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“Overall, we strongly believe that the HVM offers a paradigm shift (in the Kuhnian sense) in the area of mental health, that it opens new horizons for a different and innovative understanding of people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia; and most importantly: IT WORKS!”
MY NAME IS LÆRKE AND I AM A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A LONG AND COMPLICATED HISTORY AS A PATIENT IN DANISH PSYCHIATRY. I HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA, BUT I AM SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT. I LOVE TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN THE FORM OF POEMS, STORIES, NARRATIVES AND DRAWINGS. LIFE ISN'T EASY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.
"I'll tell you the story of Marta, which is also the story of thousands of YOUNG PEOPLE like MARTA, deprived of personal freedom, of their dreams, projects and aspirations. Disabled in body and mind."
"The province of Lapland is initially uneven in terms of the mental health service system. Rovaniemi has chosen a traditional mental health treatment culture that is physician-centered, emphasizing evaluation bureaucracy and medication."
In his book Empire of Normality, UK philosopher Robert Chapman, dismisses current critiques of psychiatry as “reactionary and outdated." In a review of the book, John Cromby, a retired Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester, provides a detailed analysis of the flaws and historical inaccuracies in Chapman's work.