Info Mike Heston was a member of MindFreedom who wrote many times to the MFI office saying he is a prisoner who is experiencing involuntary psychiatric drug injections in the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. MindFreedom issued a human rights alert on his behalf. Mr. Heston’s family has informed MindFreedom’s office that he…
Info MindFreedom International had a team led by board president Celia Brown inside the United Nations for several years working with disability groups from all over the world. The result: A United Nations treaty on disability rights. But now that treaty needs to be ratified by nations all over the world. Disability activists have created…
Info United Nations and Disability Rights MindFreedom’s team in the United Nations worked hard for years with activists from all over the world to create a treaty on disability and human rights. United Nations Disability Convention Ratified A United Nations treaty — or “convention” — on disability has been ratified by enough nations. It went…
Info You may download a text copy (in Rich Text Format) of the MindFreedom Brochure here. Feel free to copy and quote the text. This version is also helpful for people with vision disabilities who cannot always read PDF files. [Updated 6 October 2009.] mfi-brochure-2009.rtf — Rich Text Format (RTF), 5Kb Document Actions Print this
Info What is Wikipedia and Why Should We Care ? Document Actions Print this This MindFreedom page discusses the rather unique internet encyclopedia – wikipedia.org. Sub-pages discuss: How to monitor wikipedia articles that you care about for accuracy, bias, or possible deletion; and how to study and prepare to be a participating author of wikipedia…
Info Document Actions Print this The largest daily newspaper in Oregon published a three-part investigation of the the massive psychiatric drugging of youth in foster care in Oregon. Below is the text from the series, at bottom are links to the original articles. Oregonian newspaper exposes massive psychiatric drugging of foster care kids. Date Published:…
Info Mental health consumer Larry Fricks describes a campaign to build a USA national memorial in Washington, DC in memory of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Part of the memorial at Central State Hospital in Georgia. Photographer: Bud Merritt October 2007 – Behavioral HealthCare Advocacy Click for original article. A PLAN FOR A NATIONAL…
This page was updated on 2/15/2021 Please support MindFreedom Australia, an affiliate of MindFreedom International, by signing this petition to modify/change the Mental Health Act in Victoria to be in alignment with the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD). The petition can be found at https://www.change.org/p/james-merlino-petition-victorian-government-to-modify-or-repeal-mental-health-act-in-line-with-the-crpd Australians leaflet World Psychiatric…
Info Document Actions Print this A psychiatrist who has taken thousands of dollars in psychiatric drug company pay-offs to present promotional speeches about their products exposes some of the techniques, and promises never to behave that way again. Dr. Drug Rep Date Published: Nov 25, 2007 01:00 AM Author: Daniel Carlat, MD Source: The New…
Info Document Actions Print this The main newspaper for Eugene, Oregon looks back over the one year that has passed since the shooting death by police of 19 year-old Ryan Salisbury, who ran out of his home holding a knife. MindFreedom Lane County has worked on the issue for a year, and the article includes…