Especially if you live in Lane County, Oregon, USA — though sometimes letters outside the region are printed — please consider e-mailing in your own letter to The Register-Guard about the topic of human rights and mental health. [Updated 19 Nov 2012] Please submit a letter to editor of The Register-Guard Here is the…
Info Document Actions Print this The main newspaper sold by low income and homeless people on the streets of Portland, Oregon, USA — Street Roots — covers the launch of the board of directors for the Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition. New mental health coalition organizes survivors for reform Date Published: Apr 04, 2008 01:00 AM Author:…
Info ICBE This folder contains activities and information relating to ICBE (International Campaign to Ban Electroshock). “Stop Shocking our Mothers and Grandmothers” (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from May 11, 2008 01:00 PM to May 11, 2008 04:00 PM) A protest against ECT in Ottawa on Mother’s Day, held by the ICBE. Document Actions Print this
University of Oregon professor Pam Birrell, PhD added her opinion to the controversy in the pages of The Register-Guard about the role of neuroleptic psychiatric drugs, also known as antipsychotics. The debate began when mental health worker Chuck Areford wrote a hard-hitting commentary critical of neuroleptics that was published 16 March 2008 in the paper.…
The daily newspaper for Eugene, Oregon, USA — The Register-Guard — ran a guest commentary by long-time mental health worker Chuck Areford highly critical of the powerful psychiatric drugs known as neuroleptics or antipsychotics. This was followed by a guest perspective by a psychiatrist defending the drugs, as well as letters to the editor. Now…
Info Document Actions Print this The weekly newspaper for Portland, Oregon, USA ran this story by long-time journalist/investigator Philip Dawdy, who himself is an individual diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Bitter Pill Date Published: Apr 02, 2008 01:00 AM Author: Philip Dawdy Source: Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, USA original article: http://wweek.com/editorial/3421/10752/ ISSUE #34.21 NEWS Cover…
Info 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. [11 May 2008 update] UN delegates Celia Brown, MFI Board President, and Janet Amegatcher, Executive Director…
Info A United Nations treaty — or “convention” — on disability has been ratified by enough nations. It went into effect on 3 May 2008 and is now legally binding internationally. MindFreedom psychiatric survivor activists worked for years with hundreds of other advocates to achieve this victory. United Nations disability treaty goes into effect 3…
In the same month that the daily newspaper for Eugene, Oregon, USA began a debate about the wisdom of prescribing neuroleptic (“antipsychotic”) drugs, March 2008, by coincidence The Register-Guard also had a debate about the wisdom of allowing gifts from the pharmaceutical industry to doctors! The debate about drug company gifts began as a piece…
Info News and Information about OCSC Document Actions Print this MindFreedom is one of the dozen groups that supports and encourages Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition. MindFreedom is providing a web folder here with information about OCSC. These web pages are not owned by or run by OCSC itself. OCSC itself does not yet have a web…