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National Mental Health Clearinghouse - The Key Update. Key Update, October 2. Volume 1. 4, Number 4. New Report on Psychosis and Schizophrenia Challenges Old Assumptions. On October 1. 3, 2. British Psychological Society published a report that challenges the conventional wisdom about the nature of mental health conditions.

The report, Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia, updated from the 2. The report notes that such behaviors “are often partly or wholly a reaction to the things that can happen in our lives: abuse, bullying, homelessness or racism”; and that “mental health workers should not insist that people see themselves as ill.” Referring to the social determinants of mental health, the report notes that “we need to address poverty, racism and homelessness as well as childhood abuse, neglect and bullying.” For more information, click here. To download the free manual, click here. Minutes Will Air Oprah Winfrey’s Visit to California’s Pelican Bay State Prison on October 2. On October 2. 2, 2.

ET and 7 p. m. PT, CBS’s 6. Minutes will air Oprah Winfrey’s report on Pelican Bay State Prison in California. Watch The Investigation Download.

She reports on conditions in the ‘SHU’ isolation unit that critics charge constitute torture,” CBS writes. In a related story, to read a journal article on “The Psychiatric Effects of Solitary Confinement,” click here. Mad In America to Host Webinar Series on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. Beginning on October 2. Mad In America will host a series of seven webinars on successful withdrawal from psychiatric medications. The series—one webinar a month through April 2. Mad In America plans “to present information and insights that arise from users’ experiences and their efforts to support others who want to taper from their psychiatric medications; research on drug withdrawal; the clinical experience of psychiatrists and other professionals who have supported patients tapering from psychiatric medications; and research on drug tapering programs and efforts.” For more information and to register for the $1.

To download the free Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by the Icarus Project and the Freedom Center, click here. Community Psychiatry Forum on “Housing First: Options and Support for Homeless People”On October 2. ET, there will be a Community Psychiatry Forum on “Housing First: Options and Support for Homeless People.” After the 7. American Association of Community Psychiatrists, participants will understand how mental health conditions and homelessness affect each other, “discuss models of managing homelessness in a population, describe the Housing First model and the reasons for its effectiveness, and discuss ways psychiatrists can decrease homelessness” in individuals with mental health conditions. For more information, including directions for joining the meeting, click here. BRSS TACS to Host Free Interactive Conversation on Ethics and Boundaries in Peer Support.

On October 2. 6, 2. ET, SAMHSA’s BRSS TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy) will host a free, one- hour conversation about ethics and boundaries in peer support. This event will include discussions of practical applications of ethics and boundaries to everyday peer- to- peer interactions,” SAMHSA writes. For more information and to register, click here. Doors to Wellbeing to Host Free Webinar on Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers.

On October 3. 1, 2. ET, Doors to Wellbeing will host Effectively Employing Young Adult [YA] Peer Providers: A Toolkit. In this webinar,” Doors to Wellbeing writes, “we will provide an overview of the contents of the recently developed Transitions Research and Training Center Toolkit.” The toolkit includes information on the “unique aspects of a young adult peer job; organizational framework and cultural elements; best practices for recruiting hiring, and training; effective approaches for supervising YA peers; and strategies for non- peer staff to be supporters and resources for YA peers.” For more information and to register, click here. Three Thought- provoking Articles Are Worth Reading. Two recent articles and a third, published six months ago, cover topics ranging from institutional corruption to…institutional corruption.

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These include an October 1. Newsweek, entitled “How the VA Fueled the National Opioid Crisis and Is Killing Thousands of Veterans,” by acclaimed journalist Art Levine, adapted from his new book Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens. For the article, click here. And, last May, distinguished author Robert Whitaker wrote “Psychiatry Defends Its Antipsychotics: A Case Study of Institutional Corruption.” To read it, click here. And on October 1.

The Washington Post published “The Drug Industry’s Triumph Over the DEA.” The teaser reads, “Amid a targeted lobbying effort, Congress weakened the DEA’s ability to go after drug distributors, even as opioid- related deaths continue to rise, a Washington Post and 6. Minutes investigation finds.” For the article, click here. Russell Sage Foundation Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Social Inequality Research. The Russell Sage Foundation’s program on Social Inequality “is seeking Letters of Inquiry from investigator- initiated research projects with the potential to broaden current understanding of the causes and consequences of rising economic inequality. Priority will be given to projects that use innovative data or methodologies…All applicants (both PIs and Co- PIs) must have a Ph. D. or comparable terminal degree or a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high- level, peer- reviewed scholarly research.

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RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply..” Two- year grants of up to $1. To be eligible, organizations must be considered nonprofit under Section 5. Internal Review Code. The deadline for letters of inquiry is November 3. For more information, click here. Project to Map the History of Research, Advocacy, and Activism by People with Lived Experience.

Researchers at King’s College in London have launched EURIKHA (Explorations of User Research: Impact, Knowledge, and Historical Approaches), the goal of which is “to map the history, current work, and impact of user- led research and knowledge produced by people with psychosocial disabilities, mental health service users, and survivors.” The researchers add: “We hope to collect this information using an online survey and by conducting one- to- one interviews with key people in user- led research and activism in different regions/countries around the world.” The project is led by Professor Diana Rose (Diana. Watch Arrow, The Ultimate Weapon Online. For more information, click here. AAPD Newsletter Offers Many Resources and Opportunities.

The October 1. 5, 2. AAPD newsletter, Disability Download, has a wealth of information of interest to the disability rights community. Showtime Full Hotel Rwanda Online Free more. This includes an AAPD summer internship program (applications are due by November 6); an HR 6. Americans with Disabilities Act; the Universal Writers Program, a one- year paid program that “develops storytellers with the intent to incorporate multicultural and global perspectives in screenwriting” (apply by November 6); and more. For the newsletter, click here. Halloween Marketers Ramp Up Prejudice and Discrimination Connected to Mental Health Conditions. As Halloween rolls around every year, so do the same old “haunted asylums” and Halloween costumes that seem calculated to increase the prejudice and discrimination associated with mental health conditions.

A recent article about this phenomenon is “Mental Health Advocates Say Halloween ‘Zombie’ Hunt Still Contributes to Stigma” (click here). Pennhurst, which was called “The Shame of Pennsylvania” and was closed in 1. Pennhurst Asylum” (click here).