Howie the Harp (Howard Geld)
Channel: RxChange
Date: 2008-02-15

This is rare footage of Howie the Harp, one of the leading pioneers of the psychiatric survivor movement, who was also a leading advocate for the homeless on the east coast and the west coast. He left his legacy as co-founder of the Howie T. Harp Advocacy Center, an internationally recognized Peer Specialist training center in New York City. In this clip Howie expounds on the history of the movement and the impact and success of self-help (edited from Psychiatric Survivors and People Say I'm Crazy).

Vintage publications of the self-help, peer support movement:

Howard Geld, 42, Advocate for the Mentall ill Dies (New York Times, 02/14/95):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjVMJSSbH5kiT2reodABgxu-q-1CYQks/view?usp=sharing

Reaching Across, Mental Health Clients Helping Each Other, by Sally Zinman, Howie the Harp & Su Budd (often reffered to as "the bible of the self-help, peer support movement" includes chapters written by Judi Chamberlin, Ron Schraiber & Rae Unzicker:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1REeEW27VcoDW6pwuuPLtcAoffEw0jboz/view?usp=sharing

Recovery: A Conspiracy of Hope (by Pat Deegan)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/132NTume6mLhrUkHuqwNZDdV8BMxdMFUI/view?usp=drive_link

NYS White Paper on Recovery Focused Principles:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JsBu1WejCLSm77jWM6uORkDjeh_8-SAS/view?usp=sharing

Advocacy & History of the C/S/X Movement (by Pat Risser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tNDpnF5JX0blrJ27HmzLQRyxfbPUH_BY/view?usp=sharing

Clients Speak for Themselves: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1I6MYg2v_bEKzrgzUqUgYaQjKwJeQoF/view?usp=drive_link

Your Consent is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships by Rob Wipond (2023):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_rIj7YsnlaASyC-e3u1Est7EoLX72dam/view?usp=sharing

Recovery xChange WRAP Workbook:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EMBWr9QVh_54k2weV-ktL6QvOyKJolm3/view?usp=sharing