TRANS-CULTURAL DIALOGUES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, EXTREME STATES AND ALTERNATIVES FOR RECOVERY Lavasa International Conference Center 26 – 28 November 2016. Pune, INDIA INTAR INDIA 2016 Introduction to the International Speakers Amita Dhanda https://www.nalsar.ac.in/amita-dhanda Prof. Amita Dhanda is Professor of Law at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. She also heads the Centre for Disability Studies at the University. She has a substantive interest in the field of public law and human rights with special reference to disability rights. Prof. Dhanda’s doctoral thesis critically appraising the laws relating to the mentally ill was a pioneering effort at evaluating the human rights conformity of mental health laws in the country. The thesis was later brought out as a book entitled “Legal Order and Mental Disorder”. Her doctoral work had got Prof. Dhanda to conclude that the social stigma of mental illness was reinforced by the law. Legal exclusion needs to be challenged and the legislative regimes providing for the incapacity and disqualification of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disability dismantled. This insight informed the work she did on legal capacity in the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee negotiating the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Prof. Dhanda is presently engaged in research which would promote the new paradigm of universal legal capacity with support Natalie Drew http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/quality_rights/en/ Natalie Drew is a Technical Officer with the Mental Health Policy and Service Development team at the World Health Organization. As part of her work she supports countries to reform national policies, plans and laws in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international human rights standards. In addition, she oversees the WHO QualityRights Project, which, among other things, supports countries to assess and improve quality and human rights conditions in mental health services, and builds capacity among key national stakeholders to understand and promote the rights of people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities.
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TRANS-CULTURALDIALOGUESABOUTMENTALHEALTH,EXTREMESTATESANDALTERNATIVESFORRECOVERY
LavasaInternationalConferenceCenter26–28November2016.Pune,INDIA
INTARINDIA2016
IntroductiontotheInternationalSpeakers
AmitaDhandahttps://www.nalsar.ac.in/amita-dhandaProf.AmitaDhandaisProfessorofLawatNationalAcademyofLegalStudiesandResearch,Hyderabad.ShealsoheadstheCentreforDisabilityStudiesattheUniversity.Shehasasubstantive interest inthefieldofpublic lawandhuman rights with special reference to disability rights. Prof. Dhanda’sdoctoralthesiscriticallyappraisingthelawsrelatingtothementallyillwasapioneering effort at evaluating the human rights conformity of mentalhealth laws in the country. The thesis was later brought out as a bookentitled“LegalOrderandMentalDisorder”.HerdoctoralworkhadgotProf.Dhandatoconcludethatthesocial
stigmaofmentalillnesswasreinforcedbythelaw.Legalexclusionneedstobechallengedandthelegislativeregimesprovidingfortheincapacityanddisqualificationofpersonswithpsychosocialandintellectualdisabilitydismantled.ThisinsightinformedtheworkshedidonlegalcapacityintheUnitedNationsAdHocCommitteenegotiatingtheConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities.
Prof.Dhandaispresentlyengagedinresearchwhichwouldpromotethenewparadigmofuniversallegalcapacitywithsupport
NatalieDrew http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/quality_rights/en/
NatalieDrewisaTechnicalOfficerwiththeMentalHealthPolicyandServiceDevelopmentteamattheWorldHealthOrganization.Aspartofherworkshesupportscountriestoreformnationalpolicies,plansandlawsinlinewiththeUNConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilitiesandotherinternationalhumanrightsstandards.Inaddition,sheoverseestheWHOQualityRightsProject,which,amongotherthings,
supportscountriestoassessandimprovequalityandhumanrightsconditionsinmentalhealthservices,andbuildscapacityamongkeynationalstakeholderstounderstandandpromotetherightsofpeoplewithpsychosocialandintellectualdisabilities.
MichelleFunkhttp://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/quality_rights/en/Dr.MichelleFunkisresponsiblefortheworkinmentalhealthpolicy,planning,servicedevelopment,humanrightsandlegislationfortheWorldHealthOrganizationinGeneva.AspartofherworksheleadstheWHOQualityRightsProject,which,amongotherthings,buildscapacityofstakeholderstounderstandandpromotethehumanrightsofpeoplewithpsychosocialandintellectualdisabilitiesandsupportscountriesto
developservices,policiesandlawswhichupholdinternationalhumanrightsstandards,inparticulartheUNConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities.
