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Archive Home > 2006 > March > 19 > Doctor rethinks mental illness

Doctor rethinks mental illness

'Empowerment' model controversial

By Chris Barker / The Bulletin
March 19, 2006

Daniel Fisher's last major brush with schizophrenia came in 1979, when he inexplicably felt a weightless sensation upon returning home from a business trip.

"I started to think gravity was disappearing," Fisher said recently to about 75 mental health workers and patients at Eagle Crest....

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