Info Mindfreedom Ghana and other advocates participated in the Street March in Cape Coast Central Region, Ghana as part of their activities to mark World Mental Health Day 2015. Mindfreedom Ghana and other advocates participated in the Street March in Cape Coast Central Region, Ghana as part of their activities to mark World Mental Health…
Info The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the rights of persons with disabilities… The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, and on the right to health, Dainius Pûras, today called on States to eradicate all forms of non-consensual psychiatric treatment for World Mental Health Day – Saturday 10…
Info We are delighted to be affiliated with the ISEPP annual conference, continuing the conversation which began in 2014 about approaches that support self determination and safe, humane and effective options in mental health. Please join us at Continuing the Creative Revolution in Boston in October! Document Actions Print this
Info We are delighted to be affiliated with the ISEPP annual conference, continuing the conversation which began in 2014 about approaches that support self determination and safe, humane and effective options in mental health. Please join us at Continuing the Creative Revolution in Boston in October! Document Actions Print this
Info MindFreedom has learned of the recent passing of human rights activist and longtime MindFreedom member Sue Clark-Wittenberg, of Ottawa, Canada. Psychiatrized for nearly two decades, a survivor of both forced electroshock and forced drugging, she went on to fight for the dignity and human rights of all people harmed by psychiatry’s violence. Sue was…
Info — expired This year we are delighted to be affiliated with the ISEPP annual conference, Understanding Trauma: Responding Beyond the Medical Model. Please join us to continue the creative revolution. Continuing the Creative Revolution in Mental Health An ISEPP Pre-Conference EventOctober 9, 2015Crowne Plaza HotelNewton, MAIn July, 2014, 100 + people gathered at the…
Info You can take action by signing the change.org online petition… Dear friends and supporters, MindFreedom is supporting this petition against the Murphy Bill. Please sign this petition to the US House of Representatives asking them to vote against the Murphy bill. The Campaign for Real Change in Mental Health Policy is a…
Info CREATIVE MALADJUSTMENT WEEK (July 6-July 13, 2015) is only 6 months away! On this national day in celebration of the founder of the International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment [IAACM], MindFreedom echoes the famous words of Martin Luther King, Jr. in saying that “the salvation of the world lies in the hands…
Info Locations, times, and contact people information will be updated as the date approaches. Keep checking back! Check below for protest/rally address & times… ELECTROSHOCK PROTEST May 16th, 2015 Locations, times, and contact people information will be updated as the date approaches. Keep checking back! Check below for protest/rally address & times If you would like to hold…
Info By TED CHABASINSKI, J.D.Work on the May 16 International Day of Protest Against Shock Treatment is moving right along. This spontaneously-organized, grassroots effort now includes 21 cities in 16 states, plus two each in Canada and the United Kingdom. (VIDEO) Work on the May 16 International Day of Protest Against Shock Treatment is moving right along.…