Info [Updated 5 June 2010] Survivors of psychiatric human rights violations and their allies from more than five countries gathered for three days — from 7 to 9 May 2010 — in Toronto Canada for a conference and protest dedicated to “Organized Resistance Against Psychiatry.” Here is brief coverage including a photo essay by David…
Info Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault (CAPA) is an MFI Sponsor based in Toronto, Canada. CAPA meets and protests in Toronto, Canada against assault by the mental health system. CAPA was a central group in the launch of the historic PsychOUT conference in May 2010. News About the PsychOUT Conference in Toronto, Canada in May 2010…
Every USA State must have a plan to show how they are helping people inside psychiatric and other institutions get integrated into least restrictive alternatives in the community. Here’s how to read Oregon’s latest draft. You may download a PDF of Oregon’s proposed “final draft” 2010 Olmstead Plan. Just the first 17 pages are the…
It’s been two years since Esmin Green’s death in a psychiatric emergency room in New York State was caught so vividly by a security camera, and made international news. What has changed? We The People is holding protest and vigil to speak out. MindFreedom New York supports this important event. what Protest when Jun 18,…
Info Document Actions Print this The number of hospitalizations of USA troops for psychiatric reasons has been climbing for years, and now exceeds any other cause. Mental health hospitalizations up for troops Date Published: May 14, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Gregg Zoroya – USA Today Source: Army Times Original article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/05/gns_mental_health_051410/ WASHINGTON — Mental health…
Info Here you can read a longer analysis by David Oaks of the Joseph Brean biased coverage of the PsychOUT conference. Brean then responded by an e-mail to Bonnie Burstow, which is included at the BOTTOM, along with inserted replies from MFI. Updated: 13 June 2010. Statements by David Oaks, below, represent MindFreedom International, but…
Info MFI gives the “2010 Worst Media Coverage of Mental Health Award” to reporter Joseph Brean from Canada’s National Post. During mental health month in May 2010, Brean horribly mis-covered the international PsychOUT conference of psychiatric survivors activists and allies, who gathered from five nations to resist psychiatric human rights violations. In December 2010, Brean…
Info MFI gives the “2010 Worst Media Coverage of Mental Health Award” to reporter Joseph Brean from Canada’s National Post. During mental health month in May 2010, Brean horribly mis-covered the international PsychOUT conference of psychiatric survivors activists and allies, who gathered from five nations to resist psychiatric human rights violations. In December 2010, Brean…
Info Examples of bias in the media about mental health issues You can read here cases where the mainstream media has broadcast material that unfairly portrays individuals diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Of course, this will be just a few examples, because there are so many, for so many years. Reporter Joseph Brean for the National…
Working for human rights in mental health can have a lot of side effects. For instance, you can be named a “witch” publicly on a strange web site! Well, it’s finally happened. Someone has actually publicly claimed I’m a “witch.” First of all, I’m not. But what is strangest is that the individual making the…