Info Document Actions Print this Author, psychologist and activist Bruce E. Levine compares the profit and fraud of the military-industrial complex to the psychopharmaceutical-industrial complex. As mental illness has become profitable, we are seeing more of it Date Published: Nov 01, 2007 01:00 AM Author: Bruce E. Levine, PhD Source: Z Magazine Original source: http://www.zmag.org/…
Info Document Actions Print this The Wall St. Journal exposes the rise of crude versions of psychosurgery in China. Psychosurgery is defined as the intentional destruction of healthy brain tissue to change behavior. Lobotomy is an example of psychosurgery. Psychosurgery is actually quietly done throughout the world, but the type in China is especially crude,…
Info MindFreedom Lane County First Wednesday Round Table Almost every first Wednesday of the month, at 5:30 pm, MindFreedom Lane County holds a public, free meeting with important news, presentation and open moderated discussion. The location is the community Round Table directly outside the MindFreedom office on the second floor of 454 Willamette, Suite 216,…
Info MindFreedom sponsor group International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) awarded Al Galves, PhD with a special award at their annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Al is a board member of MindFreedom International. ICSPP director Dominick Riccio, MD hands Al Galves the award at ICSPP 2007 annual conference in Arlington, Virginia.…
Info From the organizers: “The conference will bring together organisations, activists, campaigners and academics working for radical challenge and change in mental health. It will showcase critical work on psychiatry and psychology (‘Big Psy’) and the pharmaceutical industry (‘Big Pharma’), and alternatives to diagnostic medical labels like ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘paranoia’.” This event is being held…
Info The Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, B.C., is hosting conference on madness and society, to be held on June 12-15, 2008. MindFreedom director David W. Oaks is giving a keynote speech at the conference. What Convention When Jun 12, 2008 01:00 AM to Jun 15, 2008 01:00 AM Where…
A flyer, available in both Word and PDF formats, announcing a free community gathering on 7 November 2007. This gathering will address those changes in mental health care for youth that have taken place since Ryan Salisbury’s death last year. Flyer: Word Format Flyer announcing a community gathering taking place on 7 November 2007, in…
MindFreedom Maine reports about their vigil that said “No” to electroshock, and to bias in media and books about electroshock. Their peaceful vigil in Boston remembered those killed and harmed by electroshock human rights violations. Updated 23 October 2007. The book “Shock” by Kitty Dukakis is a biased promotion of electroshock. Update 23 October 2007: To…
A community gathering to discuss changes in mental health for youth since Ryan Salisbury was killed last year. what Meeting when Nov 07, 2007 from 06:30 AM to 07:30 AM where 454 Willamette, Second Floor, Eugene, OR, USA contact name office@mindfreedom.org contact phone 541-345-9106 add event to calendar vCal iCal At 5:30pm on Wednesday, 7 November 2007, MindFreedom…
Info Martin Rafferty, coordinator of the Youth Voices for Choices Campaign, created an overview flow chart about the current direction and vision of the effort. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 151.5 kB Document Actions Print this