Leah Harris, Author at Mad In America

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Leah Harris is a writer and educator with bylines in The Huffington Post, Rooted in Rights, the Disability Visibility Project, Mad in America, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

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Madness, Utopia and Revolt: An Interview With Sasha Warren

MIA Radio - June 19, 2024 29

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“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at...

Leah Harris - June 15, 2024 34

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Leah Harris - May 4, 2024 69

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Remembrances of Linda Andre, Leader in the Fight Against ECT

Leah Harris - September 28, 2023 13

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In the Courts, a Partial Win for Informed Consent and ECT Justice

Leah Harris - August 12, 2023 18

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Campaign Against ECT Gains Traction in UK

Leah Harris - April 29, 2023 65

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“You Can’t Coerce Someone into Wanting to Be Alive”: The Carceral Heart of the...

Leah Harris - January 14, 2023 19

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And Now They Are Coming for the Unhoused: The Long Push to Expand Involuntary...

Leah Harris - December 10, 2022 19

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“Free Our People!” Ex-Psychiatric Patients Demand COVID-19 Accountability in State-Run Facilities

Leah Harris - May 25, 2020 36

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Bedlam: Public Media, Power, and the Fight for Narrative Justice

Leah Harris - May 10, 2020 21

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Life Inside America’s Psychiatric Facilities During the Pandemic: Eyewitness Accounts

Leah Harris - April 23, 2020 7

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America’s Psychiatric Facilities Are ‘Incubators’ for COVID-19

Leah Harris - April 19, 2020 15

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Narrating Asylum History Through an Anti-Racist Lens: An Interview with Author Mab Segrest

Leah Harris - April 15, 2020 5

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“Not Fragile”: Survivor-Led Mutual Aid Projects Flourish in a Time of Crisis

Leah Harris - March 30, 2020 4

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Mutual Support in an Age of Social Distancing

Leah Harris - March 23, 2020 4

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“Reimagining Psychiatry:” An Interview with Peter Stastny

Leah Harris - February 19, 2020 20

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Capitol Hill Briefings Debunk Myth Linking Gun Violence to Mental Illness

Leah Harris - February 9, 2020 35

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Bernie Sanders’ ‘Revolutionary’ Disability Plan Opposes Expanding Involuntary Treatment

Leah Harris - February 3, 2020 57

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How President Trump and Dr. Drew Got It Wrong on Deinstitutionalization

Michael Simonson & Leah Harris - January 24, 2020 37

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The Management of Captive Populations with Psychiatric Drugs: An Interview with Anthony Ryan Hatch

Leah Harris - January 15, 2020 14

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Trump Calls for “Keeping Very Dangerous People Off Our Streets” at Mental Health Summit

Leah Harris - December 23, 2019 73

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Kamala Harris’s ‘Mental Health’ Plan: Why It Still Matters

Leah Harris - December 11, 2019 79

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On Human Rights and Surviving Race: A Conversation with Celia Brown

MIA Radio - November 20, 2019 19

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