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Call (267) 521-0167 or skype in to hear Tina Minkowitz speak about the Campaign to Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment CRPD = Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities * Survivors, researchers, service providers, lawyers - all welcome to write or contribute art work demonstrating support for the standards of international law prohibiting commitment and...

 January 31, 2016 WE will be discusing current legislation effecting the independence of persons with Disablities. Tonight we will have Bruce Darling as our guest to discus the SChumer Bill which will more clearly gurantee the rights of people to live in the Community.  Bruce Darling is co-founder and CEO of the Center for Disability Rights (CDR), a Rochester-based disability rights organization a...

Erick Fabris was one of the “West End Psychiatric Survivors” who started Psychiatric Survivor Pride Day in Toronto in the 1990s. His work with Pride and the No Force Coalition led him to look into Community Treatment Orders for his masters thesis.  He published a book on this topic in 2011 titled “Tranquil Prisons.” Erick has moved away from peer advocacy services and academic work and is presentl...

Trigger warnings: details of suicide relating to electroshock Electroshock is often touted as the magic bullet for treating severe treatment resistant depression and suicidality. Psychiatrists swear by its safety and efficacy. The patient side of this story will show electroshock for what it is: dangerous, not life-saving but life-destroying…Read more here    Show content was researched, structure...

Call in (267) 521-0167 On December 30, 2015, from 9-11 PM Eastern, there will be a Special Episode of Talk with Tenney: Tell the FDA NO to Reclassifying the Shock Device.  Please join in to hear from people who have survived electroshock, the stories of people who have not survived, and concerned allies, in a move to try to combat the FDA's move to downgrade the shock device from a Class III exper...

At 8:45 AM on December 29, 2015, the FDA will be publishing: "Neurological Devices: Electroconvulsive Therapy Devices Intended for Use in Treating Severe Major Depressive Episode in Patients 18 Years of Age and Older Who Are Treatment Resistant or Require a Rapid Response; Reclassification; etc./"   From the draft document:   "FDA is inviting comments on whether the term "treatment resistant" and...

Jack M. Freedman is a poet, spoken word artist, and author of the up and coming chapbook, Never Lick the Spoon. He hails from Staten Island, NY and can be found performing at slams and open mics around NYC. In addition, he is an activist and advocate for issues ranging from the rights of the LGBT community to the rights of mental health recipients. Freedman will also address the stigma he faced by...

  267 621 0167 Sunday 9pm Eastern 6Pm pacific  7 pm Central 8pm Mountain Frank Blankenship from Mind Freedom Florida and  George Ebert other invited Guest join us to talk about Involuntary  hospitlization and Assisted Out patient commmitment generallyy known else where as involuntary Commiment.  and reducing the role of  Protection and Advocacy. Republicans are set on passing the Murphy Bill and o...

This show will air live Sunday November 15 2015 9pm Eastern 8pm central  6pm Pacific Dara Baldwin before joining NDRN in June 2014, Dara was an ADA Compliance Specialist in the DC Government and also served as a policy analyst at the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). She was responsible for the diversity and cultural competency outreach as well as working on coalitions to assist with...

to discuss FOIA decisions concerning electroshock of veterans in the US   More information to follo

There is much to be said about the way American government works.    On November 4, 2015, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) of New Jersey introduced a substitute to HR 2646, the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015" that is being called the "Comprehensive Behavioral Health Reform and Recovery Act of 2015" which was explained to basically be the Barber bill that had been introduce...

There is much to be said about the way American government works.  Today, November 4, 2015, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D) of New Jersey introduced a substitute to HR 2646, the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015" that is being called the "Comprehensive Behavioral Health Reform and Recovery Act of 2015" which was explained to basically be the Barber bill that had been introdu...

Oryx is a leader in the international consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement.  Currently he is the Director of the National Empowerment Center’s Technical Assistance Center the last of the original Technical Center. Oryx is featured in Agnes’s Jacket, a book by Gail Hornstein, where Oryx and fellow Freedom Center co-founder Will Hall are compared to the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Oryx is al...

