A Hopeful and Happy New Year
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Promotion and advocacy of alternatives to the medical model in mental health
Info MindFreedom has been busy in 2016 and looks forward to a potent New Year in 2017 Now more than ever in 2017, we are steadfast in our mission: “In a spirit of mutual cooperation, MindFreedom leads a nonviolent revolution of freedom, equality, truth and human rights that unites people affected by the mental…
Creative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model
Info MindFreedom presents an intensive all-day conference to promote alternative approaches and celebrate individual strategies for growth and recovery Flyer Save-A-Date for MindFreedom’s Annual Conference Creative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model Friday, October 7th, Portland, Oregon Learn from experts about: Intentional Peer Support Hearing Voices Network Sunrise Center on Psychiatric Drug…
Save-A-Date for MindFreedom’s Annual ConferenceCreative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model!
Info An Intensive All-Day Conference to Promote Alternative Approaches andCelebrate Individual Strategies for Growth and Recovery. To Register Click HERE Flyer Save-A-Date for MindFreedom’s Annual Conferenc!e Creative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model Learn from experts about: Intentional Peer Support Hearing Voices Network Sunrise Center on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Open Dialogue Soteria –type…
Save-A-Date for MindFreedom’s Annual ConferenceCreative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model!
Info An Intensive All-Day Conference to Promote Alternative Approaches andCelebrate Individual Strategies for Growth and Recovery. To Register Click HERE Flyer Save-A-Date for MindFreedom’s Annual Conferenc!e Creative Revolution: Outside the Medical Model Learn from experts about: Intentional Peer Support Hearing Voices Network Sunrise Center on Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Open Dialogue Soteria –type…
Promotion and advocacy of alternatives to the medical model in mental health
Info MindFreedom has been busy in 2016 and looks forward to a potent New Year in 2017 Now more than ever in 2017, we are steadfast in our mission: “In a spirit of mutual cooperation, MindFreedom leads a nonviolent revolution of freedom, equality, truth and human rights that unites people affected by the mental…
Report finds electroshock treatment of psychiatric patients increases for the first time in years
Info Interview with Mary Maddock, MindFreedom Ireland on Irish News Radio Show Recently, it has been revealed that the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), seclusion and physical restraint in the treatment of psychiatric patients have all increased for the first time in years, according to the Mental Health Commission. Read the entire article here. Document…
Where’s the Outrage?
Info Pat Risser has been a human rights activist and mental health advocate for over thirty years. A very troubling health care disparity exists among persons with serious mental illness (SMI). Even among those receiving regular psychiatric care, many individuals experience co-occurring medical conditions that go unidentified and/or untreated, significantly shortening their life spans. Read…
Mental Health Bill Caters to Big Pharma and Would Expand Coercive Treatments
Info Oryx Cohen of the National Empowerment Center wrote a blog on the Murphy Bill published in Truth-Out. On its surface, the mental health reform bill introduced by Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania looks promising. Murphy is the only licensed psychologist in Congress, everybody agrees that our mental health system is not working, and we…