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LINKS   In the news     Help and Support      Pyschiatry - a nihilistic discipline Dr Bob Johnson is a consultant psychiatrist based on the Isle of Wight. He has written two books questioning psychiatry’s current focus on medication, and runs the website www.TruthTrustConsent.com.  Here, he argues that psychiatry in its current form is not working. 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009, “Psychiatry Beyond Medication” on Saturday April 25th 2009 - 9.30am till 4.30pm at The Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London NW1 Register at :http://www.jamesnaylerfoundation.org http://www.justice4kate.holmfirthdesignweb.com/ Kate was only 27 when she died, let down and abandoned by the NHS. Her sad and tragic story is on the above site, please read it and support Justice4Kate. A “high profile nutcase” Merinda Epstein's aim with this website includes exposing some of the myths around mental illness, the social stigma attached to treatment, and the political and bureaucratic machinations of funding and treatment http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/papermepstein.pdf Superb Essay "Let's Face it - she just too f**ked" Anna’s Re-traumatisation Chart The Anna Institute celebrates and honors the life of Anna Caroline Jennings, by using her artwork and life experience to educate others on the hidden epidemic of childhood sexual abuse, its horrific impacts on individuals and society, and paths to prevention or healing. http://www.theannainstitute.org/ http://comingtolife.co.uk The Coming To Life Centre is a place where resources are available for people wanting to recover from the negative impact their childhood has on their current adult life. http://www.borderlineuk.co.uk/ Psychiatric Survivors’ Guide http://www.alice-miller.com/index_en.php Alice Miller, PhD in philosophy, psychology and sociology, as well as a researcher on childhood, is the author of 13 books, translated into thirty languages.  Out of 192 members of the United Nations, only 19 have so far forbidden corporal punishment of children. http://www.freewebs.com/bruiseduk/ survivors making waves "just one drop" Prevent abuse now Sexual Abuse Statistics Psychiatric Survivor Testimonials and Embodiment: Sexual Abuse Statistics System survivors - Is there anything we can do? The National Association for People Abused in Childhood The trauma Pages Trauma and Abuse Group Treating adult survivors of severe childhood abuse and neglect: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: true or false? A Psychiatric Survivor’s Book List http://website.lineone.net/%7Evex/How%20Therapists%20Abuse.htm How therapists can abuse patients inadvertantly http://www.mad-chicks.org.uk/index.htm Mad Chicks is a new movement, which focuses on issues specific to women mental health service users, using creativity to achieve our aims and attract attention to our causes. We have developed from within Mad Pride, an international user-led movement which challenges discrimination and misinformation in relation to mental health and celebrates mad culture. http://www.madnotbad.co.uk/action/action_home.htm Devoted to taking positive action to improve the Mental Health Services. You can display any relavent information here of interest to 'service users' and 'carers' - this might include details of local service user 'forums', protests, research, groups, campaigns ... http://www.1stpm.org/ 1st Person is a magazine devoted to giving accounts, opinion and artwork from the perspectives of people who have had mental health conditions, rather than from the professional point of view. http://writhesafely.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/how-psychiatry-blames-the-victim/ Psychiatry that balmes the victim http://website.lineone.net/%7Evex/How%20Therapists%20Abuse.htm Therapy/abuse