The ninth issue of Dendron monthly news, first distributed in October 1988. Contents include "But what are the alternatives?" by Barbara Peller; "My contribution at recycling trash is my middle finger, defiantly raised against the psychiatric treatment system ..." by Patrick J. Irick; "A More Detailed Focus on Opening to Altered States;" an editorial titled "Psychiatry, human rights, and unity!;" the poem "Neural Pathways" by Patrick J. Irick; and more.