Phoenix Rising, Vol 5: 1985

Vol. 5, No. 1, Feb. 1985: Women and Psychiatry; Journal/drawings by Nira Fleischmann; Interview with Carol Stubbs; Still Sane (exerpts from book by S. Gilhooly and P. Blackbridge); Therapy, sexism and non-sexist
alternatives by Dr. Bonnie Burstow; “Women and Shock Treatment” by Paula Fine (reprint); Psychiatric malpractice by Greta H. Nemiroff; Valium addiction (personal story); International Mad Movement; Interviews with ex-inmate women; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.

Vol. 5, No. 2/3, Aug. 1985 (Double Issue): Charter of Rights; People’s Charter (reprint); Charter and the psychiatric inmate; Institutional injustice; Charter challenges involuntary committal; Fighting emergency committals (Theresa Lussa case); Shock and the Law; Voting Rights; Charter and sheltered workshops; Declaration of Principles (reprint); Italy closing psychiatric institutions; Brief history of psychiatry; Shock survivors’ testimony; Shock doc list; Psychiatric Inmates Liberation Directory; Valium; Maggie’s Bag; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.

Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec. 1985: Celebration Issue; Personal Stories; Riviere des Prairies torture (Montreal); Interview with Dr. Lee Coleman; 13th International Conference (Vermont); Maggie’s Bag; Book Reviews; Poetry;
Out of the Ashes.