Its time to talk about real mental health change. We know that the Murphy bill is not real mental health change but a fantasy walk back in time. CAll in show to talk not just about the  danger but what is really needed. Join us Saturday night for a call in to discuss reall change. Call in Friday Night  (267)521-0167 for Part 1.6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern. part 2 Saturday.    

Call in (267)521-0167 9-11 PM Eastern 9/30/2015 to be part of the special series on electroshock is a crime against humanity continues. Loretta Wilson, Jane Rice, and other shock survivors will discuss cognitive impairment and rehabilitation after shock. From Loretta Wilson: In the year 2000 I was informed by the psychiatrist/professor of Michigan State University Dale D`Mello that I would need ma...

(267)521-0167 to discuss the evidence presented in the Hoffman Report, that there was collusion between the American Psychological Association and the Department of Defense.  Open lines callers will be asked to discuss issues of the involvement of psychologists in torture, or working in war in general, or other ideas they have about the meaning of the report.  I also will be discussing some uninte...

Join Talk with Tenney on September 16, 2015 from 9-11 PM East 6-8 West for OPEN LINES with Dr. Paula Joan Caplan. Paula J. Caplan is a clinical and research psychologist, author of books and plays, playwright, actor, director, and activist. Last time (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2015/08/13/talk-with-tenney-a-conversation-with-dr-paula-joan-caplan) we set up Dr. Caplan's expansive w...

Today I will continue reading the Hoffman Report Executive Summary (p. 49 - ) To hear the first 29 pages of the Hoffman Report I read on 9/12, please visit:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2015/09/12/special-reading-the-hoffman-report-executive-summary To hear pp. 29 - 48 of the Hoffman Report (revised) I read on 9/13 please visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2015/09/1...

9/13/15 9-11 PM Last night (9/12) I read pages 1 - 29 of the Executive Summary of the Hoffman Report, showing collusion between the APA and DoD. Join me tonight as I continue.  Please join me as I read the Executive Summary of the Hoffman Report. http://www.apa.org/independent-review/APA-FINAL-Report-7.2.15.pdf And my commentary on the situation regarding the President-elect of Division 35 of the...

Please join me as I read the Executive Summary of the Hoffman Report. http://www.apa.org/independent-review/APA-FINAL-Report-7.2.15.pdf And my commentary on the situation regarding the President-elect of Division 35 of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Women in Psychology.  https://talkwithtenney.wordpress.com/torture-and-the-new-feminists-apa-collusion-with-dod/

September 6 2015  9pm Eastern Time  call in 267 521 0167 Gayle Bluebird, RN, has been active in the consumer/survivor movement since 1974.  She has worked in many different capacities. Prior to retiring she worked in the state of Delaware as the Director of Peer Services for five years. She worked on a team at the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors from 2002-2014. Ms. Bl...

Vast numbers of us find ourselves shamed or ashamed as a direct result of having been psychiatrized.  What if this is not an accident?  Could it be that toxic shame is a direct intention of psychiatry, not just a byproduct? Is psychiatry using shame in the same way it uses other so-called ‘treatments’ – as a means to silence dissent, marginalize critique and enforce compliance with dominant cultur...

August 30, 2015 Special Broadcase 9pm Eastern 8pm Cenral Pat Risser spent over ten years (1973 –1987) as a "mental patient" with over twenty hospitalizations including state hospital and various treatment modalities. His lived experience includes (often forced) inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, day treatment, individual, group and medication therapy He recovered fully and worked as a...

Yvonne Smith and Lauren Tenney host open lines for further analyses of the MHASP webinar, "Murphy Bill in 2015". Not that they would put it this way, maybe, but the webinar will feature a discussion about three sweeping legislative efforts concerning the psychiatric industry and state power. The bills discussed will include the Congressman Tim Murphy's now dead H.R. 3717 and its resurrected evil t...

Join Talk with Tenney on August 12, 2015 from 9-11 PM East 6-8 West for an intriguing and enlightening conversation with Dr. Paula Joan Caplan. Paula J. Caplan is a clinical and research psychologist, author of books and plays, playwright, actor, director, and activist. After setting up Dr. Caplan's expansive work on better understanding womenn, exposing psychiatry, critical analysis of gender and...