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stir-crazy.org: shaking a stick at the state of mental health

http://www.stir-crazy.org

Promoting radical mental health especially in the city of Minneapolis.

• Added on: Jan 9th, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Listed in: Medicine Development and Growth Health
• Tags: bipolar media Mental Illness mental health psych drugs cultural woes

Recent Posts

• madness consumption civilization

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 14:07 in capitalism, the icarus project, radical mental health, dynamic humanity

  Just wanted to say there is a really interesting post about here.   Here is the last chunk of it: Addressing the root problem, as I have laid it out, can never be done through medication, or therapy. The only way to address the root cause of “...

• dish it out

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 13:39 in exercise, alternative medicine, smoking, mental health, big pharma, feelings, stupid people, mood swings, psych drugs, eli lilly, zyprexa, psychiatrists

  I’ve been avoiding posting here because I feel like a hypocrite, unable to influence and arguing with someone close to me over Zyprexa, psychiatrists and their lack of interest in alternative methods of dealing with stress and anxiety.   I f...

• end game

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 10:51 in the icarus project, end game, minneapolis icarus

  We had a very nice Icarus meeting last night I thought.  I told everyone that my ultimate end game was to live somewhere where I could spend time in a hammock.  Someone else at the group said that one of their friend’s had an epiphany that wh...

• More silliness from Eli Lilly

  Posted on Thursday May 1st, 2008 at 10:41 in mental health, big pharma, psych drugs, eli lilly, evil big pharma, psychiatrists, medicaid, better living through chemistry, payola, pharmaceutical company gifts

  Eli Lilly’s response to pending legislation that would make Massachusetts the first state to ban all pharmaceutical company gifts - completely....

• The Belle of New Orleans tried to show me once how to tango

  Posted on Friday April 18th, 2008 at 09:43 in meditation, tango, mindfullness

  Tango is being studied as a treatment for depression.  At this point I’m pretty sure anything remotely positive or physically active will be more effective than anti-depressants which is why I am still itching to get off them.  I’ve bee...

• University of Minnesota Icarus Project

  Posted on Friday March 28th, 2008 at 15:20 in activism, mental health, holistic health, minnesota, minneapolis, advocacy, the icarus project, minneapolis icarus, mad pride, self-determination

  There is a flier going around and I thought I would post it here because one of the people organizing it put a lot of thought into the mission statement: We recognize that we live in a crazy world and insist that our sensitivities, visions and inspir...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

meg

Very interesting stuff! You also write very well.

Posted: February 1st, 2008 | More Reviews From megk5150 | Report This Comment

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