Phoenix Rising - Its Birth and Death,
by Don Weitz, Border/Llines, Fall, 1990.
 

Vol. 1. 
Myths of Mental Illness  
 

Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring, 1980
Parkdale boarding house mess; computer therapy; Valium: the miracle drug that isn't.
 

Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 1980
Prison psychiatry; SmithKline boycott; Blindness: more than meets the eye.
 

Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall 1980
The death of Aldo Alviani.
 

Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1981
Women and psychiatry
 

Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1981
From Kingston Psychiatric to City Hall– "Don't Spyhole Me," (Journal) by David Reville; Update on Kingston Psychiatric Hospital; Access to medical records; Profiles - People First; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1981
Kids and Psychiatry; Thistletown; Kids and the Law; Incest; Drugging - Ritalin; Annotated Antipsychiatry Bibliography; Psychiatric Inmates Liberation Directory; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1981
The Anti-Psychiatry Movement; History of the Movement; 9th International Conference (Cleveland); International Year of Disabled Persons; Drugs; Canadian Groups; Profiles - Kendal Russell; Book reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 3, No. 1, Aug./Sept 1982
Tenth International Conference (Toronto); Davis drug death/inquest; Paraldehyde; Class bias in psychiatry; Profiles– Steve Stapleton; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 3, No. 2, November 1982
The Housing Crisis; Housing, Not Warehousing; Boarding Homes; Patient-run residence; housing facts; Declaration of Principles; Shock Death - Lynette Miller; Tardive Dyskinesia Epidemic; Profiles– Margaret Gibson; File Review– "Titicott Follies'; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 3, No. 3, Winter 1983
Schizophrenia, Exploding the Myth; Personal stories by ex-inmates; The CIA and Mind Control (excepts from book by John Marks); Moditen (Prolixin); Consent to treatment; Mental Health and Violence Against Women (feminist statement ex-inmate women); Profiles– David Oaks; Shock Doctor List (Canadian); Annotated Anti-Psychiatry Bibliography; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 3, No. 4, Spring 1983
Death by Psychiatry, Part I; Report on 8 deaths in NY State psychiatric institutions by Allen Markman; Profiles– Hope Scoville, Phyllis Moss; On Our Own: Self-Help Model; A Draft Bill of Rights for Psychiatric Inmates in Canada (On Our Own); Neuroleptics; List of Anti-Psychiatry groups; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 4, No. 1, Summer 1983
Death by Psychiatry, Part II; Deaths in New York; 11th International Conference; Mental Health Act; Demonstration against APA (NYC) Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1983
Mad With The Truth; Interview with Samuel Delaney on Art and Madness; Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs (reprint from Dr. Caligari's Psychiatric Drugs); Interview with mental health worker; Electroshock; International Conference on Prison Abolition; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 4, No. 3/4, April 1984 (Double Issue)
Shock Supplement; Interview with Richard Kotuk; Out of the Ashes (new creative section); Shock case; Secret Brainwashing Experiments (5th Estate Transcript); Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 5, No. 1, Feb. 1985
Women and Psychiatry; Journal/drawings by Nira Fleischmann; Interview with Carol Stubbs; Still Sane (exerpts from book by S. Gilhooly and P. Blackbridge); Therapy, sexism and non-sexist alternatives by Dr. Bonnie Burstow; "Women and Shock Treatment" by Paula Fine (reprint); Psychiatric malpractice by Greta H. Nemiroff; Valium addiction (personal story); International Mad Movement; Interviews with ex-inmate women; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 5, No. 2/3, Aug. 1985 (Double Issue)
Charter of Rights; People's Charter (reprint); Charter and the psychiatric inmate; Institutional injustice; Charter challenges involuntary committal; Fighting emergency committals (Theresa Lussa case); Shock and the Law; Voting Rights; Charter and sheltered workshops; Declaration of Principles (reprint); Italy closing psychiatric institutions; Brief history of psychiatry; Shock survivors' testimony; Shock doc list; Psychiatric Inmates Liberation Directory; Valium; Maggie's Bag; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 5, No. 4, Dec. 1985
Celebration Issue; Personal Stories; Riviere des Prairies torture (Montreal); Interview with Dr. Lee Coleman; 13th International Conference (Vermont); Maggie's Bag; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 6, No. 1, June 1986
Canadian Brainwashing Victims; A psychiatric holocaust - Dr. Cameron's brainwashing experiments; Canadian victims' case; "What's your excuse Grace?"; Critique of psychiatric patient advocates in Ontario; Maggie's Bag; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1986
The Anti-Psychiatry Movement; State of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement in California ; Declaration of Principles from 10th International Conference (reprint); Cooper Report on CIA Victims; Oak Ridge and the Hucker Report; Women Survivors of Psychiatry (Toronto Conference); Updated list of shock doctors; anti-psychiatry group list; Book Review; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 6, No. 3, Dec. 1986
The Best of PHOENIX RISING; Mostly excerpts– back issues. Schizophrenia, Exploding the Myth; The Tardive Dyskinesia Epidemic; Psychiatry's Reign of Error; Psychiatric Treatment and your Right to Decide; Shock and the Law; Psychobable; Book Reviews; Poetry; Out of the Ashes.
 

