[NYAPRS Enews] NEC Hosts Nov 8 Forum on Innovative Alernative European Care Approaches Featuring Whitaker, Greenberg in Stockbridge

[Harvey Rosenthal]

The National Empowerment Center Invites You To Attend An Historic
Discussion

at the Red Lion Inn At Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Monday, Nov. 8,
2010

 

Robert Whitaker, Joanne Greenberg, Daniel Mackler and Others Present:

Innovative Programs Of Psychiatric Care In Europe And The US That Are
Producing Good Long-Term Outcomes

 

In western Lapland in Finland, the Open Dialogue approach has resulted
in the best long-term outcomes in the Western World. Why does this
approach work so well, and could it be adopted here? Meanwhile, in
Britain, depressed patients can obtain a prescription for exercise,
which has been shown to produce a much better long-term stay-well rate.
These presentations will explore approaches that have proven to produce
good long-term outcomes, and also look at other promising alternative
therapies.

 

*         Joanne Greenberg is the author of 18 books including I Never
Promised You a Rose Garden, a fictionalized depiction of her treatment
experience at Chestnut Lodge Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, during
which she was in psychoanalytic treatment with Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. 

*         Robert Whitaker is an award-winning science journalist and the
author, most recently, of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets,
Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
(2010). Daniel Mackler produced the documentary, Take These Broken
Wings, and just completed a year of visiting innovative programs
throughout the world.  

*         In his book, A Fight to Be, Ron Bassman shares insights from
his recovery as a patient and tells how he uses that experience in his
later work as a psychologist and advocate.

 

Schedule of the Day

9:00-11:30 am: Robert Whitaker and Daniel Mackler present on programs
they have visited: Open Dialogue Therapy in Finland, and other programs
in Europe and the US

2:00-4:30 pm What Works! Panel Presentation: Joanne Greenberg and Ron
Bassman join Representatives from Local Programs

6:30 - 8:00 pm: Joanne Greenberg and Robert Whitaker: Rediscovering an
Optimistic Vision of What Is Possible: History, Science and the Evidence
For a New Paradigm of Care

 

The Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA 01262, www.redlioninn.com
<http://www.redlioninn.com/> 

Come to one talk or all day --- Book signings after the talks

Time for lunch and dinner networking (on your own)

 

All events are free and open to the public: To RSVP or for more
information, call or email the National Empowerment Center:  800-POWER2U
(800-769-3728) or email info4 at power2u.org

More information available at: http://power2u.org/events.html

 

 

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