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…
Info Jay is a survivor of forced electroshock who spent ten years in the mental health system. He is now a widely respected leader in California, where he founded Mental Health Consumer Concerns and the California Network of Mental Health Clients. Jay is pictured here at a MindFreedom strategy conference at Highlander. (Photo by Tom…
Info Learn about the people and plans in the MFI Global Campaign Committee as they support the voice of psychiatric survivors globally. Celia Brown, president of MFI, and Janet Amegatcher, executive director MindFreedom Ghana, were two of the delegates on the MindFreedom United Nations Team. Global activism for human rights in mental health Celia Brown…
Info MFI Campaigns How you can participate in some of MFI’s Campaigns to win human rights and alternatives in the mental health system. I Got Better Every day people like you are defying the all-too-common message that recovery from mental and emotional distress is impossible. The I Got Better campaign will make research and stories…
Info MFI Campaigns How you can participate in some of MFI’s Campaigns to win human rights and alternatives in the mental health system. I Got Better Every day people like you are defying the all-too-common message that recovery from mental and emotional distress is impossible. The I Got Better campaign will make research and stories…
Info Youth Campaign Committee How you may participate in winning human rights and alternatives with the MindFreedom USA Campaign Committee, especially in support of voice and rights for youth, young adults, and new emerging leaders. Youth and Young Adults: Support via I Got Better Campaign The MindFreedom International I Got Better Campaign is especially oriented…
Info Matt Morrissey is on the MFI Choice in Mental Health Campaign Committee. Matt directs the adult day program at Full Spectrum Progressive Mental Health, which is a nonprofit center in San Francisco that offers voluntary programs for adults and adolescents in severe emotional distress. Full Spectrum is a Sponsor Group in MFI. Matt is…