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Voices and Visions from Outside Mental Health

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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Madness Radio on 09/02/13

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Madness Radio on 08/05/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Benzodiazepine Recovery Matt Samet  Is it possible that your medication can worsen the very symptoms it is supposed to treat? Benzodiazepines, commonly used to treat anxiety and panic, can be extremely addictive, actually increase anxious feelings, and result in horrendous ... Read more

Madness Radio on 07/01/13

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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 How can we better understand the behavior of elders experiencing forgetfulness, Alzheimers, and dementia? This episode of Madness Radio explores how to uncover the deeper meaning behind these extreme states, and to support elders to make an end of life transition with dign... Read more

Madness Radio on 06/03/13

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Book of Woe - Gary Greenberg Why is the DSM-V, also known as the "Psychiatric Bible," such a controversial publication? What are the political, ethical, economic, and social implications of psychiatry's tendency to label and diagnose every facet of human experience as a men... Read more

Madness Radio on 05/06/13

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The Politics of Language - Sera DavidowMental health professionals create psychiatric labels ostensibly to make sense of madness, but at what point do labels shut down understanding and actually damage people experiencing extreme states and emotional distress? On this episo... Read more

Madness Radio on 04/08/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Host Will Hall speaks with Jacks McNamara, a queer writer, artist, activist, educator, performer, and somatic healing practitioner and founder of the Icarus Project.The Icarus Project is a radical mental health support network, online community, and alternative media projec... Read more

Madness Radio on 03/04/13

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Host Will Hall interviews David Cohen, Professor at the School of Social Work at FloridaInternational University.  His work focuses on describing and understanding the social, cultural, and clinical uses of psychiatric/psychotropic drugs. He has contributed to clinical prac... Read more

Madness Radio on 02/04/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Host Will Hall speaks with record holder speed skate champion Meaghan Buisson, who describes her ordeal with trauma and eating disorders - and how her medications only made her worse. She made a full recovery and now works to educate about body image and wellness. (This pro... Read more

Madness Radio on 01/07/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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 Record holder speed skate champion Meaghan Buisson describes her ordeal with trauma and eating disorders - and how her medications only made her worse. She made a full recovery and now works to educate about body image and wellness. Read more

Madness Radio on 12/03/12

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Singing in the Dark - Susan McKeown Is poetry the way to truly understand madness? Do rituals and music -- such as Ireland's tradition of keening -- have the power to heal emotional suffering? Susan McKeown, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and folklorist, supported h... Read more