Mental Health Visions #14 Tina Minkowitz , Lawyer Part 3/4

Tina Minkowitz is one of the Chairpersons of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry and a Lawyer.

Tina was extensively involved with the drafting and negotiation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and was one of 12 NGO
members on an official working group that produced the first draft text.

Part 1: Human Rights Framework;
Psychiatric Disability; UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability; Legal Capacity.

Link: www.wnusp.net

This interview is from the DVD "Visions" - for further info - www.qldalliance.org.au

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• drugs

[adinahwithkaden]

How could anyone "dislike" this video?

[hollywoodartchick]

I agree that the drugs did nothing to cure my problems when I was depressed - it just made me a zombie. When I got off the drugs and away from the doctors, I became fully functional again. Functional, but not "normal," and I don't think I should have to be "normal."