Vol. 6, No. 4, June 1987
Shelter: A Matter of Life and Death; Drina Joubert inquest; John Dimun inquest; Hostels; Boarding Homes; Roomers Protest; "Rule Thrity-Six House"; Zoning; Women & State workshop; Shock Lies; Drug Ads; Oak Ridge Demo; Ontario Mental Health Act amendments (Bill 7, Bill 190) Poetry; Book Reviews; Survivors Stories.
 

Vol. 7, No. 1, Oct. 1987
Housing Options; "Getting off the Street"– interview with Alf Jackson; "Protection for Roomers'; "A Boarding House Renewed" (Channon Court); Interviews with three On Our Own members; "Getting Walter Out of Queen St. ; "Big Brother's Place" (critique of a halfway house); Linda Andre's shock case; Shock demo; Shock lies; Bill 190 ; Testimony on Bill 190 ; Book Reviews; Poetry.
 

Vol. 7, No. 2, Nov. 1987
The Advocacy Game. Critique of the Ontario goverment's advocacy report; No Advocacy in New Zealand; Community Advocacy; Psychiatry in Manitoba; Being There for Each Other; Protest against CPA; Psychiatry Serves the Ruling Class; FDA denies CAT scan petitioners; The Chemical Gag.
 

Vol. 7, No. 3, Dec. 1987
Out of the Ashes; Self Portrait; I Never Promised You a Nom de Plume; Movie Night; Warriors; Clarke Institute of Psychiatry Class Jacket; The Loony Bin; Appointing substitute decision-maker if "incompetent"– Form 44; Book Review; Poetry.
 

Vol. 7, No. 4, May 1988
Fighting for Our Freedom; NYC vs. Joyce Brown; Challenging New Zealand's Mental Health Act; Dr. Breggin Speaks out Against Psychiatric Drugs; Banging Heads; Brainwashing case update; Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs; Nazi Doctors.
 

Vol. 8, No. 1, Oct. 1988
A Close Up Look at the Enemy; Report on 14th International Conference of Law and Mental Health; Ex-inmates Challenge APA; Toronto Protesters Arrested For Distributing Shock Info; Shock Machine Classifications; Merril Dow Propaganda; Advocacy ; Network; personal stories; Poetry.
 

Vol. 8, No. 2, May 1989
Prison Issue: Voices From Inside; Personal stories by prisoners; Media coverup of Oak Ridge; Prison Justice Day; Electroshock Conference in NY; Drugs and Consent; R.A.P. demo; Resources for Prisoners; Network; Shrinkwatch.
 

Vol. 8, No. 3/4, July 1990 (Double Issue)
Gay Lesbian Issue; Personal Stories; AIDS and Psychiatry, interview with Dr.Szasz; Interview with Dr. Bonnie Burstow; Psychiatric Drugs - A Co-factor in AIDS?; History of Psychiatric Homophobia; Montreal PUN Conference; Shrinkwatch; Clarke Institute Protest; Prozac; Dr. Peter Breggin on Psychiatric Drugs.