Info Resources, books, publications, reviews Here are reviews and listings of books, publications on human rights and alternatives in the mental health system. Book Review: Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry Ron Bassman (pictured here) is a psychologist, a survivor of extreme psychiatric human rights violations, and an author. Ron reviews the book Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry. Ron Bassman,…
Info Norman Sartorius, MD, past Director of the Division of Mental Health of World Health Organization, retired in 1993. Dr. Sartorius helped conduct studies comparing mental health recovery rates in poor and more developed nations. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 5.4 kB Document Actions Print this
Info The World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored major studies comparing how people recover in poor and more developed nations. The people in the poorer developing nations, on average, recovered at a far higher rate. Here is information about those studies. MindFreedom asked Professor Norman Sartorius to briefly summarize these studies, which he was directly involved…
Info Keynote speakers include authors Bob Whitaker and Don Weitz at this University of Alberta event in Canada starting 1 March 2008. What Meeting When Mar 01, 2008 06:35 PM to Mar 02, 2008 06:35 PM Where University of Alberta, Canada Contact Name Scott McAnsh Add event to calendar vCal iCal The treatment of [those…
Info Events related to alternatives & human rights in mental health These are conferences, meetings, congresses, gatherings related to the topics of human rights in mental health. Inclusion of these events is not necessarily endorsement, and is for your information. Unless specified, these are not events sponsored by MindFreedom International. Are We Mad? Critical Perspectives…
Note the specific statement made by the APA in the 4th paragraph: “Still, brain science has not advanced to the point where scientists or clinicians can point to readily discernible pathologic lesions or genetic abnormalities that in and of themselves serve as reliable or predictive biomarkers of a given mental disorder or mental disorders as…
15 December 2003 — Reply by Scientific Panel of the Fast for Freedom in Mental Health to the 26 September Statement by American Psychiatric Association. 15 December 2003 From: MindFreedom Support Coalition International 454 Willamette, Suite 216 PO Box 11284 Eugene, OR 97440 USA E-mail: office@mindfreedom.org To: James H. Scully, Jr., M.D., Medical Director American Psychiatric…
The Washington Post 30 August 2003 Raising Doubts About Drugs Calif. Hunger Strike Challenges Use of Antidepressants By Kimberly Edds PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 29 — After two weeks, four mental health advocates are still on a hunger strike, protesting the widespread use of prescription drugs to treat mental illnesses and challenging psychiatrists to document their…
12 August 2003 — Letter from American Psychiatric Association to Fast for Freedom in Mental Health. August 12, 2003 Mr. David Oaks c/o Stuart Shipko, M.D. 97 W. Bellevue Drive Pasadena, CA 91105 Dear Mr. Oaks: I am acceding to your request that I send my response to your letter of July 28, 2003 to…
An MFI introduction written in 1999 about forced psychiatric drugging on an outpatient commitment. Introduction To Forced Outpatient Psychiatric Drugging The government is increasingly FORCING psychiatric drugs out into the community, into people against their will, while living in their own homes. African Americans are more likely than whites to be the target! In the…