Madness Radio

Hurricane Katrina special, with Aby Adams and Will Hall of the Freedom Center discussing their trip to New Orleans to do volunteer relief work, and the questionable role of the mainstream mental health industry in recovery efforts. Check out their trip report on the Freedom Center News page.The post Hurricane Katrina + Mental Health first appeared on Madness Radio.

Gary Greenberg, journalist for Harpers, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone and others, discusses being a subject in a clinical drug trial, how depression is manipulated by advertising and Big Pharma, and the social medicalizing of experience.The post Manufacturing Depression: Gary Greenberg first appeared on Madness Radio.

Two topics: A Northampton, Massachusetts woman talks about her near-fatal drug reaction to an off label prescription of Lamictal, and Brooklynne Michelle discusses the Mosh Knit podcast — about knitting and bipolar.The post Lamictal Near Fatality + Bipolar Knitting first appeared on Madness Radio.

Riot Grrl instigator Bonfire Madigan Shive talks about her family, the mental health system, living outside the mainstream and her creative inspiration as a visionary musician. http://www.bonfiremadigan.comThe post Bonfire Madigan: Visionary Musician first appeared on Madness Radio.

Longtime Freedom Center ally Mt. Holyoke College Professor Gail Hornstein discusses first-person accounts of people who have lived through madness, and previews her upcoming book Agnes’s Jacket.The post Madness Survivor Voices with Gail Hornstein first appeared on Madness Radio.