Mental Health Support

My posts on mental health are available here

Thrive Non-Carceral Mental Health Resource List

This resource guide follows anti-carceral philosophy as well as psych abolition goals. People with chronic illness such as ME have been severely injured and killed in psych ward and I therefore feel it is irresponsible to recommend traditional psychiatry without proper warning. Some basic readings below can help explain this viewpoint.

• Undoing Suicidism free book by Alexandre Baril providing a queer crip perspective on suicidism

• Abolition must include psychiatry

• Dangers of Crisis Lines

• Psychiatric Abolition & ME 

I want to stress that being against coercive or carceral psychiatry does not mean refusing to access or discouraging access of mental health treatment. It simply means prioritizing consentual and non-coercive treatment by empowering patients to self-advocate. It also means prioritizing shared knowledge, empathy and community building through peer support networks.

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Basic Resources

• MindFreedom International Resources

• Crisis Plan Document

• Questions for Psych Practicioners

• Emotional and Mental Health Support Guide

• Abolition Centered Care Provider Database

• THRIVE Resource Database

• Non-Police Hotlines & Warmlines

• Don’t Call The Police Database (US Broken Down By City)

Coping Skills & Self Care Guidance

• YouFeelLikeShit.com (note: not all coping skills accessible to severe patients)

• ACT Guided Workbook

• ACT based MECFS coloring book (by @m.e_and_more)

• Harm Reduction / Alternative to Self Harm

• Free Mental Health Toolkit

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Peer Support

• Peer Support in Melbourne Australia

• Melbourne eCPR

• Wildflower Alliance (Online, Western Massachusetts)

• Peer Support Space (Online, Florida)

• Neuromancers (Black Neurodiverse Led Online Peer Solidarity)

• Yarrow Collective (Online)

• Kiva Centers (Online)

• Humans Organizing for Liberatory Dreams HOLD (Online)

• Peer Respite Directory (USA)

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Psych Med Informed Consent and Withdrawl

• Informed Consent For Psych Medication

• Antidepressant informed consent data

• Antipsychotics informed consent data (note that low dosw abilify used in ME below 1mg has not been reported to have these symptoms in patient lead spaces)

• Psych Drug Studies For Resisting Forced Prescription

• Psych Drug Withdrawl (Note benzo withdrawl can mimic ME)

• Harm reduction for psych drug withdrawal

• Taper Clinic Youtube Channel (Guidance on tapering psychiatric medications safely and detailed breakdowns of drug warning labels)

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Accounts

@projectLETS

@peersupportspace

@thebooksmartbimbo

@dandelionhill

@melaniefaulkescounselling