GaborGomboswww2.ohchr.org/SPdocs/CRPD/CVMembers/GaborGOMBOS.docGáborGombosisaworldrenownedindependentdisabilityrightsdefender.Apersonwithapsychosocialdisabilityhimself,Gabor’sworkandactivismrangesfromgrassrootspeersupportbyusersandsurvivorsofpsychiatry,throughnational,regionalandinternationalnon-governmentalorganizations,uptotheUnitedNations.Untiltheendof2012GaborservedasMemberoftheUNCommitteeontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities,abodyofindependentexperts,whichmonitorstheimplementationoftheDisabilityConvention.Hisworkinthefieldofdisabilityandmentalhealthrightshasbeen
recognizedbytheOrderofMeritoftheRepublicofHungary(2009).MrGombosisaFellowofAshokaInnovatorsforthePublic(2001)andhisactivismwasprofiledintheSpeakTruthtoPowereducationalprojectbytheRobertF.KennedyCenterforJusticeandHumanRights(2000).HeservesontheAdvisoryBoardoftheFranklinDelanoRooseveltInternationalDisabilityAward.
MaryO’Haganhttp://www.maryohagan.com
MaryO’HaganwasakeyinitiatorofthementalhealthserviceusermovementinNewZealandinthelate1980s,andwasthefirstchairpersonoftheWorldNetworkofUsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatrybetween1991and1995.ShehasbeenanadvisortotheUnitedNationsandtheWorldHealthOrganization.Marywasafull-timeMentalHealthCommissionerinNewZealandbetween2000and2007.Maryhaswrittenandspokenextensivelyonrecoveryanduser/survivor
perspectivesinmanycountries.MaryisnowaninternationalconsultantinmentalhealthandrunsasocialenterprisethathasdevelopedPeerZone–peerledworkshopsinmentalhealthandaddiction.SheisalsoleadingthedevelopmentofSwell–anonlinerecoverytoolkitforpeoplewithmentaldistressandthepeoplewhoworkwiththem.Maryhaswrittenanaward-winningmemoircalled‘MadnessMadeMe’.ShewasmadeaMemberoftheNewZealandOrderofMeritin2015.
WillHallhttp://willhall.net
WillHall,MA,DiplPWisatherapistandtrainerinternationallyrecognizedforhisinnovativeworkwithpsychosistreatmentandchangingthesocialresponsetomadness.HeishostofMadnessRadioonKBOOFMinOregon,authoroftheHarmReductionGuideToComingOffPsychiatricDrugs(availablein15languages),co-founderofPortlandHearingVoicesandpastco-coordinatorofTheIcarusProject.WillwastrainedinOpenDialogueattheInstituteforDialogicPracticeandholdsamastersdegreeinArnold
Mindell'sProcessOrientedPsychology.AschizophreniadiagnosissurvivorwhowasforcibletreatedandSanFrancisco'sLangleyPorterPsychiatricInstitute,WillhasbeenfeaturedinseveraldocumentaryfilmsandcoverageintheNewYorkTimes,Newsweek,Forbes,andTheGuardian,andhiswritinghasappearedintheJournalofBestPracticesinMentalHealthandOxfordUniversity'sTextbookofModernCommunityMentalHealthWork:AnInterdisciplinaryApproach.Heworkswithindividualsandfamiliesfromaroundtheworld,andhisnewbookisOutsideMentalHealth:VoicesandVisionsofMadness.
ChrisHansenhttp://www.intentionalpeersupport.org
ChrisHansenistheDirectorofIntentionalPeerSupport,andhasbeenco-teachinganddevelopingIntentionalPeerSupportintheUnitedStatesandinothercountrieswithSheryMeadforthepasteightyears.Chrishasspentthelasttwentyyearsinvolvedinlocal,regional,nationalandinternationalpeersupportandadvocacyinitiatives,andinmentalhealthsectorplanningandpoliticsfromaserviceuserperspective.Otherroleshaveincludedclinicalandmanagementrolesinbothinpatientandoutpatientmentalhealthservices,leadershipwithinNZ’saward-winninganti-discriminationcampaign,researchfortheNZMentalHealthCommission,andinvolvementinthedevelopmentoftheNZnationalmentalhealthstrategic
planandworkforcedevelopmentstrategy.ChriswasamemberoftheNewZealanddelegationtotheUnitedNationsforthedevelopmentoftheConventionfortheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities,andhasservedontheboardoftheWorldNetworkofUsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatryandhasplayedakeyroleinthedevelopmentofanumberofpeer-runcrisisalternatives.
