Community Chat - Part 2: Demystifying Mental Illness and Its Treatment with Al Galves, PhD

ISPS-US’s membership is a diverse group of dynamic change-makers that includes advocates, service providers, people with lived experience, family members, and more. We know that to make change we have to work together to share and build upon our collective wealth of experience and knowledge. ISPS-US is therefore introducing monthly “community chats” to which all members of ISPS-US are invited. We hope to get to know each other better, share ideas, create action plans and build community, in these friendly and informal open meetings.

Each meeting will be hosted by a member of the ISPS-US Executive Committee and/or staff. The agenda will be open, meaning we will discuss any topics related to ISPS-US and its mission that may be brought up by those who attend. This could include ways to build a social movement toward more psychological and social understandings, educational and career considerations, the intersection of lived experience, family, and professional perspectives, organizational issues within ISPS-US, or many other topics.
Depending on the Executive Committee or staff member who will be hosting each month, they may also have additional topics to offer up for questions or discussion, based on their specific areas of interest and expertise.

Theme:
Demystifying Mental Illness and Its Treatment with Al Galves, PhD (ISPS-US member)

Description:

This is the second edition of our Community Chat on Demystifying Mental Illness and Its Treatment.  Another way of describing the topic is: What are the best ways of understanding the states of being, moods, thoughts, emotions, intentions, perceptions and behaviors associated with diagnoses of mental illness?  What are the implications of such understanding for patients, families, therapists, activists and the general public?

Host:
Al Galves, PhD

Host Bio:

Al Galves is a psychologist in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  He is President of MindFreedom International, a past Executive Director of the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry and a member of the ISPS-US Advocacy Committee.  He is the author of Harness Your Dark Side (New Horizon Press: 2010).