Onion vs. Psychiatric Absurdity

Info The humorous satire publication The Onion slyly challenges excess and human rights violations in the mental health system in many creative fictional ways, that seem all too-true. Here are some examples. [Updated 22 Dec. 2010] Examples of The Onion satire skewering psychiatric ridiculousness:     Check out links below to some of the ‘mental…

More U.S. Children Being Diagnosed With Youthful Tendency Disorder

Info Document Actions Print this The satiric publication The Onion has run dozens of articles skewering psychiatric oppression through fictional seemingly-true stories, here’s a brilliant example. More U.S. Children Being Diagnosed With Youthful Tendency Disorder Date Published: Sep 27, 2000 03:00 AM Source: The Onion http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28223/print/ Issue 36•34 REDLANDS, CA–Nicholas and Beverly Serna’s daughter Caitlin…

Humor

Info Humor Nothing like humor to help challenge mental health oppression. More U.S. Children Being Diagnosed With Youthful Tendency Disorder The satiric publication The Onion has run dozens of articles skewering psychiatric oppression through fictional seemingly-true stories, here’s a brilliant example. Onion vs. Psychiatric Absurdity The humorous satire publication The Onion slyly challenges excess and…

NY Times spotlights PsychRights exposure of Eli Lilly fraud

Info The NY Times today spotlights PsychRights founder Jim Gottstein’s exposure of illegal fraud by Eli Lilly about hazards caused by their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. PsychRights is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International. Congratulations Jim for this major victory!   James B. Gottstein, a lawyer who represents the mentally ill, said the documents about Zyprexa’s…

Mad Poetry

Info Mad Poetry Poetry cannot be silenced by psychiatric oppression. Here are some examples. Also, MindFreedom Journal has usually had a column of excerpts of Mad Poetry, edited by Bonnie Schell; see info about the journal elsewhere on this web site. You may submit poetry to that column at poetry(at)mindfreedom(dot)org. Please note that by submitting…

Lane First Steps

A list of initial ways that Lane County mental health agencies can change to offer a greater range of choice for clients. Introduction MindFreedom is a nonprofit organization that advocates for human rights in the mental health system. In the past few years MindFreedom has been holding discussions with Lane County Mental Health and with…