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MFI Free Web Radio: Susan Rogers & Frank Blankenship on Protesting American Psychiatric Association

(Published: May 05, 2012 01:00 PM)
MFI Free Web Radio: Susan Rogers & Frank Blankenship on Protesting American Psychiatric Association
Why protest the American Psychiatric Association (APA)? Psychiatric rights activists Susan Rogers (photo on right) and Frank Blankenship reported about the protest in Philadelphia of the APA Annual Meeting. "Why - or why not - protest the APA?" Host: Celia Brown.
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NEWS: Occupy the American Psychiatric Association in Philly: Boycott Normal!

(Published: May 01, 2012 09:00 AM)
NEWS: Occupy the American Psychiatric Association in Philly: Boycott Normal!
How to find latest NEWS about today's protests... In the spirit of liberty, MindFreedom is taking its nonviolent revolution to historic Philadelphia, PA, USA, and to the doorstep of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Occupy APA, today, 5 May!
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MFI Free Web Radio: Ted Chabasinski & Laura Delano on Protesting American Psychiatric Association

(Published: Apr 06, 2012 01:00 PM)
MFI Free Web Radio: Ted Chabasinski & Laura Delano on Protesting American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric survivor activists Ted Chabasinski and Laura Delano (photo on right) explained why they are going to Philadelphia to protest the American Psychiatric Association's labeling. Why join them to "Occupy the American Psychiatric Association"? Host: David Oaks.
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Global News

Irish Minister Launches Book Critical of Mental Health Industry

(Published: Jan 29, 2012 06:10 PM)
Irish Minister Launches Book Critical of Mental Health Industry
MindFreedom Ireland organized a gathering to launch a new book by dissident mental health professional, Dr. Terry Lunch, about 'Selfhood.' Irish Minister of State Kathleen Lynch TD performed the launch, praising Dr. Lynch's work for psychiatric survivors.
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John McCarthy - Irish Poet, Mad Pride Leader, Psychiatric Survivor - RIP

(Published: Jan 10, 2012 03:40 PM)
John McCarthy - Irish Poet, Mad Pride Leader, Psychiatric Survivor - RIP
Mary Maddock of the MindFreedom International board of directors just contacted us with the sad news: After a long motor neurone illness, mad pride leader, poet and psychiatric survivor John McCarthy of Cork, Ireland died this morning at 61. Whether you knew him personally or not, John is a hero for our "mad movement." Below are some Mad Pride memories of John. [Updated 14 Jan 2012]
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USA News

VICTORY: Forced Electroshock of Glen K. in a New York Psychiatric Institution Halted!

(Published: Apr 16, 2012 07:50 PM)
VICTORY: Forced Electroshock of Glen K. in a New York Psychiatric Institution Halted!
Within 48 hours of the launch of a MindFreedom Alert Campaign, the Attorney General for New York announced today that Glen K. will receive no more forced electroshock under his court order. Rockland Psychiatric Center was giving involuntary electroshock over and against Glen's expressed wishes. [Update 3]
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Christina Walko Alleges Forced Outpatient Psychiatric Drugging in Pennsylvania

(Published: Jan 23, 2012 11:15 PM)
Christina Walko Alleges Forced Outpatient Psychiatric Drugging in Pennsylvania
This MindFreedom International member, Christina Walko of Pennsylvania, is being forced to take many psychiatric drugs on an outpatient basis, even though she is living peacefully in the community. She says, "People do not heal when they are bullied or forced!" Her hearing is this Friday, 27 January 2012. Please take action.
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Recently published articles of interest

This Weekend, Philadelphians Can Say “Screw You” to Normal

(Published: May 03, 2012 09:54 PM)
The published this column just two days before a peaceful protest -- Sat., 5 May 2012 -- of American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See links at bottom of text to comment, and how YOU can support the protest of psychiatry's 'label bible' wherever you live!

Psychiatry's bible, the DSM, is doing more harm than good

(Published: May 03, 2012 03:02 PM)
Psychologist Paula Caplan skewers psychiatry's newest "Label Bible." Here is a WASHINGTON POST opinion piece by author and clinical psychologist Paula Caplan, PhD, highly critical of psychiatry's latest "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual." Please forward. At end is link to register on Washington Post site and comment.

Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion

(Published: Dec 01, 2011 03:10 PM)
This front page NY Times article is about Mr. Milt Greek, a man diagnosed with schizophrenia who has explored his own beliefs and similar experiences and those of others. This is the latest in a series of articles by NYT journalist Benedict Cary that have been giving voice to mental health consumers/psychiatric survivors and questioning the mainstream medical model of what is called "schizophrenia."

Drugs Used for Psychotics Go to Youths in Foster Care

(Published: Dec 01, 2011 02:00 PM)
The NY Times reports on a study in journal Pediatrics about massive drugging of young people in USA foster care homes, especially with so-called "antipsychotic" drugs also known as neuroleptics.

ARE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS THE CURE .... OR THE PROBLEM?

(Published: Nov 29, 2011 05:14 PM)
This article addresses the controversial topic of drug side-effects and raises the question of whether the risks may outweigh the benefits.

Three Ways to Help Wellness Wordworks, an MFI Sponsor Group

(Published: Nov 08, 2011 02:30 PM)
A sponsor group of MindFreedom International based in Kansas, is Wellness Wordworks, a psychiatric survivor business by Corinna West, who is an electroshock survivor. Here are three ways you can help this new sponsor.

Historic Speech by Justin Dart About Mental Health & Cross-Disability

(Published: Oct 06, 2011 09:40 PM)
Justin Dart is considered the "Father of the Americans With Disabilities Act," and was also a key bridge builder in connecting the cross-disability movement, and the psychiatric survivor/mental health consumer movement. One of his last speeches was in front of the major annual meeting of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).

Lynne Salvi's Open Letter to Her Mental Health Therapist

(Published: Sep 24, 2011 08:20 PM)
Lynne Salvi attended a number of MindFreedom Lane County meetings in Summer of 2011. She was quite a writer. Lynne died when she drove off a bridge in Portland on 23 September 2011. A little more than a month before, on 13 August 2011, Lynne had submitted this "Open Letter" to her mental health therapist Linda, via MindFreedom, to try to explain the extreme trauma she felt in conventional mental health care. [Now updated with editing changes Lynne had submitted 8/14/11.]

Proposal: Mental Health Freedom and Recovery Act

(Published: Sep 24, 2011 07:39 PM)
Here's an article by MindFreedom member Duane Sherry who has a proposed "Mental Health Freedom and Recovery Act" that has been endorsed by MindFreedom Texas.

The Mental Illness Industry Is Medicalising Normality

(Published: Sep 07, 2011 02:04 PM)
The well-respected UK newspaper The Guardian published this piece criticizing the over-use of psychiatric labeling, and the way the process is "medicalizing" what is considered "normal."

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Harry Bentivegna Lichtenstein of New York

Harry is a MindFreedom Member and coordinator of MindFreedom NYC affiliate. He is a New York City poet, runner, health enthusiast, teacher, and employee of Gary Null & Associates in Manhattan. He received his MS from Howard University, Washington, DC and BA from Hunter College, CUNY.

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