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Mosher chapter

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The last chapter of Read et al’s Models of Madness (Routledge 2004) was written by Loren Mosher with substantial info about Soteria houses. I have a 2006 Spanish translation of Models of Madness and hope an English native speaker may update the article with said info. —Cesar Tort 22:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could you clarify what info you need?
Noticed there still doesn't appear to be an article on Loren Mosher, and "Mosher" redirects to Moshing..I'll start one. EverSince 09:19, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]



Alaska isn't a country.


Sources for article

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Just posting some additional sources for this and the Loren Mosher article.

Radio interview

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  • "Voyce Hendrix Inside Soteria House". Madness Radio. - might constitute a primary source - would depend on its usage - but interview with original clinical director of Soteria House.

Newspaper articles

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Books and book chapters by Mosher and others

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Medical journals and conference proceedings

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Obituaries

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Other

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Soteria King County, Washington

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I removed the following section as 1) its garbled 2) beyond the name I can't establish that this facility is really linked to Soteria movement. I'll be happily corrected on the latter point if anyone can provide a source. Excised section:

A Soteria House was started in King County by local residents. Due to the controversial nature of the recovery model at the time the Attorney General became involved to insure that the medical model was followed. The original citizens have been separated by a no contact order which was brought by a guardian against the will of the citizens. Their marriage was also annulled against their will. The house was used later as a Soteria House for other citizens. Efforts are being made to preserve the house for future use as a Soteria House. So far the no contact order has not been lifted even though Washington State has subsequently adopted the recovery model.

The website of this facility is available here. I can't find any link between this organisation, the Soteria Alliance Corporation, whose inspiration appears to be scriptural, and Loren Mosher. I also cannot find any source, primary or secondary, to support the rather confused narrative in the quote above. FiachraByrne (talk) 22:08, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

French Wikipedia article

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hello guys i translated the soteria page in french (well not all of it just the begining), and already after two days, somes moderators of the french wikipedia want to knock it out by telling it is not serious (soteria is not known in france). could a moderator from wikipedia in english that understands french explain that soteria is a serious thing ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.146.48.41 (talkcontribs) 17:33, 3 May 2013 UTC

If there are no good French sources then notability is a valid issue. I suggest you find the sources to show it merits an article there. Jojalozzo 20:46, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Weirdly placed information

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"There are a number of Soteria houses in Israel - two in Jerusalem alone." Why is this the first sentence in the article?? There is a section stating what countries have Soteria and Soteria-based houses. And also where is the reference??

Article tone

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Although I don't personally know anything about Soteria, this article reads like a personal advertisement. It goes unusually hard on regular psychiatric hospitals. For example: "Doctors possess decision-making powers and final authority; primary therapeutic value is attached to drugs used extensively; patients are considered as having an illness, with concomitant disability and dysfunction which should be "treated" and "cured"; labeling and its consequences, namely stigmatization and objectification, are almost inevitable.  At Soteria, in contrast, the primary focus was on development, learning, and growth." While this is sourced, its tone is not exactly encyclopedic. Prinsgezinde (talk) 22:10, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"goes unusually hard". This is your opinion. A true hospital is one where the person is there by choice and can leave at any time. A Psych hospital is like a prison as the patient/prisoner can not leave. Secondly a patient willing takes medicine for their illness in a regular hospital, where a prisoner is forced to take psychiatric drugs (for their "wrong" behaviour, behaviour being subjective) in a Psych hospital.
The truth of a "brain chemical imbalance" is now coming to light because of its overwhelming failure to help or cure the "mentally ill". https://slate.com/technology/2022/08/ssris-chemical-imbalance-depression.html Mark v1.0 (talk) 14:33, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]