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Dr. Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D. and Humane Psychiatry
August 22nd, 2010 | Author: ajsiteadmin
Professor Dr. D.L. Edmunds, who believes strongly that the biopsychiatric model of “treatment” needs to be shifted to a new pardigm of compassion and actual treatment versus medication for everything, is a noted child and family psychotherapist, expert on autism and developmental differences, Comparative Religion scholar, public intellectual, humanist, philosopher, critical thinker, social activist, and author. Dr. Edmunds is a radical voice encouraging critical inquiry and challenging the psychiatric, political, and societal establishments. Dr. Edmunds strives for human rights, compassion, and dignity in the mental health system. He is an ally of the psychiatric survivor movement and a social activist promoting the need for understanding and equality and ending oppression in all its forms. His work is part of an emanicipatory movement to encourage freedom, dignity, and choice in the mental health system.
In this video, Dr. Dan L. Edmunds explores problems with the bio-psychiatric paradigm and ways to create a mental health system based on compassion and which ties science with ethics. He is the founder of the International Center For Humane Psychiatry
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