Info First page of two-page flyer on MindFreedom “Creative Revolution in Healing: Turning Our Minds Around” is available as a PDF. mf-2006-1.pdf — PDF document, 435Kb Document Actions Print this
Fifty mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, along with a few allies and media representatives, met with the City of Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy for two hours to address issues of concern. Mayor of Eugene Kitty Piercy Mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors met for two hours with City of Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy in…
Info Document Actions Print this Oregon’s largest newspaper describes a visit by psychiatric survivor/psychiatrist Dan Fisher to eastern Oregon to provide training about ‘recovery’ following a psychiatric diagnosis. It’s a beautiful mind: Schizophrenic experience leads man to medicine Date Published: Feb 10, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Kathy Aney of the East Oregonian Source: The Oregonian,…
Info Recovery and Mental Health Full and complete recovery — meaning re-integration into society without dependence on the mental health system, is an achievable goal for every known problem labeled as a “psychiatric disorder.” Overcoming the Impossible: My Journey Through Schizophrenia Psychiatric survivor, psychologist and author Ron Bassman wrote this breakthrough article that was published…
Info Quitting Psychiatric Drugs Info Compiled by MindFreedom Suggestions, ideas and tips for those who are choosing to stop taking prescribed psychiatric drugs. Disclaimer: MindFreedom is pro-choice and is not making a recommendation on your personal health care decisions. Nothing here is meant to be medical advice. Author of each item is responsible for content.…
Info Ethics & Mental Health Swiss Court Ruling Allows Euthanasia For Mentally Ill A ruling by Switzerland’s highest court has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives. Revealing Quotes on the Goals of Psychiatry and Psychology This web site has quotes critical…
Info An Investigation by Protection & Advocacy, Inc. into deaths related to the combined use of multiple psychiatric medications. The administration of aggressive polypharmaceutical regimens in these deaths, according to the agency, was not supported by the clinical presentation of the patients, nor by the medical literature. The report, released in June, 2004, concluded that…
Info This 16 State Study reveals increased morbidity and mortality of those diagnosed with serious mental disorders. That is, people with certain psychiatric diagnoses die 25 years or more earlier than others! The study, conducted by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and published in October, 2006, attributes the increased mortality…
Info Document Actions Print this A ruling by Switzerland’s highest court has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives. Swiss Court Ruling Allows Euthanasia For Mentally Ill Date Published: Feb 04, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Christopher Claire Source: Source: The Scotsman To…
Sascha co-founded The Icarus Project, a radical mental health support network and underground media project working to reframe societial conceptions of ‘mental illness.’ You may listen and phone in live to MindFreedom Radio this Wed. 14 Feb. at 4 pm EST at www.theprn.org. Sascha Altman DuBrul is the co-founder of the Icarus Project To listen…