Call us Crazy: article from The Dominion

Forum member fluidity published this article in The Dominion: News from the Grassroots. Please go there are grab the PDFs if you want print-ready vewing.
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People are Mad. And they’re doing something about it.
Mental health awareness is gradually gaining ground, and so are radical alternatives to mainstream approaches. Community-based initiatives by and for the so-called crazies amongst us tend to be kept under the radar in Canada, challenging discrimination, providing peer support and advocating for a diversity of perspectives on mental health, its treatment and justice.
Grassroots movements around mental health have a rich and often unacknowledged history, with many activities falling under the relatively recent name of Mad Pride. The movement is also sometimes called the C/S/X movement, which stands for Consumers (of mental health services), Survivors (of the psychiatric system), and eX-patients (who have moved on to live outside the mental health services systems).
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Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness - May 12, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Icarus Project Tags: Articles Source Type: blogs