September 6th, London, England: Keynote Talk and Breakout Session on a Future Beyond the Mental Health System

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Demedicalized, Reconnected, and Rehumanized: Towards a Future Beyond the Mental Health System

In her talk, Laura will share about what it was like to become a “good”, “compliant” psychiatric patient over the course of fourteen years, why and how she decided to un-become one, how her personal experiences getting lost in and finding her way out of the mental health system have led her to work towards a future beyond “mental illness” and “mental health”, and what she envisions that rehumanized future might look like.

Laura's presentation is a part of a much bigger, exciting day of speakers and workshops exploring a culture beyond psychiatric diagnosis, organized by A Disorder 4 Everyone. Registration is required. For additional information about the day and to register, click on the link below.
 

About Laura Delano: Laura is an ex-psychiatric patient and the Executive Director of Inner Compass Initiative (ICI), a U.S.-based non-profit organization providing information that facilitates more informed choices regarding psychiatric drugs and diagnoses, and resources that support people who wish to leave, bypass, or build community beyond the mental health system. She also leads ICI’s The Withdrawal Project (TWP), the world’s most comprehensive web-based resource for safer psychiatric drug withdrawal. Laura has spoken in Latin America, Europe, and across North America about her personal experiences in the mental health system, and she leads workshops aimed at helping people explore what it means to take and come off psychiatric drugs. You can find out more about Laura and ICI at www.theinnercompass.org/about.

When and Where: September 6th from 9 AM to 5 PM at Amnesty International in London.

For Additional Information and Registration, Click Here.