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SriPonya FB Live Interview with Will Hall
May 8, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
1 in 5 Americans take psychiatric drugs daily, often for a lifetime; and many find themselves without help or resources when weaning off of these prescriptions.
Will Hall is an American mental health advocate,[1] counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is involved in the recovery approach in mental health and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement.[2][3] Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is involved in the treatment and social response to psychosis.
In 2001, he co-founded the Freedom Center and from 2004 to 2009 was a co-coordinator for The Icarus Project. He has consulted for Mental Disability Rights International, the Family Outreach and Response Program,[4] and the Office on Violence Against Women, and in 2012 presented to the American Psychiatric Association‘s Institute on Psychiatric Services.
Hall hosts the FM radio program, “Madness Radio,”[5][6] syndicated on the Pacifica Network, and in 2009, co-founded Portland Hearing Voices.[7]
He lives in Oakland, California.
