Info Paula Caplan was unable to attend the May 5 protest of the 2012 conference of the American Psychiatric Association, and offered this statement to be read out at the event. I am with you in Philadelphia in spirit. David Oaks and MindFreedom helped in the 1980s petition campaign against some DSM diagnoses that brought…
Info You are invited to take the new “Survey on Hope in Mental Health.” Contribute your experiences to the “I Got Better” campaign to promote knowledge of resilience in mental well being. MindFreedom International News – 14 June 2012 Immediate Release. Contact news@mindfreedom.org New MindFreedom Campaign Defies Hopelessness Today, MindFreedom International launches the…
Info MFI and allied organizations united for a successful peaceful protest of the 2012 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, questioning the dysfunctional over-labeling, over-drugging and forced psychiatric treatment still all too common in psychiatric practice today. [Updated 5 Oct. 2012] Aki Imai from Ohio is a graduate student ally, who marched in the…
Info MFI and allied organizations united for a successful peaceful protest of the 2012 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, questioning the dysfunctional over-labeling, over-drugging and forced psychiatric treatment still all too common in psychiatric practice today. [Updated 5 Oct. 2012] Aki Imai from Ohio is a graduate student ally, who marched in the…
Info MFI and allied organizations united for a successful peaceful protest of the 2012 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, questioning the dysfunctional over-labeling, over-drugging and forced psychiatric treatment still all too common in psychiatric practice today. [Updated 5 Oct. 2012] Aki Imai from Ohio is a graduate student ally, who marched in…
Info LaTonya says, “I love working for such an ‘insanely supportive’ organization. MindFreedom is a touchstone for a lot of different commissions that are fighting for human rights, both locally and internationally. This is also an office that practices what it preaches. The director and staff are intent on not letting its members or it’s…
Info Pau Crego Walters is a member of the coordination team for Stop Trans* Pathologization (STP) 2012. Their group has provided a statement of solidarity and support for the Occupy APA protest on 5 May 2012, in front of the American Psychiatric Association. Stop Trans* Pathologization (STP) 2012 Statement in solidarity of Occupy the…
Info Document Actions Print this The published this column just two days before a peaceful protest — Sat., 5 May 2012 — of American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. See links at bottom of text to comment, and how YOU can support the protest of psychiatry’s ‘label bible’ wherever you live! This Weekend, Philadelphians…
Info Document Actions Print this 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 is link to register on Washington Post site and comment. Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM,…
Info Bonnie Nelson announces solidarity events for Occupy APA on 5 May 2012 in Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage, Alaska plan for Occupy the APA on May 5, 2012 by Bonnie Nelson <b.nelson@alaska.com> Anchorage supporters of Occupy the American Psychiatric Association will be having House Parties starting at 6:00 AM Alaska Time on May 5th which…