MindFreedom International Reminder - please forward
Unite for Real Choices in Mental Health Care
http://www.mindfreedom.org/radio
REMINDER: *TOMORROW* Saturday, 8 August 2009 -- call-in LIVE:
"Alternatives in Mental Health" is Topic on Tomorrow's
MindFreedom MAD PRIDE Live Web Radio - FREE.
Guests are all alternative mental health providers: JESSICA ARNELLA,
JAYME LYNCH, LYLE MURPHY.
Co-hosts MATTHEW MORRISSEY and DAVID OAKS. PLUS YOUR PHONE CALLS!
HOW YOU MAY LISTEN AND CALL-IN LIVE from anywhere in the world to MindFreedom MAD PRIDE Live Free Web Radio.
START TIME for the live 90 minute show:
* USA: 11 am Pacific, 12 noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, 2 pm Eastern
* UTC/GMT: 6 pm [18:00]
* London/Dublin: 7 pm [19:00]
* Berlin: 8 pm [20:00]
* Auckland: 6 am
AT THAT TIME TOMORROW, CLICK THE BELOW LINK to listen and call in LIVE
(or click after the show to hear archives):
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/davidwoaks
CALL-IN number: (646) 595-2125.
No computer or web access to listen in tomorrow? No problem. You may use the call-in number just to listen!
For photos of hosts and guests, go to the online news release here:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/radio
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BRIEF BIO'S OF HOSTS AND GUESTS:
CO-HOST -- Matthew Morrissey, MA, MFT...
... is a Board Member of MindFreedom and a licensed psychotherapist in full time private practice in San Francisco, CA. He has maintained an
active role in the provision and promotion of alternatives to the medical model for over a decade.
Matthew helped lead the launch last month of MindFreedom's Directory of Alternatives, which is a geogrphically searchable list of providers who have agreed to a list of key principles. You may read about here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/directory
GUEST -- JESSICA ARNELLA, PhD...
... is a clinical psychologist in New York City who specializes in treating people diagnosed with psychosis and bipolar disorder. Dr. Arnella has worked in state and private hospitals, mental health clinics and therapeutic communities, and is now in full-time private practice.
Working independently has allowed Dr. Arenella to try to create more respectful, comfortable and egalitarian treatment setting so as to encourage clients to talk about their thoughts and feelings without worrying that they will automatically be hospitalized or terminated from treatment.
Dr. Arenella is a board member for The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses in the USA (ISPS-US). Her web site: http://www.jesspsychologist.com
GUEST -- JAYME LYNCH...
...is the Director of the Peer Support and Wellness Center in Decatur, Georgia, which is a peer-run respite alternative psychiatric institutionalization. The Center also provides a 24/7 Warm Line and daily Wellness Activities. The Peer Support and Wellness Center is a project of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, funded by the State of Georgia. The website is http://www.gmhcn.org/wellnesscenter
Before accepting this position, Jayme had been a recipient of the mental health system and Social Security Disability for 20 years. Jayme had been on numerous psychiatric medications until she discovered the value of using alternatives. She considers herself fully recovered from any mental health issues she may have once had.
Her personal blog is at raynesworld.blogspot.com.
GUEST -- LYLE MURPHY...
... is founder and director of "Alternative to Med Center." He was trained as a chiropractor with a special focus on Neurology. He is a psychiatric survivor and provides an excellent example of what someone can achieve when properly in balance. See his center's web site at http://www.alternativetomedscenter.com
CO-HOST -- MindFreedom director DAVID W. OAKS, for bio and info see:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/about-us/david-w-oaks
And YOU! Your live calls, questions, comments, are welcome during the 90 minute show.
Again, to listen LIVE or hear archives LATER, click here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/davidwoaks
And mark your calendar for every Second Saturday in 2009 for MindFreedom Live Free Mad Pride Radio!
MindFreedom International is one of the few totally-independent nonprofit organizations in the mental health advocacy field, with zero funding from the mental health system, governments, drug companies or religions.
Mind Your Freedom!