Meet & Greet John Bola, PhD, Psych Survivor, Researcher: MF Oregon

Photo of John Bola in front of Hong Kong. — John Bola, PhD, psychiatric survivor, researcher. He experienced electroshock, and went on to challenge mental health human rights violations.

Those of you in the Eugene, Oregon area can be in for a treat:

John Bola, PhD, will be at our free monthly meeting of MindFreedom Oregon, our local affiliate. Please spread the word to folks you know in Eugene!

This will be an informal chance to chat with one of the main champions of researching change in the mental health system. As a young person, John experienced human rights violations in the mental health system, including electroshock.

He lived here in Eugene for a few years, but mainly has been working and studying in California and even China. He got his PhD and has co-authored many peer-reviewed scientific articles to improve mental health care.

When: Friday, 1 March 2019, 2 PM – 3:30 PM

Where: Trauma Healing Project, 1100 Charnelton Street, Eugene, Oregon. Space is limited, arrive early.

Parking: If spots beyond building are full, there are meters on 11th, and free parking on 12th going west.

We will start the meeting with John, and then have a chance to chat about MindFreedom Oregon activities. Activist Chrissy Peirsol will join me for sure.

More information about John Bola:

John Bola is a recently retired Social Work professor (City University of Hong Kong). He worked with Loren Mosher on the two-year outcomes from Soteria and published several papers challenging the unnecessary and excessive prescription on anti-psychotic drugs. He is also a psychiatric survivor: Spiritual experiences, electroshock (ECT) and anti-psychotic treatments.

John’s research:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zsiCOosAAAAJ&hl=en

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2075812642716889

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