Entries by Jacqui

Bad Science

31/01/2007 /0 Comments/in , /by

The CASL campaign is driven by two central factors: The concept of schizophrenia is unscientific and has outlived any usefulness it may once have claimed. The label schizophrenia is extremely damaging to those to whom it is applied.  The idea that schizophrenia can be viewed as a specific, genetically determined, biologically driven brain disease has […]

CASL – The Campaign to Abolish the Schizophrenia Label

31/01/2007 /6 Comments/in , /by

There have been many historical examples of medical diagnoses that took on different meanings in everyday life to the originally intended  scientific meaning, and as a result were abandoned by psychiatry, psychology and society. The words cretin, moron and idiot were all once formal medical diagnoses. We believe that the diagnosis of schizophrenia has followed […]

Survival Techniques

31/07/2003 /1 Comment/in , /by

Being proud of my experiences and being able to share them with others, challenges the stigma of having what are considered to be mental health problems, and means becoming a part of a collective voice to improve mental health services for all. This is both empowering and liberating, in itself.

Reclaiming Experience

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Many of us who have received psychiatric treatment have found that it’s ‘blame the individual and blame the brain’ emphasis, has limited the way we can think about ourselves and our potentials. We are expected to be the silent recipients of treatment for disorders, and often, medication is the only option.  No-one asks, what do […]

Collective Voices

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The Hearing Voices Movement was founded more than 20 years ago, following the ground-breaking research of Professor Marius Romme and Dr Sandra Escher who have advocated for a radical shift in the way we understand the phenomenon of Hearing Voices.  Rather than taking the traditional approach favored by biological psychiatry, which views voices as a […]