Coalition Against Medicalized Psychiatry and Psychology (CAMPP)

CAMPP is an action committee whose main objective reduce  the power and authority of the failed medical model of psychiatry and clinical psychology. All too often, this model harms clients who seek help from its practitioners.

Toward that end, CAMPP focuses on raising doubt about the primary source of the medical model’s power and practices that are perpetuated by public institutions such as the police, courts, news media, and entertainment industry. This primary source is seated in the view that emotional distress and troublesome behaviors are best addressed with a defect-correction ideology. However, there is no evidence of a defect to be corrected.  

If you are an ISEPP member and interested in joining CAMPP, or have ideas about projects to pursue, let us know by emailing exec@psychintegrity.org. 

Actions:

-"Prescripticide" video (April 2021)
-Open Letter to the major mental health professional member organizations (July 2022)
-CAMPP Letter to Congresswoman Katie Porter in support of her attempts to reduce the power and influence of pharmaceutical companies (May 2024)
-Contact with Congressman Adam Smith's office to discuss potentially mutual interests as detailed in his book Lost and Broken: My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety (August 2024)
-Presentation at 2024 APA Convention: "Did we trade our soul at the crossroads? Has psychology become too medicalized?" (See paper presented) (August 2024)

Committee:

Al Galves, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Private Practice
Las Cruces, NM

Chuck Ruby, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Private Practice
Executive Director, International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry
Welcome, MD

Ron Thompson, J.D.
Georgetown Law
Free lance writer, Researcher
Fairfax, VA

Michael H. (Mickey) Weinberg, M.A., M.S.W
Social Worker (Retired)
Pasadena, CA