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"Viewing the Suicide Prevention Industry Through a Critical Lens"

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Two social activist authors will present on the topic of the suicide prevention industry next week, Wednesday, June 1st at 3:00 pm pacific/6:00 pm Eastern. Each panelist will have thirty minutes to present. The following hour will be allotted for discussion arising from audience questions.

Author Robert Whitaker, in 2001 published Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill. With that book, he began more than two decades of challenges and critiques of the Mental Health System. Whitaker has continued to write other books challenging mental health services and provide through www.madinamerica.com a platform for others to write and be heard.

Rob Wipond, investigative journalist and author of the soon to be published book, Our Consent is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships will, along with fellow panelist Whitaker, critique crisis lines, suicide prevention strategies and specifically the U.S government’s roll out of 988 and it’s challenges to privacy and the potential increased use of forced interventions.

The meeting is a part of MFI’s regularly scheduled  educational series called ‘Judi’s Room,’ a collaboration between MFI and " I Love You, Lead On" (a favored quote by ADA champion, Justin Dart)

Judi's Room is named after the famed human rights leader, Judi Chamberlin. It is free and open to the public but pre-registration is required.

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