First, a listing of events from MindFreedom News:
 Title |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Join our parade entry in the Eugene Celebration to change mental health! |
March with us for choice in the mental health system at the 2008 Eugene Celebration parade! Mad pride! | 2008-09-13 08:30 | 2008-09-13 11:00 | Eugene, Oregon, USA |
| Another Mad Word Is Possible |
Several days of events in September in Malmo, Sweden. | 2008-09-17 00:00 | 2008-09-21 00:00 | Malmo, Sweden |
| David W. Oaks to speak at World Psychiatric Association |
Every three years the World Psychiatric Association holds a World Congress. At this year’s event, David W. Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International, has been… | 2008-09-22 18:45 | 2008-09-22 19:45 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| CAPA holds Psychiatric Survivor Pride Weekend |
Sponsor group Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault (CAPA) sponsors a weekend of events to celebrate survivors of psychiatric human rights violations. | 2008-09-27 13:00 | 2008-09-28 15:00 | Toronto, Canada |
| Narpa 2008 Conference |
The National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy 2008 Annual Rights Conference: “Seizing Opportunities for Change” | 2008-10-01 00:00 | 2008-10-04 00:00 | University of Texas Thompson Conference Center, Austin |
| Premiere for the film documentary about UK rock band Heavy Load. |
Heavy Load of England is composed of punk rock musicians diagnosed with learning disabilities. A new film spotlights the band’s success. | 2008-10-01 00:00 | 2008-10-01 00:00 | London, England |
| Last Day to Sign Petition |
October 4, 2008 is the last day to sign the petition “Stop the Psychiatric Drug Crisis in the US Military.” | 2008-10-04 11:55 | 2008-10-04 11:55 | Ah, Crap |
| Psychiatry and Freedom |
11th International Conference for Philosophy and Mental Health International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry | 2008-10-06 00:00 | 2008-10-08 00:00 | The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, TX, USA |
| International Center for the Study of Psychology and Psychiatry’s 2008 conference. |
The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc. (ICSPP) is a sponsor group of MindFreedom. This is an excellent conference, especially… | 2008-10-10 00:00 | 2008-10-12 00:00 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| National consultation in India on citizens’ charter of human rights |
NAAJMI partners in India are organizing a two day National consultation on “Citizens’ charter of Human rights for persons living with a mental illness.” | 2008-10-10 00:00 | 2008-10-11 00:00 | Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, India. |
| Alternatives 2008 |
Since the 1980’s, the US federal government helps fund a large conference of several hundred mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, many of whom are… | 2008-10-29 00:00 | 2008-11-02 00:00 | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| ENUSP Plans 2009 World-Congress Against Discrimination and Stigma |
The European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry are joining with other groups in Greece in the second half of September, 2009 for a world-congre… | 2009-09-15 00:00 | 2009-09-30 00:00 | Thessaloniki, Greece |
And these:
- Upcoming Events
- UK Television Production Company Seeks Mad Pride Stories UK,
2008-08-19 - Asylum! Conference and Festival Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK,
2008-09-10 - Join our parade entry in the Eugene Celebration to change mental health! Eugene, Oregon, USA,
2008-09-13 - Another Mad Word Is Possible Malmo, Sweden,
2008-09-17 - David W. Oaks to speak at World Psychiatric Association Prague, Czech Republic,
2008-09-22
And this plug:
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Oh- and don’t forget this:
(Does the Word “DUH” mean anything to you?)
Loneliness Harms Health
By Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on September 9, 2008
New studies show that a sense of rejection or isolation disrupts not only will power and perseverance, but also key cellular processes deep within the human body.
Chronic loneliness belongs among health risk factors such as smoking, obesity or lack of exercise.
Feeling connected to others is vital to a person’s mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows.
The studies, reported in a new book, Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, show that a sense of rejection or isolation disrupts not only abilities, will power and perseverance, but also key cellular processes deep within the human body.
The findings suggest that chronic loneliness belongs among health risk factors such as smoking, obesity or lack of exercise, according to lead author John Cacioppo, the Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology at the University.
“Loneliness not only alters behavior, but loneliness is related to greater resistance to blood flow through your cardiovascular system,” Cacioppo said.
Ah, Crap
It looks like the Mad Liberation by Moonlight September show will be canceled- It would have been Friday night, September 19th, 2008, 4 days after the full moon but this conflicts with the annual Coltrane Marathon. Listen anyway. It’ll be back in October (10/17/08, 3 days post lunar fullness).
Here’s a lunar calendar with some thoughts about the next few shows of 2008:
Looking at this schedule, you should get the idea that the next shows will be on 10/17, 11/14 (fortuitous!) and 12/12 (even more fortuitous!). I’ll let people know if this changes, as sometimes happens when Daniel has a special that conflicts.
Other Stuff:
political commentary (click for readable size)-
new illustration from my older son’s blog-
This is cool-
3d Hilbert Curve
So is this-
Miscellaneous nonsense or not-
And with this, good-night:
moon soup 