Fwd: Rethinking Psychiatry Symposium - One Last Push for Getting the Word Out!

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Calendar Announcement ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Rethinking Psychiatry Second Annual May Symposium Featuring Jim Gottstein, Esq.* Friday, May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM

Saturday, May 12, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PMFirst Unitarian Church of Portland • 1011 SW 12th • Portland, OR$5 - $20 Donation •  No one turned away for lack of funds  • No registration necessary

Jim Gottstein is a Psychiatric Survivor, Harvard Law School Graduate, member of the Board of Directors of the Society for Ethical Psychiatry and Psychology (ISEPP), and

Founder of PsychRights®, a public interest law firm devoted to defense of people facing forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock.  Currently, due to massive growth in the psychiatric drugging of children and youth, PsychRights has made addressing this problem a priority as this is an unfolding national tragedy of immense proportions.  www.psychrights.org

 

Friday, May 11, 7:00 to 9:00 PM“Addressing Psychotropic Drugs, Forced Medication, and Children”Jim Gottstein and a panel of professionals and peers will speak on the growing concern of the use of forced medication in the name of mental health care especially in children and the national movement to create a mental health care system that is more holistic, effective and humane.

Saturday, May 12, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM “Renaming and Reclaiming Our Mental Health Story:Using Our Personal Journeys, Experiences and Legal Rights”Join us Saturday with Gottstein and a rich array of community resources and workshops,as we share our journeys and experiences and work to develop action plans in support of mental health care treatment alternatives and of claiming our mental health rights in Oregon.

 

Lunch will be provided by Occupy Portland

For more information contact Marcia Meyers at or see our website at www.RethinkingPsychiatry.orgSponsored by: Transition Projects Inc., National College of Natural Medicine, FolkTime, MindFreedom International, Portland Hearing Voices, Economic Justice Action Group of the

First Unitarian Church, Disability Rights Oregon, The Real Wealth of Portland, M.O.M.S. Movement, Empowerment Initiatives,Talking Drum Bookstore, Recovery International, The Amenda Clinic, The Association of Energy Psychology, Sisters of the Road and Occupy Portland.

 

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