The Growing Push for "Mad Pride" | Newsweek Health

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From the page: "The humiliation and what he experienced as the failure of the medication were what turned him against traditional treatment. Since then, Hall has been asking whether his treatment was really necessary. He felt sloshily medicated, as if he couldn't really live his... more

Reviewed by cafeenerush21 May 04 2009, 11:37pm ( 18 reviews ) • newsweek.com

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Rated by toriahennesey on Jun 05, 3:03pm

I like this article, but coming off meds unsupervised is not clever.
Rated by scribbler17 on Jun 04, 7:56pm

Sanity is relative.
Rated by awesomealias on Jun 04, 2:40pm

Yes, mad people never hurt anyone, and sexually active people don't spread HIV.
Rated by cordy66 on May 05 2009, 3:21pm

It is different. Right or wrong who knows? If it works for them, why not let them be?
Rated by therealbrob on May 05 2009, 12:02pm

An interesting take on mental illness. I still don't know exactly how I feel about pharmaceutical psychiatry overall.
Rated by Martinaap on May 05 2009, 4:36am

Good one for mental health related ifo
Rated by cafeenerush21 on May 04 2009, 11:37pm

From the page: "The humiliation and what he experienced as the failure of the medication were what turned him against traditional treatment. Since then, Hall has been asking whether his treatment was really necessary. He felt sloshily medicated, as if he couldn't really live his life." I heart these words

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