Advocacy

Dr Mclean advocated against shame stigma and prejudice for most of his life. He has spoken from Parliament House in Canberra to The school of religious and philosophical studies in Montreal Canada. He has travelled the Australian continent speaking at local state and federal levels including Dubbo to Warnambool to Canberra Sydney and Melbourne. Here is a list of places he has spoken:

INTERVIEWS and PRESENTATIONS:

Radio National 'Life Matters' program. Julie McCrossin-ABC, Triple J-Youth Network, Rachel Kerr (National), Tricia Duffield on Radio 2SM, Sydney, Martin Powley for ABC Gold & Sunshine Coasts, QLD, Fiona Sewell for ABC Radio Adelaide, Statewide afternoons, James Valentine for ABC Radio 702, Phillip Brady & Bruce Mansfield on Radio 3AW ‘Nightline’, John Weeks from Spectrum FM Radio, Stateline on ABC TV, Good Morning Australia with Steve Leidman, for 'Compulsive Executions' exhibition and book launch. Pieta O'Shaughnessy on Curtin Radio (Perth), Tony Wilson for Triple R (Melb), Felicity Biggins on Radio 2NUR in Newcastle, Video interview with Frankie Fathers, Reuters TV (International), ABC National, AM Program, Channel 31 News. JOY FM, The Today show with Steve Liedman, Mar 05, Radio National-Life Matters-Art and Psychosis, RRR-Schizophrenia, Local Radio, and ABC Regional, Dubbo, Two Panel interviews with students, McGill University, Montreal.

PRINT MEDIA REVIEWS/ARTICLES INCLUDE:

'Rider of the storm', The Age, Michael Winkler, 'My Descent Into Madness'-Herald Sun, MCV-Reviewer, The Sydney Morning Herald - Reviewer Anne Deveson, www.eclinicalpsychiatrynews.com about psychosis and art, Possible presentation on SBS's 'Masterpiece' program about art and mental illness, Sydney Morning Herald, Mental Health hits the Political Frontline.'

PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

Recovered, Not Cured Book Launch-Artholes Gallery, Fitzroy, art exhibition, Mental Health Reseach Institute-To researchers and biochemists, Forensicare, Fairfield-To inpatients and social workers/psychologists, Early Prevention Psychosis (EPPIC)-To consumer groups, Presentation for Australian Centre for Youth Literature (ACYL) -To librarians and school teachers, Presentation for Australian Centre for Youth Literature (ACYL)-To 500 high school students, Baw Baw youth Network-To social workers and youth planners, Richmond Fellowship-Warnambool.-To consumers and their families, More talks to consumers at EPPIC, Royal Melbourne Hospital-with MHRI-'Psychosis and Cannabis' forum, St Andrew's Market-Mental Health Week, Forensicare, Thomas Embling Hospital, Mental Health Week, Presentation on autobiographical writing for high scvhool students at The State Library, Australian Centre for Youth Literature (AYCL) (All in 2003,04), Carer Consultant Group, North West Mental Health, Parliament House, Canberra, for 'SANE's Guide To Electoral Offices’, Personal clients, McGill University-Montreal, Paragraphe Bookstore-Montreal, Douglas Hospital-Montreal,  Article for www.eclinicalpsychiatrynews.com about psychosis and art,  Review in www.world-schizophrenia.org hard copy Mail-out, USA and Canada, Guest speaker for the exhibition: www.artagainststigma.org (Sydney, May 05) adv