PetraHohn
Petraisregisterednurse,networktherapistandhasamasterforteachingforhealthservices.Petrahasbeenworkingsince1993indifferentpsychiatricservicesforoutpatientandinpatientcare,firstatKriscenterSoteria(1993-1997),anintegratedmodelforcareforfirstbrakepsychoticpeople.KriscenterSoteriawaspartoftheSwedishParachuteStudy.Since1997to2001shewasworkingaschiefforoutpatientcenters,firstinSödertäljePsychiatricSectorwithintegratedNIP(NewlyIdentifiedPsychosis)teamsandintegratedteamsforsocialworkandpsychiatrictreatmentaccordingtotheNATMprinciples.PresentlyPetraisworkingatPsychiatrySouthStockholmaschieffortwooutpatientunits.Together
withVolkmarAderholdandothersshehasbeendevelopinganddoingsystemictrainingsinGermanyaccordingtotheNATMmodelsince2008.ThesetrainingshavebeenrecentlydeliveredasNATMtrainingfortheParachuteProjectinNewYorkCityfrom2013-2015.HerinteresttoworkdialogicalinhealthcarestartedwithherjobatKriscenterSoteria. Cornerstonesofpracticeweretheimplicitattentiongiventoclientsandtheirfamily’swordsandlanguage,theacknowledgementthateveryhumanbeingisbornintorelationships,embeddedinthemandthatweashumanbeingsareandneedtobedependentonfellowhumans.Tobehumanandtobecomewhoweareweneedtheanswerofothers,othersneedtosee,
hearandrespondtoourbeingintheworld.
YanaJacobswww.mentalhealthexcellence.org
YanaJacobs,LMFTiscurrentlychiefdevelopmentofficerattheFoundationforExcellenceinMentalHealthCare,aNon-Profitcommunityfoundationwithamissiontobringalternativesintothemainstreampublicandprivatesectors.ShebeganherworkatSoteriaHouseasastaffmemberinthemid70s,mentoredbyLorenMosher,MD.SoteriaHousebecameherfoundationasshemovedintootherareasofemploymentwithinthementalhealthworld.Yanaspentover30yearsworkingbothinprivatepracticeasatherapistandinthepublicsectoratSantaCruzCountyMentalHealthinCalifornia.ShefirstworkedwiththeircrisisteamandlaterbecametheChiefofAdultOutpatient/Recoveryservices.AsanallytopeoplewithlivedexperiencesheimplementedaPeer-RunRespiteHouse,
fundedbyafederallyfundedSAMHSATransformationGrant.Yanabelieveswemustworkbothasanactivistontheoutsideandwithouralliesontheinsideifwearegoingtobringaboutrealchange.Sheteachesabout“BeingWith”peoplewhoareinextremestates,basedonherworkandlifeexperienceatSoteriaHouse.
SumeetJainhttp://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/social_work/jain_sumeet
SumeetJainisLecturerinSocialWorkatTheUniversityofEdinburgh.Sumeet’sresearchandteachingengageswiththedisciplinesofglobalhealth,transculturalpsychiatry,medicalanthropologyandsocialwork.Hisresearchaimstocontributetoimprovementofcommunitymentalhealthbydrawingoninter-disciplinaryknowledgeandmixedmethods.Thisworkunpacksthenotionofa'global'mentalhealthandattemptstoinformdevelopmentofapproachesthataccountforlocalexperiencesandunderstandingsofpsychologicaldistress.Sumeet’sresearchexaminesthenatureoflocalandculturallygrounded‘innovations’incommunitymentalhealthcareinthe‘globalsouth’;alternativeformsandsourcesof‘evidence’inglobalmentalhealth;andtherelationshipsbetweenmental
health,poverty,anddevelopment.Sumeetisconductinglong-termethnographicresearchoncommunitymentalhealthservicesinpoliciesinUttarPradeshstate,India.HeisAssociateEditor,AnthropologyandMedicinejournal.
