Info A peer-reviewed medical journal runs an essay showing that claims by psychiatric drug industry about a “chemical imbalance” are unproven. MindFreedom International News – 8 Nov. 2005 Millions of viewers have seen the TV ads for the anti-depressant drug Zoloft. A bouncing ball turns from a sad face to a happy face. Like many…
Info A USA jury delivered a major victory to a woman harmed by a psychiatric drug-induced condition known as tardive dyskinesia (TD). 16 October 2005 The family of psychiatric drugs called neuroleptics — sometimes known as anti-psychotics — can cause TD which is a kind of brain damage that can involve persistent and often permanent…
Info Here are six brief points about why mental health screening as it is currently planned is potentially harmful to young people. President Bush proposes making “mental health screening” a “common practice” for adults and children. Here is why MindFreedom International opposes these “mental health screening” programs. President Bush and his New Freedom Commission on…
Info The prestigious British Medical Journal covers a lawsuit against mental health screening. British Medical Journal 1 October 2005 by Jeanne Lenzer The parents of an Indiana teenager have filed a suit in a federal courtin the state’s Northern District, charging that school officialsviolated their privacy rights and parental rights by subjecting theirdaughter to a…
Info A short news article about using humor to challenge plans by President Bush to make “mental health screening” common throughout the USA for adults and children. _Eugene Weekly_ Eugene, Oregon, USA 29 September 2005 Northwest of Normality The Eugene-based nonprofit MindFreedom International will be screening people at the Eugene Celebration for “normality.” The street…
Info Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) released a 2005 report about human rights abuses in Turkey, including electroshock of children. MDRI is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International. Staff member of Turkish psychiatric institution re-enacts forced electroshock. 29 September 2005 MDRI investigates forced electroshock including of nine-year-old. Below is a forwarded announcement from Mental Disability…
Info When the elected president of the American Psychiatric Association complains about undue influence of the psychiatric drug industry on his profession then you know there’s a problem. Here are MindFreedom’s comments, followed by the text of President Stephen S. Sharfstein’s essay warning about “Big Pharma’s” huge “kickbacks and bribes.” Stephen S. Sharfstein, MD 2005…
Info This 1 July 2005 announcement lists Mad Pride 2005 events in four nations. Musician TR Kelley Champions Mad Pride Neurodiversity at Oregon Country Fair! [credit: MindFreedom] JULY IS MAD PRIDE MONTH! by Krista Erickson and David Oaks, MindFreedom International A parade, vigil, theater, fasting, food, music, art and more create Mad Pride 2005. Mad…
Info This excellent investigation about drug company influence on “mental health screening” shows that some kids are getting drugs over the wishes of their own parents. Aliah was “screened” at school and then forced to take psychiatric drugs over her parents’ wishes. Mother Jones May/June 2005 When state mental health officials fall under theinfluence of…
Info This cover story in the San Diego Reader about the late dissident psychiatrist and MindFreedom board member Loren Mosher and his Soteria experiment also quotes David Oaks, MindFreedom director. Dissident psychiatrist Loren Mosher 9 January 2003 by Jeannette De Wyze Sometime in the next few months, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases will…