Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Ted Chabasinski “When Miss Callaghan had discovered enough “symptoms,” I was sent to the Bellevue children’s psychiatric ward, to be officially diagnosed and to made an experimental animal for Doctor Bender. I was one of the first children to be “treated” with electric shock. I was six years…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Oryx Cohen “Meeting so many people who have fought through an oppressive mental health system, who have been forcibly electroshocked and drugged, who have been treated as less than human–and who are now leading accomplished and fulfilling lives as authors, directors of organizations, social activists, etc., has been…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Donita Diamata “I didn’t get better because of anything that the clinicians did for me. I got better because I surrounded myself by people who showed that they cared about me who got me laughing again.” Contact info: private Currently doing: Donita is directing the Renaissance Center in…
Info A listing of guests from past weekly free internet broadcasts of MindFreedom News Hour with host David Oaks interviewing human rights activists and providers of alternatives to the mental health system. Past MindFreedom News Hour Shows 2/14/07 – Sascha DuBrul is a co-founder of the Icarus Project, an underground media project led by individuals…
Info Hazards Anti-depressants: prescription to suicide This is an article critical of “anti-depressant” psychiatric drugs from a publication in Vancouver, Canada called Common Ground. Document Actions Print this
Info Consumer-Driven Resources Directory of Consumer-Driven Services The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse hosts this federally funded online list of projects run by mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. PeopleWho … “People Who…”, a non-profit organization based in California, is an online community for people who experience mood swings, fear, visions, and/or hear voices.…
Info Non-Drug Alternatives for Label of Schizophrenia Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed? This NY Times article questions whether psychiatric drugs must always be given to people labeled “schizophrenic,” and quotes Will Hall from the Freedom Center of Massachusetts, a sponsor group in MindFreedom International. Football tackles schizophrenia and depression Illustrating the wide range of…
Info Alternatives to the Traditional Mental Health System Consumer-Driven Resources Read More… Non-Drug Alternatives for Label of Schizophrenia Read More… Mental health system due for radical reform A guest column by dissdent mental health worker and MindFreedom Lane County activist Ron Unger says that a range of real choices in mental health care…
Info Hazards How to Report Adverse Psychiatric Drug Reactions in Several Nations Megan Short has prepared a brief description about how you can file an official report regarding adverse reactions to psychiatric drugs. A few nations are listed such as Canada, USA, etc. However, you may be able to find similar resources in your own…
Info Chemical Imbalance Fraud Advertisements for SSRIs May Be Misleading Medscape reviews an essay in a peer-reviewed medical journal that debunks the “chemical imbalance” myth promoted by psychiatric drug industry. Researchers Debunk Psychiatry’s ‘Chemical Imbalance’ Ads A peer-reviewed medical journal runs an essay showing that claims by psychiatric drug industry about a “chemical imbalance” are…