Soteria House Opens in New Mexico! – Executive Director Wanted
Soteria House Opens in New Mexico! – Executive Director Wanted

Check out the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and its 5th Special Issue on Diagnostic Alternatives. ISEPP's own Arnoldo Cantú closes out this special issue with "Toward a Descriptive Problem-Based Taxonomy for Mental Health: A Nonmedicalized Way Out of the Biomedical Model."
Don't miss out on our ISEPP webinar, titled "The Scourge of Biopsychiatry: Its Nature, Ecology, and Impact, and What Are We Going to Do About It?" Join us on June 28th at 12pm EDT as Joe Tarantolo, MD, David Walker, PhD, and Al Galves, PhD engage us in a discussion about the harms of biopsychiatry and its belief system. 2 CE credits. Click here to register now!
Summit on the overprescription of psychiatric drugs to veterans and military members. What a lineup!
Wednesday, June 4:
6:00 PM - Pre-Event Medicating Normal- Filmscreening/Panel Discussion: Kellogg Conference Hotel Theater at Gallaudet University
Thursday, June 5:
9:00 AM - Press Conference: House Triangle Sponsored by Congressman Jack Bergman
9:15 AM - Irreverent Warriors "Hike to Heal" to National Mall for Skull of Sacrifice Remembrance Ceremony
12:00 PM - Roundtable Discussion with Panelists: US Capitol Visitors Center SVC 212-10
Seeking Soteria is a candid and compassionate memoir by Eugene Larkin, one of the original staff at Soteria House—a groundbreaking project offering humane, relationship-based alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization. Larkin blends vivid recollections with reflections on mental illness, transformation, and what it means to truly be with someone in crisis. A call to rethink care, the book honours the quiet power of presence, relationship, and community in healing.
Mad Camp is an innovative approach for those with extreme states and experiences, and who want support and understanding outside traditional psychiatry. The past two in 2023 and 2024 were each a resounding success. The 2025 schedule is July 3 - July 7 in Austria; and July 31 - August 4 in Middletown, California. Read more and sign up!
Read Mad in America's story about the program.
This past April, the FAA loosened its standards regarding pilots' use of antidepressants. However, "...expanding pilot use of antidepressants flies in the face of mounting evidence of serious adverse effects associated with antidepressants. There is ample reason to question whether any antidepressants should be approved for pilots."
Flying While Depressed? The FAA’s Troubling New Antidepressant Standards
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to cancel this year's conference.
Check out a new collective of ethical practitioners and consider joining. The Conscious Clinician Collective was recently launched. According to the website:
Our bold mission is to cultivate a community where individuals and families engage with ethical mental health specialists and ALL healthcare professionals dedicated to upholding the principles of informed consent, medical freedom, and respect for personal autonomy. In the face of widespread ideological and industrial deception, we will provide access to a spectrum of science-based health information across disciplines, empowering people to make informed decisions about their mental health and overall well-being.
Listen to Professor Healy's ideas about antidepressants and the place for truth in medicine.