What? A peer support meeting in Hamilton
When? Wednesday, January 30th from 5:30 - 7:30pm
Where? McMaster University. Email
[email protected] ciety.com for details.
Who? Students (from any college, university, or adult education course/program) who have personal experiences with psychiatric systems, madness, mental illness, mental health disabilities, etc.
Join us this month for an informal conversation about navigating the mental health system to get what we want and need – and where we find support outside of mainstream recommendations.
• Talk to people who’ve been there about their experiences with crisis lines, emerg services, hospital care, medication, case managers, counsellors, and psychiatrists.
• Share ideas about CBT, the best self-help books, group therapy, intake processes, wait-lists, and good doctors.
• Tell your peers how helpful (or not) music, pets, friends, sleep, sex, exercise, pizza, vegetables, spirituality, meditation, television, sunlight, or activism is to your quality of life – and how you explain this to your mother when she wants you to see your GP.
• What’s the most unusual “alternative” source of care and support in your life?
Of course, we rarely stay on topic during our Mad meeting meanderings and look forward to hearing whatever else is on your mind! We welcome new members, frequent faces, and folks we haven’t seen in a while.
Can’t make the meeting? Looking for other support? Join our active, private, email discussion listserv to continue this and other conversations.
Questions? Directions? For further info, location details, or to join the listserv, email Elizabeth and Alisa at
[email protected] ciety.com.
Mad Students Society (MSS), created in 2005, is a community of students who are attending or planning to attend post-secondary or adult education institutions and have personal past/present experiences with psychiatric/mental health systems. We meet monthly (in downtown Toronto, North York, and Hamilton) and communicate through an email listserv to support each other, discover tools for self-advocacy, and connect with our history and broader social movements. Visit our website at
www.madstudentsociety .com.
