Tag: creative maladjustment
Creative Maladjustment: An Interview with Donzaleigh Abernathy
Donzaleigh Abernathyâgoddaughter of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.âshares her thoughts on the civil rights movement and the legacy of racism in the United States.
Letters to My Doctors (Part 3)
Rape is to Love what Bombs are to Peace and what Behavioral Eugenics are to Mental Health. So I choose noncompliance with psychiatric force.
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Psychiatric Violence Survivor Movement
My question to the mental health reform movement, the mad movement, the critical psychiatry movement â whatever we call our movement â is: Will we join the movement to make real change, to get to the heart of human freedom and work to fulfill the promise of democracy against control by monied elites?
Justifiably Maladjusted
From Unbound: In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. preached that he was proud to be psychologically maladjusted to racism, slavery, segregation, religious bigotry, and economic...
And They Said it Wouldnât Last â Rethinking Psychiatry Celebrates its...
Rethinking Psychiatry is proud to continue the work that began in 2010 in Portland, and we look forward to many more years of challenging the dominant paradigm in mental health and providing new perspectives and solutions.
âDavid Bowie, Psychosis and Positive Nonconformityâ
For MinnPost, Susan Perry discusses the late singer-songwriter and actor David Bowie and his experiences with psychosis. She highlights the work of psychologist Vaughan Bell, who details how Bowieâs family history of psychosis is reflected in his work, and Stephanie Pappas, explaining âwhy Bowieâs positive expression of nonconformity has helped so many people who feel like misfits.â
Experiencing the Possibility of Change in the Digital Age
If you are reading this, you are probably involved in the mental health system. You might consider yourself a patient. You might consider yourself a professional or perhaps a caregiver. Maybe you consider yourself a survivor of the system. If you are reading this, you are probably interested in change. The interest of change, and the exploration of its possibilities, unites the readers of this site.
Could a Different Approach to âMental Healthâ Be Part of Solving...
Earth Day 2013 is a good time to reflect on how problems in our mental health system reflect deep flaws in ânormalâ conceptions of what it means to be a human being. These flawed conceptions then contribute in a critical way to the climate crisis that threatens us all.
Profiles in Creative Maladjustment: AL GALVES
My path to becoming an activist began at a young age. My parents were both visionaries in their own ways. They both saw the possibility of creating a world in which all people would be able to live satisfying lives. They both were strong supporters of the Civil Rights Movement.
Taking Martin Luther King Jr’s Call For Creative Maladjustment Seriously
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said "There are some things in our nation and in our world to which I'm proud to be maladjusted⌠I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few, and leave millions of people perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of prosperity. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism, and to the self-defeating effects of physical violence... And I call upon you to be maladjusted to these things until the good society is realizedâŚ
David W. Oaks’ Message To the World: “Cracking the Nut of...
After 4 decades as a psychiatric survivor human rights activist and 3 decades with spinal arthritis (ankylosing spondylitis), that fused my spine into peanut brittle, I knew I needed a break. The break that I got about 3 weeks ago was not the one I expected. I slipped off a wet ladder in my writer's studio, and it resulted in a complete break of my neck.