Info MFI Shield issued a public alert that young musician and artist Gabe Hadd was under court-ordered involuntary outpatient psychiatric drugging in Michigan. Members in Colorado offered personal support. Gabe successfully escaped over state lines and evaded the forced psychiatric drugging in his own home. You can hear Gabe’s music at www.myspace.com/gabrielhadd. Click to view…
Info BBC News: Professors say psychiatric use of the term “schizophrenia” ought to be abolished because it’s unscientific. American Psychiatric Association members literally vote in and out labels from the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual. BBC – 10 October 2006 The term schizophrenia should be abolished, experts have said. They claim the category falsely groups a…
FAST FOR FREEDOM IN MENTAL HEALTH NEWS RELEASE – 21 August 2003 Hunger Strikers Demand Human Rights in Mental Health: American Psychiatric Association Replies PASADENA, CALIF: On Sat., 16 August 2003 six “psychiatric survivors” from throughout theUnited States arrived in Pasadena, Calif. and began a hunger strike to press for human rights and choice in…
Activism in mental health Action campaigns to challenge and transform the mental health system. Candlelight vigil remembers Jim Chasse, Jr. James P. Chasse, Jr. was a resident of Portland, Oregon, USA diagnosed schizophrenic who died in police custody. Psychiatric survivors and mental health consumers marched from the Alternatives 2006 conference to a memorial on 27…
Info Learn about how the MindFreedom Shield may help protect registered members from coerced psychiatric procedures. MindFreedom International issues alerts about individuals at risk of orcurrently experiencing involuntary psychiatric procedures, including onan outpatient basis while living peacefully in the community in theirown residences. For example, occasionally these public alerts have led to some members who…
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9th Annual Conference of ICSPP International Center for the Study of Psychology and Psychiatry’s annual conference. what when Oct 07, 2006 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM where Washington, D.C., USA add event to calendar vCal iCal The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc. (ICSPP) is a sponsor group of MindFreedom. This is an…
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Info Filed Under: general Appreciation to everyone who helped on the new web site! Just a quick note thanking everyone who has helped on the new web site. Thanks much to MindFreedom members who have been volunteering to assist with the production on this new web site. For instance, all the personal stories and the…
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