For several years MindFreedom Lane County has asked the mental health agencies LaneCare and Lane County Mental Health to adopt specific guidelines to support the empowerment of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Instead of quickly adopting specific and strong guidelines, Lane County has delayed for years, issuing draft guidelines that leave out many key…
Info Document Actions Print this The weekly newspaper for Eugene, Oregon covered the topic of alternatives to psychiatric drugs, quoting MindFreedom activists Ron Unger and David Oaks several times. Different Paths to Mental Health: Alternatives to medication for mentally ill patients Date Published: Feb 11, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Kate Loftesness Source: Eugene Weekly Cover…
Info MindFreedom’s network of allies in the academic world MFI Intern Piers Gooding of Melbourne, Australia organized the MindFreedom Academic Alliance. To go directly to list of MFI Academic Alliance participants, click here. The Academic Alliance was born from an observation that while there are many academics doing great work in universities and many…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories James B. Gottstein “To me the main thing is that I have learned to recognize the warning signs and have been able to work out things that work for me. I could just quit taking assignments that lead me into the situation where I need to take the…
Info Document Actions Print this This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.) Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems Author: Daniel Mackler, LCSW Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe…
Info A panel on the movement to change the mental health system and its connection to wider struggles for civil rights was held in Eugene, Oregon on 15 January 2010. The speeches by David Oaks, Tracey “TC” Dumas, and Ron Unger are now available online as text, video or audio. Tracy “TC” Dumas, PhD…
Info Document Actions Print this In this New York Times article, Ethan Watters explores the impact of the spread of American culture on the understanding of mental health issues outside of the United States. “The Americanization of Mental Illness” Date Published: Jan 10, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Ethan Watters Source: The New York Times For…
Info Electroshock, Oregon, mental health, and MindFreedom are all topics of a three-part interview with MindFreedom director David Oaks that was run in the Portland Examiner, on 19 January 2010. Reporter Jenny Westberg, who covers mental health for Portland Examiner. Reporter Jenny Westberg interviewed MindFreedom director David Oaks about a wide range of subjects: Part…
Info Leah Harris, a second generation psychiatric survivor, discovered MindFreedom in 2000 when she was 25 years old. Her first act in the mad movement was to tell her story of oppression and resistance, and to help edit stories for MindFreedom’s Oral History Project. Since then, she has been working in various ways to help…
Info Document Actions Print this This paper offers real-world examples of how therapists can avoid resorting to coercive interventions while attempting to respectfully help those in severe distress. (Author is responsible for content.) Therapy Without Force: A Treatment Model for Severe Psychiatric Problems Date Published: Jan 21, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Daniel Mackler, LCSW Therapy…