Info HB 3524, if it had passed the 2007 Oregon legislative session, would have allowed Oregon police to create a database of certain Oregonians with psychiatric labels. HB 2995 would have allowed private mental health care information to be disclosed by health care practitioners without permission. Because of citizens speaking out in testimony and letters…
Info Document Actions Print this NY Times article about how Eli Lilly is using corruption and unfair influence to push Zyprexa on the State level. Ben Hansen, a member of MindFreedom, is quoted because of his great investigative work on this topic. In Some States, Maker Oversees Use of Its Drug Date Published: Mar 23,…
Info Document Actions Print this PharmaTimes reports that an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association saw researchers examine publicly available data for two US states, Vermont and Minnesota, which demonstrated that drugmakers could avoid disclosing details of payments to doctors by classifying the payments as trade secrets, failing to file an…
Info Consumer-Driven Services – International International consumer-driven resources The Intervoice Network: an International Community for Voice Hearing The Intervoice Network focuses on improving the life of voice hearers, through the development of an international, online community for voice hearing, using methods co-developed by voice hearers and professionals. Engagement of the people involved is emphasized, along…
Info All are welcome free, no charge, to this public conference about how people in Alberta, Canada were targeted with eugenics and sterilization 35 years ago. Free Saturday lunch for all registrants. What Meeting When Apr 27, 2007 03:00 AM to Apr 28, 2007 03:00 AM Where University of Alberta, Canada Contact Name lenart@ualberta.ca Contact…
Info Genetics and Eugenics Conference: Eugenics and Sterilization in Alberta: 35 Years Later (University of Alberta, Canada, from Apr 27, 2007 12:00 AM to Apr 28, 2007 12:00 AM) All are welcome free, no charge, to this public conference about how people in Alberta, Canada were targeted with eugenics and sterilization 35 years ago. Free…
Info Twenty-five mental health consumers, psychiatric survivors and allies showed up at a public hearing at the Oregon Senate and many testified in support of two bills for self-determination and human rights in the mental health system. Read an update about the results, along with a background about these two bills. Psychiatric survivors Marie…
Info News about activities in Oregon for human rights, empowerment and alternatives in the mental health system. MindFreedom Oregon updates and alerts. Psychiatric survivors testify for SB 363 and SB 364. MindFreedom Oregon is working with a number of other groups throughout Oregon for human rights and alternatives in the mental health system. Some…
A memoriam from Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland about Helena King: A spirited woman has finally found freedom. For the past six years of her life, Helena King spent most of her time locked away in Carrig Mor secure psychiatric hospital in Cork. She was a spirited, intelligent and loving woman — above all full…
Info The mainstream newspaper Toronto Star in Canada published an article about the international psychiatric survivors and allies in the “Mad Pride” movement. ILLUSTRATION BY RAFFI ANDERIAN/TORONTO STAR original article: http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/189452 TORONTO STAR Mad as hell Mar 10, 2007 by Helen Henderson Angry activists say treatment for mental illness is too often more about the…