Info Mary Maddock of Cork, Ireland reviews the new book “Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry” co-edited by Peter Lehmann and Peter Stastny. Mary is co-founder of MindFreedom Ireland. Mary Maddock is also co-author of the book Soul Survivor. ‘Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry’ is written by many authors, ex-users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, social scientists, lawyers and…
Info CNN covers the story that the American Civil Liberties Union is suing over forced psychiatric drugging of immigrants facing deportation. Raymond Seoth and wife. 12 October 2007 original article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/12/doping.immigrants/index.html From Thelma Gutierrez LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Former detainees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement accuse the agency in a lawsuit of forcibly injecting…
Info Document Actions Print this This newspaper from the home city of Eli Lilly – Indianapolis – covered the announcement that the Food & Drug Administration is forcing the drug company giant to emphasize a warning about certain hazards related to their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. The article quotes MindFreedom director David Oaks as calling the…
Yesterday, on 11 October 2007, a MindFreedom International expert “Normality Screening Team” visited outside the American Psychiatric Association headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The results: No normality found. For me a normality screening like this is 50 percent effective public education, as delighted people participated. They were glad to hear they were ‘normality free’ and accepted…
Info Frank Blankenship (chair of MindFreedom Affiliate Support Committee), physician Larry Plumlee (MindFreedom DC), psychologist Al Galves on MindFreedom board, and David Oaks, director of MindFreedom International. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 2.0 MB Document Actions Print this
You can take this free and easy self-test for normality wherever you are. It’s one more step to screening the whole world for normality. Screen the World for Normality! Thursday, 11 October 2007 Screen Yourself for Normality! by David W. Oaks, Director, MindFreedom International WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today has been declared “Mental Health Screening Day” by…
The mental health industry has named today Mental Health Screening Day. MindFreedom launched a campaign to Screen the World for Normality. Will we find it? WASHINGTON, DC: I’m typing this from the motel we are staying at here in our nation’s Capitol. So far, no signs of normality. In a few hours, our crew of MindFreedom…
Info 28 March 2007 – Guest John McCarthy is a psychiatric survivor, a poet, and an activist who helped found MindFreedom Ireland. 600109.oaks032807.mp3 — MP3 audio, 11988Kb Document Actions Print this
Info Alison Hymes describes a battle for human rights in the mental health system in Virginia that she says could impact other states. Alison Hymes describes herself as a “Token” Member of the Commitment Taskforce of the Chief Justice’s Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia Citizens With…
Info MindFreedom Virginia Fight for Human Rights in Virginian Mental Health System Alison Hymes describes a battle for human rights in the mental health system in Virginia that she says could impact other states. Statewide Organization of Consumers in Virginia Introducing VOCAL. Explaining MindFreedom Virginia’s relationship to this organization. An announcement of the completion of…