A Forum for Survivors of Trauma, Friends, Family and Community Members with Ron Unger what Forum when Dec 11, 2006 from 09:00 PM to 11:30 PM where Gerlinger Lounge, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA contact name Elaine Walters contact phone 541-556-6710 add event to calendar vCal iCal When bad things happen to people it’s normal to be…
Info Federal Court Advances Challenge to Illinois Policy Warehousing Residents Labeled with Mental Illnesses from Bazleon Center, a sponsor group of MFI Press Release: November 20, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thousands of people with mental illnesses who are “needlessly segregated and inappropriately warehoused” in large nursing homes in Illinois now have an opportunity to challenge…
Info MindFreedom Ghana MindFreedom Ghana in Africa is an affiliate of MindFreedom International. MF Ghana 2005 Report A report from MindFreedom Ghana in 2005 about conditions of mental health systems there, and building their organization. Thanks to Linda Morrison and Krista Erickson for digitizing this report. MindFreedom International Delegation Visits Ghana A delegation from MindFreedom…
A report from MindFreedom Ghana in 2005 about conditions of mental health systems there, and building their organization. Thanks to Linda Morrison and Krista Erickson for digitizing this report. MIND FREEDOM GHANA “Free Minds At Ease” REPORT OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES IN GHANA ACTIVITIES OF MIND FREEDOM GHANA December 2005 MIND FREEDOM GHANA (MF-Gh) “Free Minds…
Info A creative individual submitted an ‘alphabet’ about the mental health system to MindFreedom, that is intended to educate the World Social Forum. [Background: The “World Social Forum” is an enormous event gathering together many different people from multiple issues about social justice, etc. Below is a forwarded creative piece from psychiatric survivors who intend…
Info Filed Under: resources Katherine Tapley writes MFI about her new book. MindFreedom member Katherine Tapley of Canada writes to us about her new book. The title is “Mind Full of Scorpions” and it’s about being diagnosed with psychiatric disability. Katherine describes it as, “A harrowing account. It chronicles a fifty year struggle with the…
Events which have already happened. ABC Primetime – Mad Pride ABC plans to air a report on Mad Pride this Tuesday. Free film: The Doctor Who Hears Voices The Green Your Mind Film Series Presents a free film, the Eugene premiere: “The Doctor Who Hears Voices.” Sponsored by: VALID, MindFreedom, Helios Network, Opal Network. Mental…
Info Personal accounts of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors These are first person descriptions by MindFreedom members of human rights violations in the psychiatric system. Tapley-Milton and “Mind Full of Scorpions” MindFreedom member Katherine Tapley-Milton of New Brunswick, Canada has a personal web site with information about her book about surviving psychiatric abuse called…
Info PRAWI is a sponsor group of MFI in New Zealand. Here is a letter by long-time human rights activist Anna de Jonge on behalf of PRAWI to the New Zealand government commenting on a draft of the Convention Against Torture-Draft Periodic Report. Anna encourages the inclusion of electroshock and other psychiatric procedures. Anna…
Info “Biological Psychiatry: A Practice in Search of a Science” is an academic article which includes coverage of the MindFreedom 2003 hunger strike. The piece, by W. Joseph Wyatt & Donna M. Midkiff of Marshall University, was published in the peer-reviewed online journal Behavior and Social Issues, 15, 132-151 (Fall/Winter 2006), and may be downloaded…