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Feb 16, 2011

Top Ten: How Mental Health System Can Have EGYPTIAN Moment!

by David W. Oaks — last modified Feb 16, 2011 02:05 PM

Can the mental health system have the kind of revolt we've seen in Egypt? Mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors are leading an international social change movement for major change in mental health care today. How can such activism and advocacy be supported by agencies and programs that are funded by scarce taxpayer funds? Here are David's "Top Ten Tips" to help the mental health system experience an "Egyptian" moment. read more...

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Bhargavi Davar, PhD, psychiatric survivor leader in India

Bhargavi Davar is a survivor of psychiatric institutions who is working in Pune, India, with a Ph. D. in the philosophy of psychiatry. Dr. Davar is an author of several books and articles critiquing the foundations of psychiatry in India. She said, "MFI has been a great source of inspiration for us in India, particularly the unique international efforts in consistent reporting on globalising psychiatry as an EMERGENCY."

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