Subject: Update: Live only Jim Gottstein - Internet radio this Wednesday

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Update: " Live only " Jim Gottstein - Internet radio this Wednesday

 

MindFreedom UPDATE -- 6 November 2006

Nonviolent Revolution in Mental Health Care

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*This* Wednesday, 8 November 2006 - MindFreedom News Hour Free

Internet Radio

 

Guest Jim Gottstein, psychiatric-survivor attorney, founded

PsychRights.org.

 

To listen LIVE click on http://www.theprn.org at 4 pm EST, 1 pm PST

this Wednesday, 8 Nov. 2006.

 

This show will *only* be broadcast *live* at this time. The show

producers continue to have significant technical problems with

archives for almost all shows due to a transition to a new and better

platform.

 

Therefore, at this time please listen to this show LIVE. Hear the

latest news and resources with host David Oaks.

 

*You* may phone in to the show live on one of the six toll free phone

lines waiting for your calls! You may also e-mail your questions,

comments and dedications to radio.

 

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BIO on Jim Gottstein and news about PsychRights.org

 

Jim Gottstein grew up in Anchorage, Alaska and went to college at the

University of Oregon. He then went to Harvard Law School. After law

school, Jim went back to Alaska and has practiced law there for over

25 years. He is a psychiatric survivor and for over 20 years has

devoted a portion of his time advocating for and representing people

labeled with mental illness.

 

One of these cases, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Lands litigation

resulted in a settlement valued at over One Billion Dollars and

created the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority which has had a

dramatic, positive impact on Alaska's Mental Health program. In,

2002, after reading the book _Mad in America_ by Bob Whitaker, Jim

founded the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, known as PsychRights,

to mount a serious, strategic, coordinated legal campaign in the

United States against forced drugging and electroshock.

 

Since then Jim has addressed public misconceptions about what is

called mental illness and the very limited effectiveness and great

harm caused by what is called psychiatric " treatment. " Because of

legal and practical reasons and because it is the right thing to do,

Jim also works on creating humane, non-coercive alternatives to

current psychiatric practices.

 

In Alaska Jim has had some considerable success in these efforts. In

June of 2006, the Alaska Supreme Court decided the landmark Myers

case which held Alaska's forced drugging statute unconstitutional.

 

In September of 2006, another project he has been working on -- a non-

coercive alternative to hospitalization that allows non-drug choices,

called Soteria-Alaska -- received formal support by the Alaska Mental

Health Trust Authority and a commitment of funds to help get it going.

 

Another program, called CHOICES, Inc., which is a non-coercive

community program run by peers, received a grant in 2006 to provide

Independent Case Management and Flexible Support Services. This grant

is designed to allow CHOICES to receive sustainable revenues into the

future, including under Medicaid.

 

Jim is also president of the National Association for Rights

Protection and Advocacy (NARPA).

 

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Reminder -- This Friday is deadline for NARPA's 'early bird' special.

 

November 15 to 18, 2006 - National Association for Rights Protection

and Advocacy Annual Conference

 

The NARPA annual conference is one of the main places where advocates

and activists for *true* transformation in the USA mental health

system meet. NARPA announced today that their 'early bird' special

has been extended ten days to 10 November, THIS FRIDAY, giving you

another chance to pre-register at their discount price. Their 25th

annual conference will be in Baltimore, Maryland but many people

haven't heard about it. You may pre-register for just one day or the

whole event. NARPA is a founding group of MFI's coalition, let's

support NARPA!

 

Urgent Action: Spread the word & attend!

 

For more info see http://www.narpa.org.

 

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Other November guests on MindFreedom News Hour with host David Oaks:

 

Wed. 15 November 2006 -- Re-run (see you at NARPA).

 

Wed. 22 November 2006 -- Al Siebert, psychologist and psychiatric-

survivor author, http://www.resiliencycenter.com/

 

Wed. 29 November 2006 -- Leah Harris, psychiatric survivor activist

and on the board of NARPA (see below)

 

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