5PM ET

Are We Overmedicating Our Kids?

Virtual

Join us for The Atlas Society Asks Laura Delano on Wednesday, June 18 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Laura Delano is the author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, which tells the story of Delano’s 14-year relationship to the American mental health industry and questions the dominant, rarely critiqued role that the American mental health industry, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, plays in shaping what it means to be human.

Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that helps people make informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement to offer patients an alternative to the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry. Delano works with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support during their withdrawal journeys and in their post-psychiatric lives.

Join the conversation and ask your questions LIVE on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.

6:30PM EST

Author Talk: Laura Delano and "Unshrunk"

West Hartford Public Library - Noah Webster Library
20 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107

The powerful memoir of one woman’s experience with psychiatric diagnoses and medications, and her journey to discover herself outside the mental health industry. Weaving Delano’s medical records and doctors’ notes with an investigation of modern psychiatry and illuminating research on the drugs she was prescribed, Unshrunk questions the dominant, rarely critiqued role that the American mental health industry, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, plays in shaping what it means to be human.

Registration required. Registration opens one month before the program at 7:00pm. 

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Laura Delano Celebrates Unshrunk with AD4E

Virtual

Join author and activist Laura Delano to celebrate the publication of Unshrunk—a powerful and timely contribution to the conversation challenging psychiatric diagnosis and disorder. Come be part of an evening honoring personal truth, resilience, and the reimagining of mental health.

11:00AM - 1:00PM EST

The Trouble with Psychiatry: A Conversation about Chemically Imbalanced and Unshrunk

Virtual

Join psychiatrist Joanna Moncrieff and ICI founder and writer Laura Delano for a compelling conversation about their new books, Chemically Imbalanced and Unshrunk. Together, they’ll reflect on why they wrote their books, how they’ve been received, and what they see shifting in the public conversation around psychiatric drugs and diagnoses. This is a conversation for anyone who has ever questioned the psychiatric narrative—or felt misled, dismissed, or harmed by it.

2:00PM-4:00PM EST

Unshrunk Discussion with Advocates

Advocates
1881 Worcester Road
Framingham, MA, 01701

An evening with Laura Delano, a nationally recognized author and speaker focused on the problems within the American mental health industry, where she will discuss her new book, Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, in which she shares her personal journey of spending 14 years as a psychiatric patient and explores the long-term harms of psychiatric medications, as well as how to safely discontinue them.

7PM EST

In Conversation w/ Annie Brewster at Harvard Book Store

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA, 02138

Join Laura Delano—writer, speaker, consultant, and founder of Inner Compass Initiative—for a discussion of her memoir Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance in conversation by Annie Brewster—Assistant Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and author of The Healing Power of Storytelling: Using Personal Narrative to Navigate Illness, Trauma, and Loss.

7PM EST

Unshrunk Discussion & Book Signing

Perrot Memorial Library
Program Room, Radcliffe Building,
90 Sound Beach Avenue
Greenwich, CT, 06870

Author Laura Delano will discuss her new book, “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistant.”

To reserve a copy of the book from our catalog, click here. To purchase a copy of the book from Athena Books, click here.

Registration required.

For more information, contact Lisa Thomas at 203-637-1066 x20 or lisat@perrotlibrary.org.

5PM EST

Ask Dr. Drew Livestream

“The more I suffered, the more medical treatments I was convinced I needed, but the more treatments I received, the more I suffered,” writes Laura Delano, author of the memoir UNSHRUNK.

At age 14, Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed mood stabilizers and antidepressants. Despite academic and athletic success, she struggled with rage and despair. Over 14 years, she received multiple diagnoses and 19 medications. But her condition worsened and was deemed “treatment resistant.” Delano chose to stop medications, challenging psychiatric norms and exploring an unmedicated life, and details the results – and her critique of the mental health and pharmaceutical industries – in her memoir Unshrunk, available now at https://amzn.to/3YWgWfg

7PM EST • Doors open at 6:30PM

Laura Delano + August Lamm: Unshrunk

Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway New York, NY 10003

Join us for an in-person event with writer, speaker, and consultant Laura Delano for a discussion of her latest book Unshrunk. Joining Laura in conversation is writer and artist August Lamm. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.

Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Unshrunk here.

7PM - 8PM EST

A Reading with the Author of Unshrunk in Conversation with Walter Kirn

The Beverly Theatre
515 S 6th St,
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Join author Laura Delano for a reading from her new book, Unshrunk, followed by a thought-provoking conversation with acclaimed writer Walter Kirn. Delano, founder of the Inner Compass Initiative, is a prominent voice in the global movement challenging mainstream psychiatric practices. Her work focuses on supporting individuals and families navigating psychiatric drug withdrawal and life beyond the mental health system. Kirn, known for Up in the Air and contributions to Time, GQ, and The New York Times, brings a sharp, literary perspective to the evening. Together, they will explore themes of autonomy, healing, and the power of personal narrative.

This event is free and open to the public. It will be held at The Beverly Theater.