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Do We Need an Alternative to Psychiatric Diagnosis? A Different Point of View: Discussion with Paula Joan Caplan, Ph.D.

Advocates Promoting a Culture of Respect Group is proud to present Paula Joan Caplan, Ph.D. to disucuss this important mental health question.

When: Friday, November 4 from 2 -4pm
Where: 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham, in Training Room E & F
RSVP by Friday, October 28th to Naomi Pinson,


npinson@advocatesinc.org.

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Paula Joan Caplan, Ph.D. is a clinical and research psychologist, author of 12 books and numerous award-winning plays, playwright, actor, and director. She is an Associate at the DuBois Institute, Harvard University, and a Fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program of the Harvard Kennedy School. Previously she has been a Lecturer at Harvard in Women, Gender, and Sexuality and in the Psychology Department. She is former Full Professor of Applied Psychology and Head of the Centre for Women's Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and former Lecturer in Women's Studies and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Caplan is also the author of "When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans", "Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender ", and "They Say That You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrist Decide Who is Normal" as well as the plays "Shades" (how war affects family and friends) and "Call Me Crazy", a comedy-drama about psychiatric diagnosis. She can be found at the blog http://psychologytoday.com/blog/science-isn't-golden  for Psychology Today Magazine, can be found on http://paulajcaplan.net/ , can be listened to at http://whenjohnnyandjanecomemarchinghome.weeblycom.articles; and read in too many mental health journals and newsletters  to be mentioned here (but many are listed on her webpage).

Promoting a Culture of Respect is a group of Advocates employees who identify as having lived experience, and who come together to fight for inclusion and acceptance and against prejudice and discrimination.

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