Filed Under: Research Junius Wilson was a deaf African American man who spent over 70 years locked up inside a psychiatric institution in North Carolina. This is a forwarded request for assistance from Susan Burch at susan.burch@gallaudet.edu who is a researcher at the famous Gallaudet University which has produced many leaders in the deaf and…
Another young man who tested the system and became a victim of “schizophrenia” label. Public Memorial For “Naked Guy” Date Published: Nov 10, 2006 11:00 PM Author: Linda Goldston Source: Mercury News Posted on Fri, Nov. 10, 2006 Public memorial services set for ‘The Naked Guy’ By Linda Goldston Mercury News A public memorial service for Andrew…
Info Mad Pride 2006 was a great success in Toronto, Canada this year as ruth ruth from Friendly Spike Theater, an MFI Sponsor Group, gives a “live report.” Friendly Spike Theater of Toronto, Canada is a Sponsor Group of MFI. MAD PRIDE brings us together! by ruth ruth – friendlyspike@globalserve.net September 21, 2006 4:33:14…
Info A report from MindFreedom Ireland about giving official testimony at a hearing by the Irish Parliament about psychiatric drug hazards and efficacy. MindFreedom Ireland speaks out! O’Mahoney, Miller, Maddock from MindFreedom Ireland Testify Before the Irish Parliament from Nuria O’Mahony nuriaomahony@eircom.net Three of our group members testified before the Irish Parliament subcommittee on…
Info A report from MindFreedom Ireland about giving official testimony at a hearing by the Irish Parliament about psychiatric drug hazards and efficacy. MindFreedom Ireland speaks out! O’Mahoney, Miller, Maddock from MindFreedom Ireland Testify Before the Irish Parliament from Nuria O’Mahony nuriaomahony@eircom.net Three of our group members testified before the Irish Parliament subcommittee on…
Info A New York City-based artist who works on transforming abandoned psychiatric institutions into memorials with art (such as Northampton State Hospital in Massachusetts) won a MacArthur “Genius Award” of $500,000. Anna Schuleit, artist from Chronicle of Philanthropy – 19 September 2006 MacArthur Foundation Names Recipients of ‘Genius Awards’ By Marty Michaels The John D.…
Info Arts Role of art, music, dance, writing, theater in challenging psychiatric human rights violation and in assisting in the emergence of emotional and mental well being and recovery. Mad arts news, announcements A few links, news items, announcements related to the ‘mad arts.’ Mad Poetry Poetry cannot be silenced by psychiatric oppression. Here are…
Info Document Actions Print this A psychiatrist and author questions the massive increase in psychiatric drugging of young people in this guest column in the influential Washington Post. A Rush to Medicate Young Minds Date Published: Oct 08, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Elizabeth J. Roberts Source: Washington Post, page B07 I have been treating, educating…
Info Psychiatric advance directives can be one tool to assert your right to be free from coerced psychiatry, but they can sometimes be “superceded” or even misused as a tool against your human rights. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & Law had a dialogue featuring an article and replies, including from Robert…
Info Advocacy Court ruling on Illinois warehoused psychiatric inmates Federal Court Advances Challenge to Illinois Policy Warehousing Residents Labeled with Mental Illnesses Psychiatric Advance Directives “Advance directives” on mental health topics can sometimes help prevent forced psychiatric treatment, but too often the psychiatric industry is allowed to override these documents. US Supreme Court on Freedom…