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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:56:06 -0700

The new computers are up and running.
Calendar:
OOOMD Recovery Training
Arts & Crafts
OOOHCI Fashion Show
Board of Directors Meeting
MD Mental Hygiene Conference
OOOMD Annual Conference
6440 Dobbin Road, Suite B. Columbia, MD 21045
ph: 410-772-7905 fax: 410-772-7906
wesley@ooohci.org

Fountain House: Portraits of Lives ... - Google Books

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:25:34 -0700

Severe mental illness affects 5.5 million people in the U.S. usually striking between the ages of 15 and 24. Family members are often overwhelmed as they try to cope with their love one's illness and treatment. Fountain...
http://books.google.com/books?id=aRHW_tiMJZcC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=the +green+door+fountain+house&source=web&ots=uMLaJUodL7&sig=6BnCXkwI_lxCP_XnH2FySsNLqFs&hl=en#PPP1,M1

Reinventing Mental Health Care by E. Fuller Torrey, City Journal Autumn 1999

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:13:26 -0700

Famously--and for the flimsiest of reasons, ranging from a governmental desire to save money to the once-fashionable belief that mental illness is only a different but perfectly valid form of consciousness--the nation largely dismantled its mental health care system over the last 40 years. Less well known, though, is that the outlines of a reasonable new mental health system have quietly begun to take shape. So far, it is a tentative, piecemeal development; and federal policy, instead of helping it cohere into a rational, comprehensive whole, is stymieing and retarding it at every point. For that reason, it seems important to spell out just what the emerging new U.S. mental health care system looks like--and how policymakers can help ensure that what finally takes form will be as rational, humane, and effective as we can make it.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_4_a5.html

Fountain House :: Leadership

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:08:45 -0700

At Fountain House, we believe that anyone with the right medication, the right support and, perhaps most importantly, a sense of hope for the future, can and will succeed. We see it everyday behind the green door of Fountain House.

I would like to speak to the people visiting this Web site who have been told by professionals or others that people who have mental illness have a chronic disease from which they will never recover: usually meaning that they will never work again, complete their schooling, or have a healthy and happy social life. What they meant to say to you was that, while you may have some symptoms of the illness, and you may need to take medication for a long time, you can still sing and dance and fall in love and go to school and get a good job and have a home and meet some friends and do whatever you please.

Fountain House can't take everyone who would like to come here, but the good news is that more and more Fountain House model programs (generally known as Clubhouses, or ICCD-certified Clubhouses) are developing around the world. We have a link to the Web site of the ICCD, which has a directory of Clubhouses, the best of which can be identified by their three-year certification from the ICCD. As they say in the commercials, don't be fooled by the other places, which use our name or the name Clubhouse: only ICCD-certified Clubhouses are the real thing.

Finally no web site, even with a virtual tour, will ever capture a Fountain House Clubhouse. Only a visit to the real thing will give you a sense of the power of regenerative recovery to be found within the four walls of the Clubhouse. So come and visit us in New York City, or see a place closer to you. And remember never to give up hope, for yourself or anyone else you care about.

Kenn Dudek has been the President of Fountain House since 1992 and has worked as a social worker in community mental health for over twenty-five years.
http://www.fountainhouse.org/moxie/who/who_lead/index.shtml

http://www.ooo-mc.org/

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:10:06 -0700

Burning time victims: People Persecuted by the Church.

Most victims of the burning times seem to have been a
diverse group, who did not share a common factor. Many were:
- Midwives,
- Native healers,
- Single women who lived alone, and/or who owned property,
- People against whom neighbors had a grudge,
- Practitioners of ancient Pagan rituals,
- Innocent individuals who were accused by other victims, often under torture,
- People who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

There is no evidence that any such "Witches" actually
existed, beyond a few 'delusional', 'mentally ill', people.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_burn1.htm

For three centuries of early modern European history, diverse societies were consumed by a panic over alleged witches in their midst. Witch-hunts, especially in Central Europe, resulted in the trial, torture, and execution of tens of thousands of victims, about three-quarters of whom were women. Arguably, neither before nor since have adult European women been selectively targeted for such largescale atrocities.
http://www.gendercide.org/case_witchhunts.html
By the 12th century, this had changed, and the Church suddenly realized the sword is actually a lot mightier than the pen.

The first implementations of this policy were the Crusades, which involved sending armies out to forcibly convert those who didn't agree with the Pope (specifically the Muslims inhabiting the Holy Lands). The first Crusade went really well, but subsequent efforts to recapture the magic were miserable failures.

After a series of embarrassing setbacks, the Church turned its attention inward, busying itself with the task of rooting out the disloyal and misguided within its own domains, primarily Europe.

