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New Alternative DSM Zine out from Icarus member unraveled 22 Jul 2013 | 03:46 am
I am proud to announce the long awaited release of the zine “Depictions of Self-Identified Madness: A Visionary Alternative to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”. The zine is a...
(A small group of) friends make the best medicine 21 Jul 2013 | 04:08 am
For the past few months, myself and a few NYC Icaristas have been quietly conducting an experiment around alternatives for running peer-support groups according to the model suggested by Friends Make ...
Call us Crazy: article from The Dominion 13 May 2013 | 04:46 am
Forum member fluidity published this article in The Dominion: News from the Grassroots. Please go there are grab the PDFs if you want print-ready vewing. -- People are Mad. And they’re doing somethi...
German version of "Hurting Yourself" workbook 5 Apr 2013 | 11:22 pm
Thanks so much to German comrades for translating maamyyrä's "Hurting Yourself" workbook to German. Original zine here: http://theicarusproject.net/downloads/hurting-yourself German version: http:...
Jacks & Sascha Tour 2013 16 Mar 2013 | 02:13 am
Check out all the places where Jacks and Sascha will be offering readings and workshops in conjunction with the release of our new books, and the revised 10th printing of Navigating the Space Between ...
The New Epilogue to Our Classic Reader - Navigating the Space Between brilliance and Madness 16 Mar 2013 | 12:34 am
You can order the new book here So much has changed in the nine years since we originally published this book that we both wonder sometimes if our lives are a movie or a dream. The Icarus Project is ...
Driving Somewhere Beautiful 11 Feb 2013 | 10:35 pm
In 1973 the academic journal Science published an article called On Being Sane in Insane Places. It documented the findings of an experiment by psychologist David Rosenhan designed to test the validit...
A Reflection on Mothers, Children, and Mental Illness 20 Dec 2012 | 01:50 am
I woke up this morning and there it was again, I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother. This essay is all over the internet, written by a woman who is using her personal story about experiences with her “mentally il...
A Critical Comment to the Discussion around the Essay "I am Adam Lanza's mother" 20 Dec 2012 | 12:24 am
The reactions to school shooting tragedies resemble one another. There is helplessness and shock. And once everybody starts breathing again the search for "reasons" starts. The chorus of voices seems ...
Visionary Alternatives to the DSM 17 Dec 2012 | 10:38 pm
This is a call for submissions to a zine I am compiling, which will include self-portraits and descriptions of one’s own madness/mental health issues as a DSM alternative. The idea for my zine is that...
