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MindFreedom International: Win Mental Health Human RightsDocument ActionsMFI vision: Unite in a spirit of mutual cooperation for a nonviolent revolution of mental health human rights and choice.
MFI is an independent nonprofit coalition defending human rights and promoting humane alternatives for mental and emotional well being. Click here to join today! MFI Featured NewsUnited Nations Disability Treaty in Effect(Published: 2008-05-03 14:15)
A United Nations treaty -- or "convention" -- on disability has been ratified by enough nations to go into effect on 3 May 2008. MindFreedom activists worked for years with hundreds of other advocates to achieve this victory.
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NEWS: MindFreedom Launches All-New MadMarket(Published: 2008-04-29 10:49)
1 May 2008: An all-new MadMarket is launched! The MadMarket has hard-to-get books, DVD's and gear about changing the mental health system. Proceeds support the human rights campaigns of MindFreedom International.
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New Task Force on Mental Health Legal Advocacy & Activism(Published: 2008-03-04 02:46)
NEWS RELEASE: PsychRights & MindFreedom have formed a joint effort to win battles against forced psychiatric drugging in both the court of law and court of public opinion. The effort targets human rights violations in California, Massachusetts and New York.
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Videos & Photos of Psychiatric Survivor Dialogue With World Psychiatric Association Online(Published: 2007-10-01 22:27)
When the World Psychiatric Association held a special international meeting on the subject of coercion in psychiatry, MindFreedom united with several other organizations of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors to negotiate inclusion in the conference, and create a dialogue. The results were video taped and are now online.
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MFI NewsDouble your new membership to MindFreedom International!(Published: 2008-05-04 08:16)
Thinking of joining MFI? Now is the time. For a limited time only, when you join MindFreedom International for the first time, your donation will be matched by the Heilos foundation!
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MindFreedom Ireland Protests Electroshock(Published: 2008-05-03 07:20)
NEWS RELEASE: Electroshock -- also known as electroconvulsive therapy -- is being protested in May in Cork, Ireland; Ottawa, Canada; Montreal, Canada; Eugene, Oregon, USA. Here's a brief report from the MindFreedom Ireland protest of shock in Cork.
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MindFreedom Journal #48 available(Published: 2008-04-29 15:10)
Issue includes news about Global, USA, Media, Choice and Mad Pride Campaigns. Available now in paper, PDF, and plain text versions.
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News release: Launch of the Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition Board(Published: 2008-04-26 19:34)
On 22 April 2008, a state-wide teleconference launched the board of directors of the new OCSC, or Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition. Here's the news release, and how you can become active.
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Read More MFI News ....Global NewsMindFreedom Ireland founder Mary Maddock was featured in a major newspaper story in Ireland.(Published: 2008-04-27 11:00)
Mary Maddock is a former nun, an electroshock survivor, founder of MindFreedom Ireland based in Cork, Ireland, and author of the book Soul Survivor. One of the main newspapers in Ireland ran a major feature about Mary. Mary is on the board of directors of MindFreedom International.
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UK Guardian: Studies say antidepressants no better than placebo(Published: 2008-02-28 12:53)
UK's Guardian newspaper covers the news that a major study says SSRI antidepressant psychiatric drugs are no better than placebo.
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Psychiatric Survivor Musician Works on Album(Published: 2007-12-16 12:20)
Vara Adams is a psychiatric survivor musician who is working on an album of songs that challenge the current mental health system. She has three of the six songs recorded so far. We've been enjoying these first three at the MindFreedom office! Go Vara!
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Mad and Non-Mad Radio: Some Different -- Very Different -- Radio Shows(Published: 2007-11-03 16:00)
Here are several Mad radio shows and one Non-Mad radio show you may listen to about changing the mental health system, all hosted by MindFreedom members who are psychiatric survivors! All may be heard on the web.
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Review: "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry" reviewed by Mary Maddock(Published: 2007-10-18 11:21)
Mary Maddock of Cork, Ireland reviews the new book "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry" co-edited by Peter Lehmann and Peter Stastny. Mary is co-founder of MindFreedom Ireland.
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Read More Global News ....USA NewsUSA legislator McDermott holds hearings on foster care psychiatric drugging.(Published: 2008-05-08 16:18)
Hearings are being held in US Congress on 8 May 2008 about the abuse of foster care youth by psychiatric drugging.
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WVMHCA challenges bigoted name of psychiatric institution(Published: 2008-04-29 11:05)
A private owner of a psychiatric institution wants to re-name the facility its original, offensive name of "Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum." The West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association (WVMHCA), a sponsor group in MindFreedom International, spoke in the press against this bigoted name.
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An Insider's Opinion Regarding What's Going on at the FDA(Published: 2008-03-28 13:33)
This is a commentary by an individual who works as a review for the US Food & Drug Administration. He identifies himself as a whistleblower about abuse by the psychiatric industry involving genetic testing. The opinions expressed are those of the author.
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AlterNet: Are Antidepressants Faith-Based Treatment?(Published: 2008-02-28 12:14)
Psychologist Bruce Levine, longtime member of MindFreedom, evaluates the science behind claims that antidepressants work far better than other alternatives, in this article published by AlterNet.
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PBS Exposes Psychiatric Drugging of USA Children(Published: 2008-01-06 18:04)
Public television's "Frontline" is airing a show Tuesday, 8 January 2008, on the psychiatric drugging of USA children, particularly with the super-powerful "antipsychotic" or neuroleptic drugs.
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Kris Yates Kris experienced forced electroshock while locked up in a psychiatric institution in India. Kris became an MFI leader, and is shown here at a Highlander strategy conference. A powerful story teller from a poor Appalachian background, Kris obtained her master's degree and became accredited as a family counselor in California. Her practice specializes in nondrug voluntary and humane alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities. (Photo by Tom Olin.)
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