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Info MindFreedom Office Contact Information Please understand that due to the large volume of comments resource limits, MFI may not be able to respond to each comment individually. While all comments are considered, please mention if you are an MFI Member. Thanks. BELOW this form please find other ways to reach MindFreedom International including postal…
Info One year later, the MindFreedom International free online directory of mental health alternatives is growing. Matthew Morrissey, MFI board member, explains how you can help promote self-directed, safe, and humane healing approaches in mental health. Matthew Morrissey is an MFI board member on the MFI Campaign Committee for Mental Health Choice. MindFreedom International News…
The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts uses pain to try to change behavior of young people in Massachusetts diagnosed with mental disabilities. Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) investigated, and told the UN it’s “torture.” ABC-TV reports that a UN representative agreed it’s “torture.” MindFreedom International called it “psychiatric torture.” But psychiatrist and Harvard law…
Info Document Actions Print this The Torch is the newspaper for Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, USA. After student columnist Haydenn Harper was widely criticized for his language in an article he wrote for the Torch about allegedly “crazy” people he saw on the bus, he investigated the topic of psychiatric labeling with several…
Info A 28-year-old woman from Lithuania, who has trouble with English, was being heavily forcibly drugged while held in extended ongoing involuntary lock-ups at the notorious Western State Hospital. Her family and friends asked that she be released. MindFreedom issued the below alert. UPDATE 24 AUGUST 2010: THIS CAMPAIGN HAS WON! Emily was freed 24…
Info MindFreedom State of Washington MindFreedom State of Washington is an affiliate of MindFreedom International. Alert helps free Emily Darguzhyte who was locked inside Western State Hospital A 28-year-old woman from Lithuania, who has trouble with English, was being heavily forcibly drugged while held in extended ongoing involuntary lock-ups at the notorious Western State…
I challenge the editors of The San Francisco Chronicle to voluntarily try taking a strong dose of an antipsychotic psychiatric medication, also known as a neuroleptic. See what it’s like. The Chronicle editors has been spending Spring 2010 promoting and pushing laws to make it easier to forcibly give psychiatric drugs to people living outside…
SAFE, Inc. sued Lane County, Oregon. After three weeks of testimony, the jury reached its decision on Friday, 4 June 2010. While the jury ruled against SAFE, Inc., the jury awarded Lane County no money. Here is a forwarded news release provided by SAFE, Inc. following that decision, and the authors are responsible for the…
The Eugene Register-Guard published four stories in Spring 2010 about the challenges facing the community center run mainly by mental health consumers in Springfield, Oregon, known as SAFE, Inc. Also known as Wonderland, they ran a mental health clinic Valia. Lane County shut down the program, and SAFE, Inc. sued. Below are the Register-Guard stories…