Please see below.
Susan
Susan Rogers
Director
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
and
Director of Special Projects
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
800-688-4226, ext. 3812
267-507-3812 (direct line)
Fax: 215-636-6312
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
http://www.mhasp.org
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I feel that this exhibit is very disrespectful and disgusting.
To refer to people who have been detained, contained, died , and buried in psychiatric institutions as "consumers" only denies their voice and invalidates their experiences.
This partnership - this promotion - is not about dignity, but rather to white-wash and expand the treatment industry.
Shame!
--- On Tue, 5/11/10, Susan Rogers <> wrote:
From: Susan Rogers <>
Subject: [Actmad] FW: We are trying to get the word out about this important exhibit
To: "Mental Health Activism and Advocacy" <>
Cc: "Ashenden, Peter C" <>
Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 9:16 AM
Please see below.
Susan
Susan Rogers
Director
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
and
Director of Special Projects
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
800-688-4226, ext. 3812
267-507-3812 (direct line)
Fax: 215-636-6312
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
http://www.mhasp.org
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I'm with you, George! The only way to give us our respect and
dignity, is to let us speak for ourselves and let us be who we are.
Irene Lynch
On May 12, 2010, at 8:22 AM, george ebert wrote:
> I feel that this exhibit is very disrespectful and disgusting.
> To refer to people who have been detained, contained, died , and
> buried in psychiatric institutions as "consumers" only denies
> their voice and invalidates their experiences.
> This partnership - this promotion - is not about dignity, but
> rather to white-wash and expand the treatment industry.
> Shame!
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Hi
The use of the term "consumer" is opprobrious and we
should not approach our situation(s) from the point of
view of competitive "watermelon seed spitting." That
being said, the broader problem is challenging the
pre-scientific character of today's social science,
is challenging the "torture denial" that passes for
clinical advocacy today.
Andrew Phelps
Until we can do so in an an organized and responsible
way, we are stuck in a deficient dialoguical situation.
On Wed May 12 15:51 , Irene E Lynch <> sent:
>I'm with you, George! The only way to give us our respect and
>dignity, is to let us speak for ourselves and let us be who we are.
>
>Irene Lynch
>On May 12, 2010, at 8:22 AM, george ebert wrote:
>
>> I feel that this exhibit is very disrespectful and disgusting.
>> To refer to people who have been detained, contained, died , and
>> buried in psychiatric institutions as "consumers" only denies
>> their voice and invalidates their experiences.
>> This partnership - this promotion - is not about dignity, but
>> rather to white-wash and expand the treatment industry.
>> Shame!
>
>
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I've been involved in some projects relating to people who died in
institutions and have noticed how difficult it is to get some of the
do-gooders who get involved in such matters to say/write "people" instead of
"patients" or "consumers" all the time. They give me blank looks when I
request that, and matter how many times I ask, edit, and remind, they don't
make the switch.
Seems so easy and obvious. But guess if the NAMI state president says it
and their dozen mental health professional friends say it, they assume it
must be correct.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Irene E Lynch" <>
To: "Mental Health Activism and Advocacy" <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Actmad] FW: We are trying to get the word out about this
important exhibit
> I'm with you, George! The only way to give us our respect and dignity,
> is to let us speak for ourselves and let us be who we are.
>
> Irene Lynch
> On May 12, 2010, at 8:22 AM, george ebert wrote:
>
>> I feel that this exhibit is very disrespectful and disgusting.
>> To refer to people who have been detained, contained, died , and buried
>> in psychiatric institutions as "consumers" only denies their voice and
>> invalidates their experiences.
>> This partnership - this promotion - is not about dignity, but rather to
>> white-wash and expand the treatment industry.
>> Shame!
>
>
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