JayasreeKalathilwww.survivor-research.comJayasreeKalathilisaresearcherandsurvivoractivistwithabackgroundincriticalhumanitiesandculturalstudies.Forover15years,shehasworkedtolinkactivismandexperientialknowledgetoacademiaandknowledgeproduction,mobilisingcommunityparticipationtoinfluencepolicyandpractice.Herresearchinterestsincludeintersectionsof‘race’,genderandmadness,andculturalrepresentationsandnarrativesofmadness.Herpublicationsincludeaco-authoredtextbookValuesandethicsinmental
health(Palgrave,2015);Recoveryandresilience:African,AfricanCaribbeanandSouthAsianWomen’snarrativesaboutrecoveringfrommentaldistress(SurvivorResearchandMentalHealthFoundation,2011);Dancingtoourownounes(NSUN,2011);andTheSackclothman(DCBooks,2008).SheisacoordinatoroftheInquiryintothe‘Schizophrenia’Label.JayasreelivesinLondonandrunsSurvivorResearch,avirtual
LaurenceJ.Kirmayer
https://www.mcgill.ca/tcpsych/faculty/laurencekirmayerLaurenceJ.Kirmayer,MD,isJamesMcGillProfessorandDirector,DivisionofSocialandTransculturalPsychiatry,DepartmentofPsychiatry,McGillUniversity.HeisEditor-in-ChiefofTransculturalPsychiatry,andDirectoroftheCulture&MentalHealthResearchUnitattheInstituteofCommunityandFamilyPsychiatry,JewishGeneralHospitalinMontreal,whereheconductsresearchonculturallyresponsivementalhealthservices,thementalhealthofindigenouspeoples,andtheanthropologyofpsychiatry.Hispastresearchincludesstudiesonculturalconsultation,pathwaysandbarrierstomentalhealthcareforimmigrantsandrefugees,somatizationinprimarycare,andindigenousconceptsofmentalhealth
andresilience.HeisaFellowoftheCanadianAcademyofHealthSciencesandtheRoyalSocietyofCanada.
DianaKingstonhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Kingston
DianeKingstonOBE(formerlyDianeMulligan)born4October1966isaUK-baseddisabilityrightscampaigner.SheisDeputyDirectoroftheInternationalAdvocacyandAlliancesdepartmentatCBM,aninternationalChristiandevelopmentorganisationcommittedtoimprovingthequalityoflifeofpeoplewithdisabilitiesinpoorcommunities.[3]In2012shebecametheUKelectedmemberoftheExpertCommitteefortheUNConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities(CRPD).KingstonwaselectedasaVice-ChairpersonoftheExpertCommitteeinMarch2015
PeterLahmannwww.peter-lehmann.de
www.peter-lehmann-publishing.com/org/about.htmPeterLehmannisaindependentpublisher,authorandfreelanceactivistofhumanisticantipsychiatryinBerlin.Since1990,co-editoroftheJournalofCriticalPsychology,CounsellingandPsychotherapy(UnitedKingdom).Since2013,PatronfortheBerlinOrganisationofUsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatry.In1987,co-founderofPSYCHEX(allianceoflawyers,doctorsandsurvivorsofpsychiatrytosupportpeoplewhoareincarceratedinpsychiatricinstitutionsinSwitzerland).In1991,co-founderoftheEuropeanNetworkof(ex-)UsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatry(ENUSP);Since2013,hehasbeenabloggeratMadinAmerica.In2010,awarded
anHonoraryDoctorateinacknowledgementof"exceptionalscientificandhumanitariancontributiontotherightsofthepeoplewithpsychiatricexperience"bytheAristotleUniversityofThessaloniki.In2011,awardedtheOrderofMeritoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyinacknowledgementofservicetothecommunitybythePresidentofGermany.Bookpublicationsinclude,"AlternativesBeyondPsychiatry"(edited2007togetherwithPeterStastny,ebook2014;"ComingoffPsychiatricDrugs:Successfulwithdrawalfromneuroleptics,antidepressants,moodstabilizers,Ritalinandtranquilizers"(edited2004,ebook2013).