That's when the Inquisition was born.

Technically, the Inquisition is an ongoing function of the church (more on this below), but when people talk about "the Inquisition," they're usually referring to one of two historically notable incidents: the Albigensian Inquisition, or the Spanish Inquisition.
http://www.rotten.com/library/history/inquisition/

ACLU Says Bush Initiative Represents Faith-Based Prescription for Discrimination 01/29/2001
... initiative represents a faith-based prescription ... Rights, say that the Bush faith-based initiative would both violate the separation of church and ... "But many individuals faced with drug addiction, mental illness and ... ...
http://www.aclu.org/religion/govtfunding/16334prs20010129.html
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ACLU Calls on Congress to Reject Funding of Religious Activities, Says Faith Based Initiative Goes Too Far and Threatens Civil Rights 06/21/2005
... Religious Activities, Says Faith Based Initiative ... funnel taxpayer dollars to faith-based organizations to provide social services. At today's hearing, witnesses in support of the faith based-initiative offered truly startling ...
http://www.aclu.org/religion/govtfunding/16263prs20050621.html
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ACLU succeeded in killing several faith-based measures that violated the separation of church and state ... ) | Trackbacks (0) Warehousing the Mentally Ill Ensuring proper care for incarcerated people with mental illness has ... ...
blog.aclu.org/index.php?/archives/2007/12.html

http://www.bethesdabeatniks.org

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:55:38 -0700

If you receive Job training and rehabilitation services in Maryland you may be forced to use the Kennedy Foundation or some other Faith based group. What ever happened to separation of church and state? What if you are and atheist or other religion or belief? State funded drop in centers like On Our Own of Prince Georges County are forced to meet in churches. WTF?

Partnering With Faith-Based Groups Considered: Public Funds Might Go Toward ... from Maryland for religious and community initiatives. ...
http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/news/article.cfm?id=5932

Although the movement to fund faith-based agencies with federal monies raises concerns about eroding the constitutional separation of church and state, faith-based agencies serve a significant part of the population. Churches, synagogues, and mosques serve as surrogate families and community centers for millions of people. Religious writings and spiritual practices bring solace, support, sharing, practical wisdom, and guidance for dealing with myriad challenges, relationships, transitions, and losses. People with incipient mental illness may trust religious organizations far more than community health services.
psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/2/133 [psychiatryonline.org]

God, Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny are all
beliefs that are indoctrinated into children when they are young ...
asktheatheists.com/questions/27-why-do-atheists-equate-god-with-santa-claus

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State ...
http://www.au.org/site/PageServer

Fact Sheet: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Quiet ...
Labor Department funds are awarded to faith-based and community organizations ... For example, Maryland's Department of Public Safety and
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080129-8.html

The President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative in 50 States
Much of this success is due to the hard work of your State's faith-based and community groups and to the leadership your State has taken in implementing ...

Welcome comrades to the Republic of Christian States, love it, or leave it.
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Why does a person become an Atheist?
... god it's called prayer and that's a good thing, however if you talk to god and he answers you back, that's called mental illness, which is a bad thing." ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheist11c.htm

Demonic posession and exorcism
Much mental and physical illness was attributed to this origin during the 1st century CE. A major part of the Gospels and Acts involve Jesus' healing ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_exor9.htm

Our policies about other groups' religious beliefs
bullet, That prayer is the most effective treatment for physical illness. bullet, Mental illness is caused by indwelling demonic spirits. ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/attack.htm

Science and religion - an overview
Mental illness is caused by demonic possession. bullet, God expects that a certain number of children will die young; thus we should not inoculate our ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/scirel_ov.htm

Is demonic posession and exorcism still valid
What appears to be demonic possession is really caused by mental illness. Exorcisms are potentially dangerous and abusive to their victims. ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_exor3.htm

Violence at US Abortion Clinics
To ignore the plight of the unborn child being slaughtered meets all the criteria of a condition of mental illness called denial." 7 This group is offering ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_viol.htm

Joining a Cult: Religious Choice or Psychological Aberration?
... subjects which invite the active involvement of all citizens, to definitions and diagnosis of mental illness, a topic on which a tiny percentage of the ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/cult_art.htm

HOMOSEXUAL (SAME-SEX) MARRIAGES: BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Until the first significant scientific study of homosexuality in the 1950's, it was regarded as a mental illness. More recent research into human sexuality ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_mar2.htm

How Christians View Non-Christian Religions
Jesus and others believed that mental illness was caused by demon possession. At first he described his teaching as bread and referred to the woman by a ...
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_othe3.htm