Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Pat Risser “I had been brainwashed by the psychiatric system to be hopeless, helpless and overly dependent. So now I’ve dedicated the greater part of my life to try and reach people who are currently affected by the system and deprogram them from the cult of psychiatry.” Born:…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Gail Roberts “My first stop was the ecstatic and exotic mania of a completely different reality, Japan, where I quickly attained a celebrity status as I have a resemblance, at least according to the Japanese, to Elizabeth Taylor. I started to get rich teaching English and had to…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Clover Smith “One morning, 12 drug years later, engulfed in sickness, I called the current psychiatrist and yelled, “What do psychiatrists think in their head? My mind is cured when my body is dead!” I slammed the phone down and never swallowed their pills again; I had taken…
Info More details about specific events in multiple countries! MAD PRIDE 2006 EVENT LISTING FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA WORLD MAD PRIDE HUMAN RIGHTS + PSYCHIATRY ARTS FESTIVAL! Mad Pride is a growing international movement which asks the question:Could madness be a sane response to an insane world? World Mad Pride Vision:** Build awareness of the connection…
Info Mad Pride 2006 More about Mad Pride 2006… More details about specific events in multiple countries! Toronto, Canada reports about the Mad Pride 2006 events. Mad Pride 2006 was a great success in Toronto, Canada this year as ruth ruth from Friendly Spike Theater, an MFI Sponsor Group, gives a “live report.” Mad Pride…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Scott P Snedecor “This chemical imbalance thing is about the most wacky thing I’ve ever heard. I don’t think I’ve ever had a Thorazine deficiency in my life! I don’t think people get Zoloft deficiencies.” Born: 28 November 1952 Contact info: Portland, Oregon, USA Currently doing: Scott is…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Don Weitz “I was damn lucky to have escaped electroshock and brain damage including permanent memory loss. Thousands of psychiatric survivors were not so fortunate, many have died and will die from psychiatry’s ‘safe and effective, lifesaving treatment’ such as electroshock and forced drugging with neuroleptics and/or antidepressants.”…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Kris Yates “Sometimes I have this tremendous sadness because I think that I might be in a much bigger place than I am now. I’m happy with my life but I’m also 51 years old. I might have been where I am now twenty years ago had all…
Info Mary Ann Ebert of Mental Patients Liberation Alliance of Syracuse helped found MindFreedom International’s Support Coalition and provided early technical assistance to get it off the ground. Mary Ann has worked for decades to support human rights and alternatives of people in the mental health system. (Photo by Tom Olin.) Click to view full-size…
Info Kris experienced forced electroshock while locked up in a psychiatric institution in India. Kris became an MFI leader, and is shown here at a Highlander strategy conference. A powerful story teller from a poor Appalachian background, Kris obtained her master’s degree and became accredited as a family counselor in California. Her practice specializes in…