The Inmates are Running the Asylum: Stories from MPA
Vancouver’s MPA (Mental Patients Association) was formed in 1970-71 as a grassroots response to deinstitutionalization and tragic gaps in community mental health. Inverting traditional mental health hierarchies, the group put former patients and sympathetic lay supporters in charge. MPA provided homes, work and a sense of belonging and self-determination to ex-patients. This is their story...
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More information:
http://historyofmadness.ca/the-inmates-are-running-the-asylum/
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