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Four Decades of Resilience: One Family’s Perspective on Our Mental Health System

NAMI

My father decided my brother needed special care, given that he could not be self-sufficient. Im glad theres much greater awareness today about the need to openly address issues of mental health, but I think we still have a long way to go. I also hope that caregivers can prioritize self-care for themselves, too.

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Depsychiatrization: Dispelling Harmful, Diagnostical Self-Concepts in Therapy and Community Health Work

Mad in America

Depsychiatrization describes the processes by which a diagnosed individual learns to expel psychiatrically induced self-concepts and substitute them for more empowering and nurturing understandings. For instance, electroshock therapy is a disputed method at best, a harmful, medieval practice at worst.