Madness Radio

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Will Hall
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Voices and Visions from Outside Mental Health

What does it mean to be called "crazy" in a crazy world? Madness Radio: Voices And Visions from Outside Mental Health brings you personal experiences of 'madness' from beyond conventional perspectives and mainstream treatments, and also features authors, advocates, professionals, and artists.

Hosted by Will Hall, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia, Madness Radio was launched in 2005 on Valley Free Radio in Massachusetts and is syndicated nationally on the Pacifica Network. Madness Radio is heard monthly on KBOO the first monday of the month from 11:30am to 12. Will is a leader in the peer recovery movement, a therapist in Portland, has a Diploma from Process Work Institute, and is the director of the support and education community Portland Hearing Voices.

Check out the website archives at www.madnessradio.net to listen online and download more than 100 Madness Radio episodes produced to date. Full hour-long versions of shows heard on KBOO are available. 

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Madness Radio: Family Homes Carina Håkansson

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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What if ordinary families could provide care for people psychiatry has given up on? Is there a way out for people stuck long-term as mental patients? Can human relationships and living together be more effective than medications, diagnosis, and hospitals? Carina Hakansson’s va... Read more

Healing Connection: Lauren Spiro

Airs at: Mon, 07/07/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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How do we recover from childhood violence? When Lauren Spiro was 14, her father was murdered. Eighteen months later, she began to have unusual spiritual experiences and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Today she works today to promote peace and healing in communities, fulf... Read more

Madness Radio: Violent Voices Erica van den Akker

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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People who hear voices are no more violent than anyone else -- but what about the small number of voice hearers that do actually commit violent crimes? Are medications and locked wards the best way to help those who act on their aggressive "command hallucinations?" What is ... Read more

Rethinking Research Nev Jones

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Traditional mental health research treats patients more as objects to be studied, rather than individuals with valuable insights and perspectives. What if research on mental health was informed by people who themselves had had these experiences? How can people diagnosed wit... Read more

Risky Pills David Healy

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Adverse effects from prescription drugs are the 4th leading cause of death in America. How can we know if the pills we take are actually safe? What can we do if they aren't? Dr. David Healy, internationally renowned psychiatrist, whistleblower, and author of 20 books, discu... Read more

Suicidal Feelings: How Speaking Openly about Them Is the Best Prevention

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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How common are suicidal feelings? Is a psychiatric illness behind suicidal despair -- or a meaningful and even spiritual life crisis? Does forced hospitalization really provide help? Suicide attempt survivor David Webb, author of Thinking About Suicide: Contemplating and Co... Read more

Deconstructing the Medical Model Tomi Gomory

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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How does the medical model of psychiatry, which proposes that mental health challenges are biological brain diseases, operate under significant scientific fallacies? Can the assumptions of this model often cause more harm than good? Tomi Gomory, associate professor of socia... Read more

Indian Country Psychology with David Edward Walker

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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How does the legacy of colonialism impact American Indian mental health today? Does the Indian Health Service meet the needs of the people on tribal land? How are Native peoples revitalizing cultural traditions to reverse centuries of racism? David Walker, mixed-heritage Ch... Read more

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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​Host Will Hall speaks with Robert Whitaker,  author, "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America."  Robert Whitaker is also the author of Mad in America, The Mapmaker's Wife and On the Laps of Gods.  He ... Read more

Psychology of Power with David Bedrick

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Psychology of Power David Bedrick How does mainstream or "pop" psychology avoid tackling issues of power and social justice, locating problems solely within individuals? Is there a better way to address and make sense of suffering? David Bedrick, counselor, educator, at... Read more