Liz Spikol

Is Suicide Preventable?

Liz Spikol | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Psychiatry, New York Times Magazine, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Firearms, Health, Suicide, Psychology, Liz Spikol, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts, Guns, Video, Healthy Living News
Liz Spikol

...

Read Post

Alex Barton And The New Wave Of Autism Activism

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mad Pride, Alex Barton, New York Times Mad Pride, Liz Spikol Blog, Nyu Child Study Center Ad Campaign, Autism Ad Campaign, Alex Barton Autism, Liz Spikol, Autism Ransom Note Ad Campaign, Alex Barton Kindergarten, Austism Activism, Healthy Living News

New York Magazine has a detailed and intensive article on a new wave of autism rights activists. These new activists want "to celebrate atypical brain...

Read Whole Story

Glad To Be Mad: Mentally Ill Start 'Mad Pride' Movement (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Elyn Saks, Elyn Saks Schizophrenia, National Institute of Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder Treatment, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Bonkersfest, Video, The Icarus Project, Mad Pride Cabaret, Mad Rights, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Schizophrenia Treatment, MindFreedom International, Elyn Saks Mental Illness, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Extreme Mental States, Liz Spikol Bipolar Disorder, Freedom Center, Radical Mental Health Collective, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mad Pride March, Elyn Saks the Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Liz Spikol Blog, Liz Spikol the Trouble With Spikol, Mad Movement, Liz Spikol, Mental Illness Advocacy, Healthy Living News

Yesterday the New York Times explored the burgeoning "mad pride" movement, which aims to fight the stigma of serious mental illness like schizophrenia...

Read Whole Story