An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care

This is what we call PROGRESS! New York Times: An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care Gains a Foothold (without psychiatric labels and drugs) "At a time when Congress is debating measures to extend the reach of mainstream psychiatry — particularly to the severely psychotic, who often end up in prison or homeless — an alternative kind of mental health care is taking root that is very much anti-mainstream. It is largely non-medical, focused on holistic recovery rather than symptom treatment, and increasingly accessible through an assortment of in-home services, residential centers and groups like the voices network Ms. White turned to, in which members help one another understand each voice, as a metaphor, rather than try to extinguish it.
For the first time in this country, experts say, psychiatry’s critics are mounting a sustained, broadly based effort to provide people with practical options, rather than solely alleging abuses like over-medication and involuntary restraint." Read the full article here [nytimes] (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/health/psychiatrist-holistic-mental-health.html)