
Why we should rethink what mental health means (w/ Sandy Allen)
How to Be a Better Human
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The Negative Cast of Neurodiversity
Sandy Allen: We overemphasize the criminality of people who are diagnosed with severe mental illnesses. She says there is a tendency to move away from what we might think of as a medicalized mental health care system and toward human rights point of view on this stuff. "I've been really inspired by the hearing voices movement, because when you get in those rooms, folks aren't sitting there talking about their voices"
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