Info Antidepressants “Antidepressants’ include psychiatric drugs such as SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) such as Prozac and Zoloft. STARD*D Wars Study Failure on Antidepressants Dissident psychologist and author Bruce Levine dissects an expensive US government funded study of psychiatric drugs used on people labeled depressed. Hazards Are antidepressants taking the edge off love? The…
Info Mad Pride 2005 Mad Pride 2005 Events This 1 July 2005 announcement lists Mad Pride 2005 events in four nations. 2005 Mad Pride Vancouver Report A psychiatric survivor gives an eye-witness report of a warm and wonderful series of Mad Pride events in Vancouver in 2005. Marie Baker of Gallery Gachet winds up the…
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Info Psychiatric Labels Harm caused by unscientific psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM, is doing more harm than good Psychologist Paula Caplan skewers psychiatry’s newest “Label Bible.” Here is a WASHINGTON POST opinion piece by author and clinical psychologist Paula Caplan, PhD, highly critical of psychiatry’s latest “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.” Please forward. At end…
Info Abuse in Mental Health System Psychiatric Labels Harm caused by unscientific psychiatric diagnoses. Electroshock Information about electroshock, also called electroconvulsive therapy. An Overview of Psychiatric Abuse School of Shock: Inside a school where mentally disturbed students are jolted into good behavior The Village Voice looks at an institution that openly uses pain to…
Info Psychiatric Drugs A variety of information about psychiatric prescribed medications, including neuroleptic brain damage, deaths and psychiatric drugs, and resources about quitting psychiatric drugs. Antidepressants “Antidepressants’ include psychiatric drugs such as SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) such as Prozac and Zoloft. Hazards Neuroleptics Information about traditional and atypical neuroleptic drugs, also known as…
Info Issue includes news about Global, USA, Media, Choice and Mad Pride Campaigns. Available now in paper, PDF, MS Word or Braille versions. Celia Brown, MFI board president, is on the cover of MF Journal #47, shown here speaking at a protest in front of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. The #47 issue of…
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Info MindFreedom Journal #47 The Fall 2006 issue of the award-winning MF Journal is available in print, MS Word and PDF versions. MindFreedom Journal #47 available Issue includes news about Global, USA, Media, Choice and Mad Pride Campaigns. Available now in paper, PDF, MS Word or Braille versions. MF Journal #47 PDF You may download…
Info We asked two members of the campaign committee, “Why is the MindFreedom Choice in Mental Health Campaign important to you?” Matt Morrissey: I know what it is like to be in emotional distress and to undergo the invalidating “treatments” of the current system. When seeking help, people must be given an array of choices…