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This just in, from Laura:

Could Kent possibly comment on what he believes encompasses the evil side of the psychiatry industry? I get that he believes there is one, and I'm inclined to agree to a certain extent, but let's talk specifics. Just being glad one is not taking psych meds and doing reasonably well is not an actual critique. Maybe I missed a post somewhere??

No system is perfect and no treatment plan can work for everyone as we are all so different. I think there are many incarcerated people, however, that would love an opportunity to experience psychiatry in its current state. It's sort of a continuum, in my mind. But let's hear some call to action points from Kent.

And from Adam:

I definitely agree with Kent - the system as it stands does a lot of damage. And surely, it does take courage to ask for help - and absolutely, there are people who HAVE been helped. But I think that it also takes courage to trust yourself and your own judgment enough to say, this is NOT helping me, this is NOT safe for me.

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In 2002, the members of President Bush's New Freedom Commission shared the "united belief that America's mental health delivery system is in shambles." In 2006, NAMI gave our nation's mental health system a D. Can a system in shambles, a grade D system, regularly foster those outcomes which do not reflect its own condition?

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.