harp. Tom is shown here at the MindFreedom Action Space inside the Alternatives 2006 Conference in Portland, Oregon.
 
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