MindFreedom International News - 05 August 2009
http://www.mindfreedom.org

Win Real Choices in Mental Health Care

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"Alternatives in Mental Health" is Topic on Next MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Web Radio - Free

This Saturday, 8 August 2009, Matthew Morrissey will co-host a special

live free Internet call-in show on humane, empowering alternatives to the

conventional mental health system.

All three guests are actively involved in providing mental health

alternatives:

Jessica Arnella, Jayme Lynch, Lyle Murphy.

Co-host is MindFreedom's director and psychiatric survivor David W. Oaks.

How you may listen and call-in live from anywhere in the world to

MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Free Web Radio.

When: This Saturday, 8 August 2009

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, click here  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 to listen in that day? 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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About the 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!

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!

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Please forward this news alert to all interested people on and off

Internet.

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