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Judi Chamberlin: 30 October 1944 to 16 January 2010

(Published: 2010-01-18 15:14)
Judi Chamberlin: 30 October 1944 to 16 January 2010
UPDATE 3: The New York Times, Boston Globe, NPR and Washington Post have all run obituaries for Judi Chamberlin, who died at age 65. Judi was widely considered a grandmother of the mad movement: author, leader, activist, psychiatric survivor. Judi served on the MindFreedom Board of Directors for many years. You can read a statement by MindFreedom director David Oaks, and follow updates about Judi here. [updated 27 Jan. 2010]
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Alert 22: Victory Day for Ray Sandford!

(Published: 2009-10-22 17:54)
Alert 22: Victory Day for Ray Sandford!
MindFreedom has campaigned for the right of Ray Sandford to say "no" to his ongoing, outpatient forced electroshock. Today the Ray Campaign has finally achieved victory: No More Forced Electroshock for Ray, Ever!
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MindFreedom Launches "Truth Injection" Campaign for Mental Health Rights

(Published: 2009-02-12 12:00)
MindFreedom Launches "Truth Injection" Campaign for Mental Health Rights
News Release: Does your mental health agency promote myths? Here's how you can bust those myths with a new free simple flyer that you can download online. Mental health advocates can give the mental health system an injection of truth! (Updated)
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MFI News

"Voice, Choice and Human Rights in Mental Health Care"

(Published: 2010-01-30 18:26)
"Voice, Choice and Human Rights in Mental Health Care"
A panel on the movement to change the mental health system and its connection to wider struggles for civil rights was held in Eugene, Oregon on 15 January 2010. The speeches by David Oaks, Tracey "TC" Dumas, and Ron Unger are now available online as text, video or audio.
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Free Leiv Hodne from Ulleval Hospital Psychiatric Institution in Norway!

(Published: 2010-01-27 04:12)
Free Leiv Hodne from Ulleval Hospital Psychiatric Institution in Norway!
A 29-year-old man is being held in a psychiatric institution in Norway against his will. The chair of We Shall Overcome (WSO), a sponsor group of MindFreedom International, has issued an urgent human rights alert, saying the way he is being treated is endangering his life and well being. There is an easy way for you to speak out via the web.
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New Featured Products in the Mad Market

(Published: 2009-12-01 17:27)
New Featured Products in the Mad Market
Two new products in MindFreedom's online store: DVD & CD. Plus there are books, brochures, and more.
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Global News

MindFreedom Ireland's Annual Report for 2009.

(Published: 2010-01-04 19:38)
MindFreedom Ireland's Annual Report for 2009.
MindFreedom Ireland MF(lrl) is a proud affiliate in MindFreedom International. MF(lrl) can look back at its performance during the year and report significant progress on a number of fronts.
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MindFreedom Increases Web 2.0 Mental Health Advocacy, Collaborates with WebTalent SEO.

(Published: 2009-08-16 23:29)
MindFreedom Increases Web 2.0 Mental Health Advocacy, Collaborates with WebTalent SEO.
NEWS RELEASE: MindFreedom International members, sponsors, affiliates and allied mental health advocates are spread out all over the world. MindFreedom International is using more participatory web tools in campaigns for mental health rights and alternative mental health, thanks to help from Oliver Feakins, President of WebTalent SEO, and intern Anne from University of Oregon. Here's how you can participate.
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USA News

Portland Mental Health Examiner Runs Three-Part Interview with David Oaks about Oregon

(Published: 2010-01-27 05:00)
Electroshock, Oregon, mental health, and MindFreedom are all topics of a three-part interview with MindFreedom director David Oaks that was run in the Portland Examiner, on 19 January 2010.
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Update: MindFreedom Helps Reach Thousands About FDA & Electroshock

(Published: 2010-01-09 00:05)
Update: MindFreedom Helps Reach Thousands About FDA & Electroshock
Thousands spoke out to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oppose their controversial proposal to approve devices used for electroshock -- also known as electroconvulsive therapy or ECT -- without any testing for safety and effectiveness. The deadline of 8 January 2010 has passed, but you can still speak out. [Update: 27 Jan. 2010]
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Recently published articles of interest

Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems

(Published: 2010-01-31 15:01)
This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.)

"The Americanization of Mental Illness"

(Published: 2010-01-28 13:06)
In this New York Times article, Ethan Watters explores the impact of the spread of American culture on the understanding of mental health issues outside of the United States.

Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems

(Published: 2010-01-21 19:29)
This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.)

Bipolar diagnosis jumps in young children: study

(Published: 2010-01-15 12:41)
The Reuters news service covers a new scientific study that shows that the number of children in the USA two to five years old who are labeled "bipolar" who put on the powerful neuroleptic or "antipsychotic" psychiatric drugs has doubled in the past decade.

Mental health Trojan horse - It's enough to make anyone sick

(Published: 2010-01-05 12:52)
The conservative newspaper Washington Times published this guest column by two professors concerned that psychiatry's unscientific labeling may harm attempts to implement universal health care in the USA.

Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics

(Published: 2009-12-12 12:16)
The New York Times exposes that children are far more likely to be given the super-powerful "neuroleptic" psychiatric drugs, than middle class children. Neuroleptics are popularly known as "antipsychotics." While MindFreedom is pro-choice about taking psychiatric drugs, there is a cover-up in the popular press that it is now established in medical literature that long-term high-dosage neuroleptics is associated with significant shrinkage of the frontal lobes, the area of the brain that is thought of to make us "human," and which was targeted in the famous lobotomy. [31 Dec. 2009 update: See NY Times corretion at bottom that number of children on neuroleptics is even far higher than in article.]

GUEST VIEWPOINT: Eugene recognizes mental health patients have rights, too

(Published: 2009-12-10 17:46)
The daily newspaper for Eugene, Oregon, USA -- The Register-Guard -- ran an "op ed" guest column by David W. Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International, about a recent City of Eugene City Council resolution that was recently adopted. Resolution 4989 promotes more choice in mental health -- including more non-drug choices for full recovery -- as a human right. Today is also the 61st Human Rights Day, marking the signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

NY Times: NAMI Board Member Resigns in Protest Over Drug Money

(Published: 2009-12-09 13:47)
The New York Times disclosed that when the US Senate forced NAMI to disclose that more than two-thirds of their money secretly came from psychiatric drug companies, one NAMI board member resigned in public protest: Professor H. Richard Lamb.

Psychiatric patients still given ECT treatment without consent

(Published: 2009-12-06 22:15)
One of the main Irish newspapers covered the campaign by MindFreedom Ireland, Mad Pride Ireland and others to stop forced electroshock in Ireland. Mary Maddock -- shock survivor and board member of MindFreedom International -- is also featured, along with her husband Jim, who are co-authors of the book Soul Survivor.

The real causes of ‘mental health’ problems are rooted in social injustice.

(Published: 2009-11-30 12:29)
Mary Maddock, a former nun and psychiatric survivor, gives her opinion that the root of mental and emotional problems is not in biology, but can be found in how we as a society address oppression. Mary is founder of MindFreedom Ireland and on the board of MindFreedom International. Mary is co-author with her husband Jim of the book Soul Survivor.
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Tom Wittick

Thomas E. Wittick is an MFI member who named one of the first psychiatric rights movement activist groups in this era in the USA. Tom chose the name "Insane Liberation Front" for the influential group that began in Portland, Oregon, USA in 1970, and he organized along side the infamous Howie T. Harp. Tom is shown here at the MindFreedom Action Space inside the Alternatives 2006 Conference in Portland, Oregon.
 
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