North Country Forum
Dr. Carney’s most recent posts are to be found here. He is in the process of compiling a complete archive of all articles he has written since his retirement from professional social work practice in 2010. All his blogs have as their focus issues pertaining to social justice; are generally placed in their historical context; and, ultimately, are subjected to in-depth analyses whose aim is to promote a full understanding of the issues being addressed.
Occupy APA in San Francisco: Joined in Spirit
Tomorrow, May 18, the American Psychiatric Association kicks off its 166th annual conference. That same day, its new DSM-5 will be officially published. Given the occurrences of the past couple of weeks, which I’ll review briefly below, some members of the APA might wish tomorrow’s events would go unnoticed. But they won’t. On the 19th, Jim Gottstein of PsychRights and Matthew Morrissey of Mind Freedom International will lead a several-hours long Occupy APA rally directly across from the Moscone Center where the APA will be meeting. The several speakers who will address rally participants – Leonard Roy Frank; Ted Chabasinski; Chaya...