KwameMcKenziehttp://www.wellesleyinstitute.comDr.KwameMcKenzieisCEOoftheWellesleyInstitute.Heisaninternationalexpertonthesocialcausesofillness,suicideandthedevelopmentofeffective,equitablehealthsystems.Asaphysician,researcherandpolicyadvisor,Dr.McKenziehasworkedtoidentifythecausesofillnessandincross-culturalhealthforovertwodecades.Heisanactive,fundedresearcherofsocial,community,clinicalandpolicyissueswithnearly200academicpublicationsincludingfivebooks.InadditiontohispostatWellesleyInstitute,Dr.McKenzieistheDirectorofClinicalHealthEquityatCAMH.HeisafullProfessorandtheCo-DirectoroftheDivisionofEquityGenderandPopulationintheDepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityofToronto.Dr.McKenziesitsontheBoardsoftheUnitedWayTorontoandtheOntarioHospitals
Association.HeisaSeniorFellowatMasseyCollege.Dr.McKenzieisamemberoftheOntarioGovernment’sMentalHealthandAddictionsLeadershipAdvisoryCouncilandsatontheExpertAdvisoryGroupforOntario’sHomelessnessStrategyalongsidenumerousothercommittees.Hehasarespectedtrackrecordforsettingupawardwinningservices,trainingcliniciansandresearchers,offeringclinicalcaretosomeofthemostmarginalizedpatients,andhelpingtodevelophealthpolicyforGovernmentsinCanada,Africa,Europe,theCaribbeanandUnitedStates.Dr.McKenziecompletedhismedicaltrainingattheUniversityofSouthamptonandwastrainedinpsychiatryattheMaudsleyHospitalandInstituteofPsychiatryandHarvardUniversity.
ChinaMillshttp://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/staff/academic/millsc
ChinaMill'sresearchexploresthepsycho-politicaleffectsoftheglobalisationofthepsy-disciplines,themedicationsandmentalitiestheyelicit,andhowtheyshapeourveryunderstandingsofourselvesandofthesocialconditionsinwhichourlivesareembedded.Sheisinterestedinexploringhowthepsy-disciplinesandpsychotropicdrugsfunctioninlocalandglobalcontextsofentrenchedinequality,chronicpoverty,(neo)colonialoppression,andincreasinglyunderthepoliticsofausterity.In2014,ChinaMillpublishedthebook‘DecolonizingGlobalMentalHealth:thePsychiatrizationoftheMajorityWorld’(Routledge),whichdrawsonresearchwithNGOsanduser-survivororganisationsinIndia(includingBapuTrust),andanalysesglobalmentalhealthpoliciesasformsofcolonialdiscourse.Shehassincepublishedworkonthementalhealth-povertynexus,andonpoverty,stigmaandsocialisolation.PreviouslyChinaworked
withtheHearingVoicesNetworkintheUK,andhasgrownupalongsidefamilymemberswhohearvoices,andwhohaveaSchizophreniadiagnosis.
SteveMorganhttp://www.intentionalpeersupport.org
StevenMorganhasworkedinpeersupportservicesforthepastdecade.HewasoriginallytrainedasaGeorgiaCertifiedPeerSpecialistandworkedintraditionalserviceagencies,wherehebecameintimatelyfamiliarwiththedifficultiesofpracticingpeersupportwithinamedicalmodel.Thisledtoaninterestindevelopingalternativesupports,soinVermonthehelpedcreateapeer-runrespite,wasExecutiveDirectorforfouryearsofapeer-runagencycalledAnotherWay,andfinallybecameprojectdeveloperforSoteria-Vermont.Stevenhasprovidedmanytrainingsinsystemschangeatbothalocalandnationallevel,andhas
servedonseveralBoardsofDirectorsforpeersupportorganizations.In2013,hejoinedIntentionalPeerSupportasOperationsManagerwithapassionforcreatinginstrumentsofsocialchange,aloveoforganizationaldevelopment,andabeliefinthetransformativepowerofcommunity.Onfullmoons,he
enjoyswriting,playingmusic,woodworking,andtakinglonglongwalks.
VikramPatelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Patel
Vikram Patel is a Professor and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Public Health Foundation of India. He is a co-founder of Sangath, an Indian NGO which works in the fields of child development, adolescent health and mental health. He is a Fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical Sciences and serves on two WHO expert committees (mental health, and maternal, child and adolescent health) and several Government of India committees. He is a recipient of the Chalmers Medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (UK), the Sarnat Medal from the US Institute of Medicine, an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown University, the Chanchlani Global Health Research Award from McMaster University and an Honorary OBE
from the UK Government. He was listed in TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential persons of the year in 2015.
