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Madness Radio
What does it mean to be called "crazy" in a crazy world? Madness Radio: Voices And Visions from Outside Mental Health brings you personal experiences of 'madness' from beyond conventional perspectives and mainstream treatments, and also features authors, advocates, professionals, and artists.
Hosted by Will Hall, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia, Madness Radio was launched in 2005 on Valley Free Radio in Massachusetts and is syndicated nationally on the Pacifica Network. Madness Radio is heard monthly on KBOO the first monday of the month from 11:30am to 12. Will is a leader in the peer recovery movement, a therapist in Portland, has a Diploma from Process Work Institute, and is the director of the support and education community Portland Hearing Voices.
Check out the website archives at www.madnessradio.net to listen online and download more than 100 Madness Radio episodes produced to date. Full hour-long versions of shows heard on KBOO are available.
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What is it like for a prisoner diagnosed with mental illness?
Hosted by Will Hall
What is it like for a prisoner diagnosed with mental illness? Should we have more mental health treatment in prison -- or should we work to abolish our prison system?
Daniel Hazen spent three years in prison and experienced firsthand the ways prison creates madness. Today he is director of Voices of the Heart, a leading support agency run by and for people in recovery from a diagnosis of mental illness.
- Title: Madness Radio 20120507
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:47 minutes (26.36 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Dr. Toby Tyler Watson, Clinical Director of Associated Psychological Health Services
Hosted by Will Hall.
Today's guest is Dr. Toby Tyler Watson, Clinical Director of Associated Psychological Health Services.
- Title: Madness Radio 20120402
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:56 minutes (26.49 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar?
Hosted by Will Hall
Today Madness Radio asks, Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar? Are medications needed to treat disease - or just keep children under control? What else can parents do when faced with difficult behavioral problems? Sharna Olfman, Psychology Professor at Point Park University and editor of the book Bipolar Children,
discusses the growing trend of labeling children bipolar.
- Title: Madness Radio 20120305
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:17 minutes (25.9 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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The promise and potential dangers of the psychedelic ayahuasca
Hosted by Will Hall.
Every month Madness Radio explores mental health from outside the mainstream on KBOO FM.
On this show, Madness Radio asks, Can indigenous medicine, including the psychedelic ayahuasca, help anxiety, depression, and addiction? What do healers of Peru have to teach us about mental health? Francois Demange, a curandero who has studied for more than sixteen years with the Shipibo and Quechua Lamista peoples, discusses the promise and potential dangers of traditional Amazonian plant medicine for the west.
- Title: Madness Radio 20120206
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:50 minutes (26.41 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Grainne Humphrys talks about her Battle with Mental Health Systems
Madness Radio, Hosted by Will Hall
Today's guest is Mental Health System Survivor, Grainne Humphrys, who talks about her Battle with Mental Health Systems, both for herself, and for her partner John Hunt.
- Title: Madness Radio 20120102
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:02 minutes (25.67 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Healing the wounds of war by listening to the stories of veterans in our communities
Madness Radio asks, How can we truly help combat veterans facing the aftermath of war? Is veteran trauma a sign of mental illness, or a healthy response to violent situations? Are medications and therapy the answer?
Paula Caplan, author of When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans, discusses healing the wounds of war by listening to the stories of veterans in our communities.
- Title: Madness Radio 20111205
- Length: 28:15 minutes (25.86 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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The treatment of elders in nursing homes
Hosted by Will Hall
How are our elders treated in nursing homes? Are powerful anti-psychotic medications being used for treatment, or for social control? Does living in a nursing home promote mental health -- or make it worse? Carole Hayes-Collier, psychiatric abuse survivor and longtime activist with the Grey Panthers, discusses her work to empower people as we age.
- Title: Madness Radio 20111107
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:23 minutes (25.99 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Linda Andre and Doctors of Deception: What They Don't Want You To Know About Electroshock Therapy
Hosted by Will Hall
This week's Madness Radio asks, Why is ECT, electroconvulsive therapy or electroshock, so widely used
today? Is the ECT industry manipulating research and public perceptions the way tobacco companies did about cigarettes? What are the real dangers of this lobotomy-era treatment? ECT survivor Linda Andre discusses her groundbreaking book, "Doctors of Deception: What They Don't Want You to Know about Shock Treatment."
- Title: Madness Radio 20111003
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 28:28 minutes (26.07 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Suicide attempt survivor David Webb, author of Thinking About Suicide
Hosted by Will Hall.
How common are suicidal feelings? Is a psychiatric illness behind suicidal despair -- or a meaningful and even spiritual life crisis? Does forced hospitalization really provide help?
Suicide attempt survivor David Webb, author of Thinking About Suicide: Contemplating and Comprehending the Urge to Die, discusses how speaking openly about suicidal feelings, rather than reacting with panic and fear, is the best form of suicide prevention.
http://www.jungcircle.com/DWebb.html
http://thinkingaboutsuicide.org/
- Title: Madness Radio 20110905
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 29:22 minutes (26.89 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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Dr. Daniel B. Fisher on Recovering from Mental Illness
Hosted by Will Hall.
Today's guest is Dr. Daniel Fisher, Executive Director of the National Empowerment Center, and noted Psychiatrist. He'll talk about his own experiences with Schizophrenia, and how a more Recovery-oriented, Consumer and Family Driven System could help more people than our current system.
- Title: Madness Radio 20110801
- Producer: Will Hall
- Length: 27:44 minutes (25.39 MB)
- Format: MP3 Stereo 11kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
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