'Mad Pride' Activists Say They're Unique, Not Sick
For Some, Psychiatric Conditions Are 'Mad Gifts' to Be Cherished, Not Medicated
By IA ROBINSON and ASTRID RODRIGUES
Aug. 24, 2009
Imagine if Vincent Van Gogh -- an artist who was famously afflicted with mental health issues -- had been forcibly injected with an antipsychotic drug like Thorazine. Or if Leonardo Da Vinci's genius had been affected by antidepressants such as Wellbutrin.
San Francisco-based musician Madigan Shive considers her own undiagnosed psychiatric condition a...
(ABC News)
That's what San Francisco-based music artist Madigan Shive wondered.
"I think often that if DaVinci were alive during our time, would we just dope him up? What would we do?" she asked.
It's a question being asked by a growing grass roots movement about 8,000 members strong -- many of whom are rejecting pharmaceutical solutions for psychiatric conditions and fighting the stigmatization and shame of mental illness.
You've heard of Black Pride and Gay Pride. Now make room for Mad Pride.
