Info A writer reflects on how electroshock has impacted memory. This anonymous piece was posted on the excellent blog by Philip Dawdy, called Furious Seasons. Original was posted on this excellent blog: http://www.furiousseasons.com/archives/2007/07/a_readers_ect_experience.html July 13, 2007 A Reader’s ECT Experience The following was sent to me by SS, a reader, who wanted me to post…
Info Document Actions Print this The weekly newspaper in Portland, Oregon provided an overview about progress in uniting the national movement of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. The Guinea Pigs’ Rebellion Date Published: Sep 01, 1999 03:00 AM Author: CHRIS LYDGATE Source: Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, USA The movement for the rights of mental…
Info ABC News web site ran a “pro and con” piece about so-called “new” electroshock using supposedly brief pulse electricity to induce a convulsion. Several movement activists and MindFreedom members, including director David Oaks, are quoted. You can comment on the ABC web site. ABC used an image from the film “One Flew Over the…
Filed Under: Conference MindFreedom director David Oaks wonders, “How do we build social change when resources are few, and yet the mental health system is so profitable?” A few days ago I returned from MindFreedom’s amazing and wonderful conference/retreat dedicated to promoting humane and creative alternatives to the conventional mental health system. Given our low…
Info You can speak out at four (4) public hearings in the next two weeks in New York State to oppose their practice of giving forced, involuntary electroshock over the expressed wishes of the subject! Say No! New York State government is aggressively pursuing forced electroshock of its citizens. MindFreedom New York Alert…
Info This is a “PowerPoint” file of slides you may download about mortality and morbidity of people in the mental health system. The PowerPoint show was created by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) in 2006. mental-health-morbidity-mortality.ppt — Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, 1865Kb Document Actions Print this
Info Martin Luther King, Jr. called for an “International Association for Advancement of Creative Maladjustment” more than 10 times in his speeches and writing. What Time Magazine dismissed as a “half joke,” Mad Pride has made into a reality! The IAACM was launched at a retreat at Wisdom House. 13 JULY 2007: MindFreedom and Mad…
Info On 1 September 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made a very special speech. For 12 years Martin Luther King, Jr. said he was proud of being psychologically “maladjusted.” More than 10 times he called for the creation of an “International Association for Advancement of Creative Maladjustment.” It is time to make…
Info On 1 September 1967, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made a very special speech. For 12 years Martin Luther King, Jr. said he was proud of being psychologically “maladjusted.” More than 10 times he called for the creation of an “International Association for Advancement of Creative Maladjustment.” It is time to make…
A new alliance called the “Opal Network” has been launched in Lane County, Oregon to support the voice, empowerment and self-determination of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. All agencies involved with mental health, along with all interested mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, are invited to this second meeting. what Meeting when Jul 31,…