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ISPS-US 23rd Annual Conference | November 1-3, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh & Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, PA & Hybrid Online | Preliminary Schedule
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The Report on Improving Mental Health Outcome (Virtual Only)
Saturday November 2, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Virtual only (Zoom)
In September of 2023, James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.; Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD; David Cohen, PhD; Chuck Ruby, PhD; and Faith Myers, published the Report on Mental Health Outcomes (Report).  See, https://psychrights.org/ReportOnImprovingMentalHealthOutcomes.pdf.  The Report documents that the current Mental Health System is reducing recovery rates for people who experience psychosis from a possible 80% to 5% and reducing life spans by 20-25 years.  This is primarily due to the over-reliance on drugs, but also from forcing unwanted psychiatric interventions on people which, incidentally, is a violation of International law.

The Report also documents non-coercive, humane approaches that should be used instead of the drugs and force, such as Open Dialogue, Psychotherapy, Peer-Respites, Soteria-Houses, Drug-Free Hospitals, Housing First, Employment, Warm Lines, Hearing Voices Network, Non-Police Community Response Teams, and emotional CPR (eCPR).

The Report was written specifically for policy makers and potential funders, with hyperlinks to the 12 pages of references. James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq., the lead author of the Report, will present its findings and invite discussion, including how to bring the Report's recommendations to fruition.


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James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.

Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights)
Jim Gottstein is an Alaska-based lawyer, now living on Maui, who founded the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) whose mission is to mount a strategic litigation campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock.  He won five Alaska Supreme Court appeals... Read More →
Saturday November 2, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Virtual only (Zoom)
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