Laura Delano is the author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance”. Her story serves as a powerful lesson, illuminating the all too familiar path toward iatrogenic harm that continues to affect patients within our mental healthcare system. She is the Executive Director of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that she founded to help people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized & professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world seeking guidance and support for psychiatric drug withdrawal and life post-psychiatry.

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Inner Compass Initiative

00:00 The Allure of Simple Explanations

02:53 The Awakening of Laura Delano

05:51 The Journey into Psychiatry

08:47 The Impact of Diagnosis

12:04 The Role of Family and Society

15:00 The Medicalization of Mental Health

18:08 The Influence of Pharmaceutical Industry

21:00 The Consequences of Early Diagnosis

24:04 The Quest for True Healing

35:25 The Ethics of Experimental Drugs

36:09 Understanding Perspectives in Psychiatry

176. Misdiagnosed & Drugged at 14 Laura Delano Played Russian Roulette w/ Psychiatry

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