Empowerment
Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs
Psychiatric medications can sometimes be very useful, but there is often little information or guidance when the risks and harm start to outweigh the benefits. Will Hall provides an introductory overview of how to come
Harm Reduction to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs & Withdrawal
The Icarus Project and Freedom Center's 40-page guide gathers the best information we've come across and the most valuable lessons we've learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Click here to access the guide.
Free Slides from Self-Determination Summit Available
Learn more about self-determination in a time of economic uncertainty, with an emphasis on person-directed recovery, peer-run services, economic security, and transparency and accountability in behavioral health care. Featuring presentations from Debbie Whittle, NEC TAC
From the Ground Up: How to Build your own Recovery Center
This guide on how to build a peer-to-peer recovery center was developed by the addictions community but can apply to peer-to-peer mental health communities as well. The guide includes a letter to the mental health
PeerLink Evaluation Report – Recovery and Community Health
The last decade has experienced a substantial increase in the development of peer-provided services for adults with serious mental illness, yet empirical evidence supporting these interventions unfortunately lags behind their rapid proliferation. The following report
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Dan Fisher testifies at a HHS sponsored virtual panel on certification level 2 of Electronic Health Records (EHR) Dan has learned that EHR can be segmented to preferentially protect MH and SA information. However, few