http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2009/10/the-role-of-consumer-empowerment-in-mental-health-recovery/ New understandings of the mind and of madness can open new doors to full recovery - thoughts from way outside the straightjacket of the "medical model." By Ron Unger LCSW Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/2009/10/the-role-of-consumer-empowerment-in-mental-health-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 Rossa Forbes Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:13:36 +0000 http://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/?p=228#comment-1097 Thanks for laying it all out. This post is an excellent reference. I would like to use excerpts from it in a future post on my blog, if I may. A couple of weeks ago I heard David Crepaz-Keay speak at a gathering of psychiatrists and mental health user groups. He strongly emphasized that he wouldn't have gotten where he is today if he had followed medical advice re his diagnosis (of schizophrenia at age 14). Thanks for laying it all out. This post is an excellent reference. I would like to use excerpts from it in a future post on my blog, if I may. A couple of weeks ago I heard David Crepaz-Keay speak at a gathering of psychiatrists and mental health user groups. He strongly emphasized that he wouldn’t have gotten where he is today if he had followed medical advice re his diagnosis (of schizophrenia at age 14).

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