Icaristas Join Oxford, UK, Conference On Madness
Submitted by Icarus Project on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 5:35pm
Icarus organizers Eddy and Neil flew to Oxford England for the "First Global Conference on Madness." Read about it here and on Eddy's blog...
The conferance was a success, and Eddy and I really appreciate the help getting us out here. It was a diverse bunch, with Brits, Americans, Canadians, Aussies, Eastern Europeans, and even a psychiatrist form Egypt. Although I was definitely the only person tabling, I probably should have brought more stuff as I was able to sell the small amount I brought.
A couple of researchers from Latvia(!) were really excited about the HR guide to coming off psych meds, and a Canadian Law and Society professor said she's going to use Eddy's piece and the website in her class. My favorite comment was from a Canadian philosophy grad student who went, "whoa, these are like old school zines! with the xerox art and everything!" I think we did a good job of talking to everyone, including some very nice but somewhat conservative psychiatrists.
I did a bit of the "this will really appeal to the young people you work with because its not mainstream," and although thats a little embarassing I got this Australian doctor to buy a HR guide, Navigating the spaces, and Friends make the best medicine, so hey.
anyway, cheers
-Neil
thats quite important.
good job mates! I wanna give conferences!!!!! in england and everywhere. does anybody know icaristas in mexico? or any cool org? all the ones i know and the scenes ive been part of including the "activist radical anarchist, super punk rockers" crew i hung out with for a while were mostly assholes. and quite sexist too.
some fresh air round here would be nice.
Anyways kudos on those conferences, information is power!
hugs.
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furhter discussion of the causal effects of bipolar depression
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Hey if you need it translated to Spanish I am your gal.I speak Spanish fluently and can speak Castillian as well as "Mexican". I lived in Spain for seven years and have taught English to Spanish speakers as well as Spanish to English speakers for 15 years! It is an extemely interesting topic. I was recently diagnosed as being bi-polar but I wonder if it isn't popular to say that right now. Pop pyschology tends toward the easy answer when it is actually a little more complex. For example, one may have been raised in a military family and uprooted every four years. One may have lived with an alcoholic and drug addicted mom and dad and have experienced abuse all of their lives and then exhibited bipolar tendencies which can be attributed to living in chaos and not due to mental illness. Or would these environmental factore predispose one to mental isllness?!!!