http://www.mindfreedom.org Here are links to just some of the blogs related to changing the mental health system, including topics of human rights and alternatives in psychiatry. Disclaimer: "Blogs" or "Web Logs" usually contain individual perspectives that may be extremely controversial. Views of the blog owners are theirs and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of MindFreedom International. Listing a blog here does not imply endorsement of all or some of the content. Some viewpoints expressed may be offensive to readers. daily 1 2006-11-13T09:44:58Z http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/diane-kern-psychology-physics Psychologist Diane Kern describes this as a "semi-blog." Diane Writes, "'Where Psychology Meets Physics' is a book in progress. Readers will be introduced to new conceptions of consciousness. Cognitive science and quantum physicists have taken psychology 'where no man fears to go'. Quantum processes are imbedded within everything in the material world and that means neuronal activity my friends. Profound implications follow from this work; parents, educators, 'therapists' and philosophers, take note. The semi-blog format permits multi-leveled exploration of the work. No publisher david 2008-06-03T19:35:19Z 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 2007-10-08T15:55:10Z 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/bipolarblast 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 2007-07-21T21:08:19Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/bipolar-recovery Excerpted from "about Jane," the blog author: "Without therapy or drugs. It is possible to shake off the disabling symptoms of these mental illnesses leaving you with your natural gifts and talents intact. It is possible to live a life free of medications and the mental health care profession, once you have learned how to therapy yourself. As a result I believe that there may be hope for everyone for a lasting permanent recovery from mental illness." No publisher david 2008-07-01T17:38:16Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/psychiatry-blog-directory Here are links to just some of the blogs related to changing the mental health system, including topics of human rights and alternatives in psychiatry. Disclaimer: "Blogs" or "Web Logs" usually contain individual perspectives that may be extremely controversial. Views of the blog owners are theirs and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of MindFreedom International. Listing a blog here does not imply endorsement of all or some of the content. Some viewpoints expressed may be offensive to readers. No publisher david 2008-04-30T18:34:40Z Smart Folder 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/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/different-thoughts This blog is in English though it originates in Denmark. From a quote by Jack Kerouac on the blog, "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble makers., The round pegs in square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status, quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve, them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is, ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire." No publisher david 2008-02-09T22:39:26Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/djbarney This blog is authored by MindFreedom member Barney Holmes, who describes it as a "blog that fits the treatment of emotional issues into the wider context. My blog will not always dwell on those health system subjects, but I will examine them when I can as my life was almost taken because of them. I support change, and dignity for patients in the wider context of the big changes that we see happening at the beginning of the 21st Century." No publisher jeremy 2008-06-05T17:05:02Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/furious-seasons Furious Seasons is authored by a journalist/patient Philip Dawdy who was diganosed with bipolar disorder and who seeks to hold the mental health industry accountable. The author is opposed to outpatient commitment and forced electroshock treatments. No publisher david 2007-09-14T16:19:15Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/mindfreedom-blog This web site also maintains a blog for MFI activities. No publisher david 2007-04-29T18:08:10Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/nuts-r-us-news A variety of news items and opinions on a web log run by Patricia Lefave of Ontario, Canada "expressing the alternative views of those who are dissatisfied with the current state of the mental health system around the world and current and growing powers of bio-psychiatry and the psychiatric establishment" No publisher david 2007-09-14T16:24:02Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/patient-anonymous This Canadian blogger with diagnoses such as "ADD" and "bipolar" states that the blog covers "all things psych and neuro and medicine medicine." No publisher david 2008-04-06T22:06:12Z Link http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-blogs/psych-activist Describing this blog as "psych news for a brave new world by an independent psych activist," the blogger adds that, "I am a mental health writer and a psychiatric survivor who has been personally traumatized by the mental health system." No publisher david 2007-10-18T21:48:54Z Link