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ORYX COHEN
Oryx
Cohen, M.P.A., has emerged as a leader in the international consumer/ survivor/ ex-patient
(c/s/x) movement. Currently he is the Career Initiatives
Coordinator for the Western Massachusetts
Training Consortium. He oversees and supports c/s/x led small businesses, arts
projects, and recovery-oriented programs (www.wmtcinfo.org/career_initiatives.shtml).
Oryx is the co-founder of the Freedom Center,
Western Massachusett’s only peer-run support/ activist organization. Freedom
Center’s purpose is to empower and support people with psychiatric labels while
challenging oppressive mental health policies and practices (www.freedom-center.org). Oryx has been a board
member for the National Association for Rights Protection
and Advocacy (NARPA) since 2002 and is co-chair of this year’s 2005 NARPA
Conference Committee. Oryx also interned for MindFreedom
International, directing its Oral
History Project (www.mindfreedom.org/histories.shtml).
In July 2005, Oryx published "How
Do We Recover? An Analysis of Psychiatric Survivor Oral Histories" in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
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