Date Published: Aug 01, 2007 01:00 AM Author: MindFreedom South Africa Source: MindFreedom South Africa MindFreedom South Africa is calling for an “alternative hypothesis to mental illness” that will once and for all, put an end to coercive psychiatry in the run up to the 10th International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology held at Sun City,…
Info Video of protest of Eastern European Psychiatric Congress This is a brief video of a nonviolent protest using banners and guerilla theater at the “First Eastern European Psychiatric Congress” in Thessaloniki, Greece on 21 September 2007. The protest was by the Pan-Hellenic Coalition for Psychiatric Reform. To view this content the following requirements must…
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Info Eastern Europe Activism regarding Eastern European psychiatric human rights violations. Declaration from protest of Eastern European Psychiatric Congress A nonviolent protest using banners and guerilla theater was held in and outside of the “First Eastern European Psychiatric Congress” in Thessaloniki, Greece on 21 September 2007. The protest was by the Pan-Hellenic Coalition for Psychiatric…
Info A nonviolent protest using banners and guerilla theater was held in and outside of the “First Eastern European Psychiatric Congress” in Thessaloniki, Greece on 21 September 2007. The protest was by the Pan-Hellenic Coalition for Psychiatric Reform. There is a link to a brief video of the action that you may watch. Protesters used…
Info Alternative Medicine Resources Links to websites providing alternative medicine resources AlternativeMedicine.com Alternatives including for mental and emotional well being: natural remedies and healthy solutions for pressing health concerns as well as practical strategies for self-care and prevention. Alternative Medicine & Nutrition Links Links to a variety of topics related to alternative medicine and nutrition.…
Info IAACM – Creative Maladjustment International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment – Fulfilling Martin Luther King’s Vision David Oaks on the IAACM YouTube video: David Oaks describes a new MadPride initiative, the International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM) inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.. Oaks calls for activists to help…
Info Since June 2006, with some interruption for improvement, MindFreedom Radio Show has supported a nonviolent revolution in the mental health system. Leaders, authors, activists, mental health professionals, psychiatric survivors and others who are actively changing and challenging the current mental health system have been featured in live interviews. Listeners have called in from around…
This following essay, by one of the organizers of MindFreedom South Africa, was written in the wake of the Mad Pride 2007 vigil in Cape Town South Africa. David Robert Lewis calls for a broader social movement that includes cognitive rights, as well as bodily and psychological integrity, so that South Africans can feel safe…
Info This is a list from the World Psychiatric Association web site about their meetings, or co-sponsored meetings, in 2008. Disclaimer: this is not necessarily an endorsement of any activity in these events. [As of 20 Sept. 2007]. 2008 WPA CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE (Zone 3) TITLE: “5th National Congress, National Institute Of Social Security &…