robert whitaker

Recovery-Oriented Research Funded by Mental Healthcare Foundation

Inspired by Robert Whitaker's 'Anatomy of an Epidemic,' the grants will aid investigation of care models that have helped patients overseas
November 21, 2012 -- The Wilsonville-based Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care – started last year to support a new model for mental health research – has awarded a $100,000 grant to research whether the Finnish “open dialogue” model can be implemented in the United States, and is both offering and seeking funds for other related grant projects. Read More >>

Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects

The foundation's mission is to advocate for a more holistic approach to treating mental illness
February 6, 2012—The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare and its executive director Gina Nikkel are off to a running start, funding its first projects that Nikkel hopes will begin creating a more holistic understanding and way of treating mental illness. Read More >>

Gina Nikkel to Head Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare

July 6, 2011 – Gina Nikkel, PhD, has been named the first executive director of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare, a new national community foundation for mental health recovery that seeks to turn the rising tide of chronic mental illness and premature death through the power of philanthropy and the shared work of scientists, users and providers of mental health services and their families. Its goal is to find and promote the best ways to achieve long-term recovery and to help people with mental health challenges to thrive. Read More >>

Psychiatric Drugs Aren’t Always the Fix for Mental Illness

These medications can cause the symptoms that are leading to the sharp increase in mental health diagnosis, according to Robert Whitaker
May 27, 2011 -- Terry Danielson has two daughters who were diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Today, one is finishing her B.A., and another is doing advocacy work for a mental health organization. Read More >>

Symposium Focuses on Alternatives to Psychotropic Drugs

April 25, 2011 -- Robert Whitaker, author of "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America," returns to Portland on May 13-14 to focus on alternatives to psychotropic drugs. Read More >>

Book Sparks Mental Health Movement

A group of psychiatrists and mental health experts kicked off a national effort in Portland last month to improve the use of mental health drugs
March 15, 2011 – Gina Nikkel said she couldn’t read a book like Robert Whitaker’s Anatomy of an Epidemic and not “do something about it,” she told a crowd at the First Unitarian Church of Portland last month. Read More >>

Mental Health Leaders to Discuss Use of Psychiatric Medication

Bob Whitaker calls mental illness a hidden epidemic and questions why the number of people diagnosed has tripled in the past 20 years
January 19, 2011 -- Bob Whitaker, a journalist and well-regarded author of books about mental healthcare and illness in America is coming to Portland on Feb. 10 to discuss his new book, Anatomy of an Epidemic, and how psychiatric medication is used to treat people with mental illness. Read More >>
Syndicate content

© Copyright 2013 by The Lund Report | Privacy Policy Development by: Roger Leigh | Design by:  Parachute Strategies