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Soteria—A Human Response to a Human Problem

Mad in America

Soteria Israel operates two Soteria houses, based on the Soteria model, which offers a community-based, non-coercive alternative to traditional psychiatric hospitalization for individuals experiencing severe mental health crises, including psychosis.

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Conference Colleague Spotlight: Juan Gonzalez

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

Thanks to strong community support, this event has evolved into a veteran celebration, complete with a cookout and live music. Ive been a Mental Health First Aid Instructor since 2019 and was given the opportunity to attend this year. What are you hoping to learn at NatCon25? Everything!

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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

During my first episode of schizophrenia in 2019, I was taken to our pastor by my mother, sister and a few church members for prayer. Community support workers and peer support workers had a supervisor who carried out activities in delivering the intervention.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. between 1990 and 2019.” Take one issue—the increase in cancer among young people.