Are there better ways to talk about mental and emotional distress?
HealingVoices is a new feature-length documentary which can really help us do that, as it explores the experiences commonly labeled as “psychosis” or “mental illness” through the real-life stories of individuals working to overcome extreme mental states, and to integrate these experiences into their lives in meaningful ways.The film follows three subjects – Oryx, Jen, and Dan – over a period of nearly five years and features interviews with many notable personalities, including: Rober Whitaker, Dr. Bruce Levine, Will Hall, Dr. Marius Romme, and others, on the history of psychiatry and the rise of the “medical model” of mental health treatment.
By way of the harrowing and inspiring stories of individuals learning to negotiate and grow through their madness, HealingVoices challenges us to rethink our cultural understanding of “mental illness” by bringing a message of recovery, and charting the course for effective alternative treatments that enable people to live productive and meaningful lives.
Discussion will follow the film. Please come and join us, and share your views! This is a FREE event, cosponsored by the Opal Network and by the Eugene chapter of ISPS-US.
Where: Bascom-Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library
Date: Monday 09/25/17
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pmPlease mark this event on your calendar! To help publicize the event, you can download a flyer at this link. Or if you want to post about it on social media, you can use this image.
Date: Monday 09/25/17
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pmPlease mark this event on your calendar! To help publicize the event, you can download a flyer at this link. Or if you want to post about it on social media, you can use this image.
Ron Unger
