Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis: Alternative Responses to “First Breaks”
Experts on responses to first-break psychosis from across the world gather in New York City, presenting a one-day conference open to the public: November 23rd, 2009 9 AM - 7:30 PM New York University, Kimmel Center
New York City, NY, November 16, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sponsored by INTAR, Center to Study Recovery in Social Contexts (CSRSC), and Community Access.
Experts on responses to psychosis from across the world gather in New York City, presenting a one-day conference open to the public:
November 23rd, 2009 9 AM - 7:30 PM
New York University, Kimmel Center
To register visit http://intar.org.
Photo and Interview Opportunity November 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM
First-person accounts consistently show mental health treatment can compound the ordeal of early psychiatric crisis. Even when offering welcome relief, conventional biomedical responses can involve coercion, social isolation, the adverse effects of powerful medications, and suspension of life plans.
Recent research (e.g., Psychiatric Services, Nov. 2009) stresses the importance of early intervention on "first-episode psychosis” and highlights an absence of appropriate services in the US that would encourage people to seek support.
The “Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis” conference brings together psychiatric crisis service providers, users, ex-users, and analysts to rethink responses to "first-breaks" in ways that minimize biographical disruptions, engage significant others in crisis resolution work, and avoid the implication that one's life has taken on a "deteriorating course."
Conference Speakers Include:
Robert Whitaker, science journalist & author of Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Jaakko Seikkula, Finnish Professor, writer, facilitator & Fulbright Professor Mary Olson
Consumers and Survivors of psychiatric crisis services
Ken Thompson, Associate Director of Medical Affairs of the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Thomas Bock, German professor, Trialogue facilitator, psychologist
Karyn Baker, Canadian family social worker and community developer
For more information / press passes, contact:
Nazlim Hagmann, MD Tel: 347/463-0252 Email: nazlim@intar.org
http://intar.org
###
Experts on responses to psychosis from across the world gather in New York City, presenting a one-day conference open to the public:
November 23rd, 2009 9 AM - 7:30 PM
New York University, Kimmel Center
To register visit http://intar.org.
Photo and Interview Opportunity November 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM
First-person accounts consistently show mental health treatment can compound the ordeal of early psychiatric crisis. Even when offering welcome relief, conventional biomedical responses can involve coercion, social isolation, the adverse effects of powerful medications, and suspension of life plans.
Recent research (e.g., Psychiatric Services, Nov. 2009) stresses the importance of early intervention on "first-episode psychosis” and highlights an absence of appropriate services in the US that would encourage people to seek support.
The “Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis” conference brings together psychiatric crisis service providers, users, ex-users, and analysts to rethink responses to "first-breaks" in ways that minimize biographical disruptions, engage significant others in crisis resolution work, and avoid the implication that one's life has taken on a "deteriorating course."
Conference Speakers Include:
Robert Whitaker, science journalist & author of Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
Jaakko Seikkula, Finnish Professor, writer, facilitator & Fulbright Professor Mary Olson
Consumers and Survivors of psychiatric crisis services
Ken Thompson, Associate Director of Medical Affairs of the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Thomas Bock, German professor, Trialogue facilitator, psychologist
Karyn Baker, Canadian family social worker and community developer
For more information / press passes, contact:
Nazlim Hagmann, MD Tel: 347/463-0252 Email: nazlim@intar.org
http://intar.org
###
Contact
International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR)
Nazlim Hagmann
(347) 463-0252
intar.org
Nazlim Hagmann
(347) 463-0252
intar.org
Contact
Categories