OlgaRuncimanhttp://www.runciman.dk
OlgaRuncimanisthefirstand so faronlypsychologist inDenmarkwithherown practicespecializinginworkingwithyouthand adultstypicallydescribedaspsychotic.She isaboardmemberoftheDanishPsychosocialRehabilitationNetworkand IntervoicetheinternationalHearingvoicesnetwork.She ischair and co-founderoftheDanishHearingVoicesnetwork.Sheseesthehearingvoicesmovementaspost-psychiatric,workingtowardsthe
recognitionofhumanrightswhile offering hope, empowermentand accesstomakingsenseofone'sexperiencesbothonan individual aswellasona social and societallevel. Shehasworkedextensivelywith traumaand abuse,voicehearingand othersensoryexperiences,aswellashealingand recovery.
GayathriRamprasadhttp://myasha.org
www.gayathriramprasad.comGayathriRamprasadistheFounderandPresidentofASHAInternationalanon-profitorganizationpromotingpersonal,organizational,andcommunitywellness.And,theauthorofShadowsintheSun:HealingfromDepressionandFindingtheLightWithin.Hersuccessfulbattleinovercominglife-threateningmentalillnessandheramazingrecoverytaughtherthepowerofhopeandholisticwellness.Now,shesharesthatmessagewithothers.SincethelaunchofASHAInternational’swellnesscampaign,HealthyMinds,HealthyLivesin
2006,Gayathri’skeynotes,wellnessworkshops,andculturalcompetencetrainingshavereachedmorethan45,000peoplenationallyandinternationally,witharesoundingmessageofhopeandrecovery.GayathriisamemberoftheGlobalSpeakersFederationandwinneroftheprestigiousEliLillyWelcomeBackAwardforLifetimeAchievementandtheVoiceAwardforConsumerLeadershipsponsoredbytheSubstanceAbuseandMentalHealthServicesAdministration.Sheisalsothewinnerofthe2008OutstandingAlumnaAwardfromheralmamaterGeorgeFoxUniversity,andtherecipientofthe2015EsperanzaHopeAward.
JolijnSantegoedshttp://www.mindrights.org/
http://www.punkertje.waarbenjij.nu/JolijnSantegoedsisauser/survivorofpsychiatry.Atage16shewasinstitutionalizedagainstherwillafterasuicideattemptforaperiodlasting3years.Shewascalled“adangertoherself’andwassubjectedtolong-termsolitaryconfinement,restraintsandvariousotherformsofforcedtreatments.Afterbeingtransferredtoanotherinstitution,whereshewastreatedinamorehumaneway,shewasnotsuicidalanymore.Eventuallyafter3yearssheleftthisinstitution;shewasthenhomelessforover2years.Atage22shefoundaplacetostayandfinishedcollegereceivingadegreein
SustainableEngineering.SherealizedthatherdrivewastochangetheinjusticesinthementalhealthcaresystemandstartedaprotestgroupintheNetherlandscalledRageagainstIsolation!(Tekeertegendeisoleer!),whichlaterbecameanNGOcalledMindRights.Jolijn’smainactivitiesareaimedatstimulatingalternativestoforcedtreatmentsandthepreventionoftortureandill-treatmentinhealthcare.InthecontextoftheDutchlawreformonforcedpsychiatricinterventions,shedevelopedanalternativemodel,calledthe“EindhovenModel”,whichisbasedonusingFamilyGroupConferencingforsupporteddecision-makingtoavoidforcedpsychiatricinterventions.ThismethodhasreceivedsupportfromtheDutchgovernmentandiscurrentlyinapilotphase.JolijnisgenerallyactiveatalllevelsfrompracticalalternativesinmentalhealthservicestopolicymakingandUnitedNationsexpertsessions.SheisaboardmemberoftheEuropeanNetworkof(Ex-)UsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatry(ENUSP),andalsoaco-chairoftheWorldNetworkofUsersandSurvivorsofPsychiatry(WNUSP),whichaimstosecuretherightsofpersonswithpsychosocialdisabilitieseverywherearoundtheworld.
