OPEN MINDS, the official publication of The Writer's Circle, began as a two-page newsletter distributed across Ontario in 1998. Now, through its North American distribution, OPEN MINDS QUARTERLY informs mental health professionals, fellow consumer/survivors and their families and friends, as well as society at large of the strength, intelligence, and creativity of consumer/survivors.

The purpose of this publication is to decrease the stigmatization surrounding mental illness by enlightening others of our experiences and illustrating that mental illness should be viewed the same way as any other illness - it is not asked for, it is not a personality flaw or a weakness. It is debilitating and scrutinizing, but it becomes even more so when society cannot see beyond the mask of mental illness and view the individual underneath with an Open Mind.

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