1/ A powerful quote by ~ Dan L. Edmunds, Ed.D. regarding the biomedical framework of MH & why we need to #dropthedisorder, change our language & begin to develop #traumainformed approaches moving us to become a #healingcentered society. Mental health must be about #socialjustice.

2/ "The current medical-pharmaceutical model in the mental health system would tell us that everything is a chemical problem in the brain of the person... If this is the case, then there is no immediate need to change our environment or the way our society operates because it has

not had no impact on the distress of the person, it is all in the wiring of their brain. This medical model has led to stigmatization, greed, has stifled any understanding of individual experience or the powerful social, familial, & political processes leading to distress.” END/