AdityaTiwari
AdityaTiwariisaConsultingHomoeopathicPsychiatristfromthefirstbatchofMD-PsychiatryinHomoeopathyfromtheMumbaiUniversity-2004-2007.HeisalsoaCounsellor&CertifiedArtsBasedTherapistsince2010.ForthecurrentyearheisaguidefortheABTstudents.Alongwithlikemindedcolleagues,hehasfoundedagroupcalledTattvaHealthCarewhichrunsvariousinitiativesintheareaofmentalhealthservice.Theseinclude-AngelsClinicwhichisan
IntegratedMentalHealthClinicforallagegroups,locatedatJuhu,Mumbai;Playnasiumplayworkshops,whichareArt&PlayBasedLife-Skillbuildingworkshopsinthecommunity,schools,corporates,etc.HeisalsoaVipassanameditatorandplayDjembe(Africandrum)asahobby.
DominicMakuvachuma-Walkerhttp://www.nsun.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/nsun-trustees/
DominicMakuvachuma-Walkeristheco-chairofNationalSurvivorUserNetwork,England.Hehasbeencontributingtothevoiceofdirect,livedexperienceofusingmentalhealthservicesfor21yearsthrougharangeofplatforms.HeisanAfricanfatherofthree,andthefirstAfricansurvivortocontributeasapanellisttoanIndependentHomicideinquiryaswellasaninternalinquiryintoaSeriousandUntowardIncidentleadingtotheDeathinCustodyofanAfricanCaribbeanPatient.DominicwastheDevelopmentManagerofthenationalblackandminorityethnicmentalhealthserviceuser/survivornetworkinEngland,Catch-A-Fiya,from2006-
2008andcurrentlyworksasanEngagementManagerforMind.
MichaelWinkelmanhttp://michaelwinkelman.com
Michael Winkelman, Ph.D. (University of California-Irvine) retired fromthe School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona StateUniversity in 2009. He was President of the Anthropology ofConsciousness section of the American Anthropological Association, aswas the founding President of its Anthropology of Religion Section.Winkelman has engaged in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary researchonshamanism,psycheelicsandalteredstatesofconsciousness,focusingprincipally on the universal patterns of shamanism and identifying theassociated biological bases. His principal publications on shamanisminclude Shamans, Priests and Witches (1992) which provides a cross-cultural examination of the nature of shamanism; and Shamanism: ABiopsychosocialParadigmofConsciousnessandHealing (originally2000,
2nd edition 2010). Shamanism provides a biogeneticmodel of shamanism that explains the evolutionaryoriginsofspiritualhealinginancientritualcapacities.Thisbiogeneticstructuralistapproachisexpandedinanassessmentoftheevolutionaryoriginsofreligioninhisco-authoredSupernaturalasNatural(withJohnBaker,2008).Theseapproachesprovideaframeworkforunderstandingthenecessaryroleofpsychedelicsinhumanevolution and their continuedapplication inhealing (also seePsychedelicMedicine [2007], co-editedwith Tom Roberts).Winkelman’swork has shown that shamanism and psychedelics have a deepintersection inhumanevolution; these capacities for altering consciousness continue tobean importantpart of human experience and well-being today. Winkelman is currently living near Pirenopolis in thecentralhighlandsofBrazilwhereheisengagedindevelopingpermaculture-basedintentionalcommunities.
RobertWhitakerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Whitaker_(author)
www.madinamerica.com
RobertWhitakeristheauthoroffivebooks,threeofwhichtellofthescienceandhistoryofpsychiatry.Hisfirst,MadinAmerica:BadScience,BadMedicineandtheEnduringMistreatmentoftheMentallyIllwasnamedbyDiscovermagazineasoneofthebestsciencebooksof2002.Hissecond,AnatomyofanEpidemic:MagicBullets,PsychiatricDrugs,andtheAstonishingRiseofMentalIllnessinAmerica,wontheInvestigativeReportersandEditorsbookawardforbestinvestigativejournalismin2010.Hislatest,whichheco-wrote,istitled:PsychiatryUndertheInfluence:InstitutionalCorruption,SocialInjury,andPrescriptionsforReform.Priortowritingbooks,RobertWhitakerworkedasthescience
andmedicalreporterattheAlbanyTimesUnionnewspaperinNewYorkforanumberofyears.Hisjournalismarticleswonseveralnationalawards,includingaGeorgePolkawardformedicalwriting,andaNationalAssociationofScienceWriters’awardforbestmagazinearticle.Aseriesheco-wroteforTheBostonGlobewasnamedafinalistforthePulitzerPrizein1998.HealsowasdirectorofpublicationsatHarvardMedicalSchoolforatime.
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