http://www.mindfreedom.org Here are links to just some of the blogs related to changing the mental health and mental disability systems, including topics of human rights and alternatives in psychiatry. daily 1 2006-11-13T09:44:58Z http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/monster-love The blog owner Eric describes himself, at the time this was posted, as a 19-year-old Autistic queer, gray-A/demisexual guy residing in an area of Montgomery County, MD, USA with emotional issues, OCD, ADHD (predominately inattentive), multiple phobias, interested in disability justice and neurodiversity activism. No publisher david 2011-06-23T18:47:26Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/alison-hymesvirginia Alison Hymes describes herself as a "Token" Member of the Commitment Taskforce of the Chief Justice's Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, Virginia. No publisher david 2010-08-04T19:03:51Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/anti-psychiatry-web-log Livejournal provides web space for a number of communities, in this case one calling itself "Antipsychiatry." It's entries are like a blog, along with other resources. This is from their self-description: "This is a community for people who are opposed to the practice and theory of psychiatry. It is a place for people to post information about patient's rights, the dangers of psychiatric drugs, personal experiences, questions, and thoughts. Please stay on-topic, and please do not join or post if you are just going to laud the 'benefits' of psychiatry. There are plenty of communities for that already." No publisher david 2007-11-25T00:43:15Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/asylum-squad "The Rants and Musings of a Psych Heretic." A blog from a young artist with a psychiatric label, focusing on her comics. In her words: "This blog serves as a space to post text entries both related and unrelated to the subject matter my comics touch on." A July 2010 post covers a Mad Pride event in Toronto. No publisher assist 2010-08-04T19:36:13Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/beyondmeds From the blogger: "I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1985 at age 19. I was medicated off and on from 1985 to 1988 and then medicated in 1992 to the present after having the daylights scared out of me by what I now see as ignorant doctors. About three years ago I started questioning the heavy drugging of my symptoms as well as the diagnosis itself. I began the slow and difficult process of withdrawing from my psych meds. I hope to share with the readers of this blog this journey as it continues. This journey includes my ultimate disillusionment of psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry." No publisher ombudsman kb_quitting 2009-07-20T17:09:31Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/bipolar-or-waking-up Sean Blackwell, founder of this blog says, "If you have recently had a 'bi-polar' crisis, there is a possibility that your experience may be exremely healing for you if you approach it the right way. I should know, my episode of 'mania[ set me free." No publisher david 2011-01-07T20:47:55Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/bitchmagazine-palindrome-were-all-mad-here Guest Blogger ANNA PALINDROME has a theme called "We're All Mad Here." More than one blogger posting to "Bitchmagazine" is posting on this theme of "We're All Mad Here," and commenting on a wide variety of topics related to changed the mental health system. Look for these titles at the bottom of profile in "Recent Blog Posts." No publisher david 2011-09-27T17:42:58Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/bitchmagazine-se-smith-were-all-mad-here SE SMITH is one of the Guest Bloggers in Bitch Magazine on the theme of "We're All Mad Here," commenting on a wide variety of topics related to changed the mental health system. Look for these titles at the bottom of profile in "Recent Blog Posts." No publisher david 2011-09-27T17:42:29Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/blue-hackers From the "about" page: The objective of this initiative is to make visible that there are many fellow geeks among us who are intimately familiar with depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. It helps to know you’re not alone. And it’s not because we’re geeks, but because we’re human. No publisher david 2010-11-07T04:51:15Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/bruce-e-levine Bruce E. Levine, PhD has been a practicing psychologist for decades, and he's a dissident. Perhaps it's that Bruce was raised working class, but he connects the dots between social change and societal despair. Bruce has several books in the MindFreedom MADMARKET. Bruce blogs via Arianna Huffington's site. No publisher david 2007-11-25T00:10:10Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/canada-mindscape-wipond Canadian journalist Rob Wipond of Canada has a blog that he describes as, "Monitoring and critical analysis of current events, media coverage and scientific research surrounding 'mental health' issues in Canada and globally." No publisher david 2008-09-12T15:18:51Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/cape-town-madpride From the about page for this South African-based blog: "This is the website/blog for Cape Town Mad Pride, an annual event that joins the local and international Madness Network in festivities and activism around the issue of cognitive liberty, psychrights and an end to psychiatric oppression. We welcome (ex)users-survivers, patients, inmates, outlaws and all freedom-loving individuals everywhere to join us in a non-violent revolution against the Mental Health system." No publisher david 2011-02-06T18:39:36Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/capa From the blog: CAPA is an organization - a coalition of people - committed to dismantling the psychiatric system and building a better world through strategic activism. We see the very concept of mental illness as flawed. We object to incarceration, electroshock, and the vast array of brain-damaging drugs. We oppose the violation of human rights which is endemic to psychiatry. Currently, CAPA members are working on developing strategies and actions aimed at curtailing the use of psychiatric drugs and electroshock. No publisher david 2007-05-15T01:09:52Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/colin-eadie-blog This entry, the blogger says , "refers to psychiatry and mental health, and problems that were encountered in the past 50 years, immortality, and acts and miracles performed by myself." No publisher david 2008-07-26T17:08:14Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/counterpsych-blog CounterPsych's motto is "Blazing Bright New Trails of Understanding, Hope and Collective Change." The blogger identifies as "a former aid who was employed to work one to one with ‘clients’ inside a psychiatric hospital, through a health care agency," as well as an individual who has experienced the psychiatric system and recovered after diagnosis of "psychosis." No publisher david 2008-11-02T19:04:55Z Link