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…
Info Listen and call-in live every Second Saturday at 2 pm ET, 11 am PT, or listen to archives. You hear the latest news and interviews with guests who are changing the mental health system around the world. Here’s the latest about MFI Internet radio, including upcoming show and archives. Here is Mad Radio for…
Info Listen and call-in live every Second Saturday at 2 pm ET, 11 am PT, or listen to archives. You hear the latest news and interviews with guests who are changing the mental health system around the world. Here’s the latest about MFI Internet radio, including upcoming show and archives. Here is Mad Radio for…
Date Published: Jun 27, 2006 01:00 AM Author: Assistant General Northern District of California Source: Government of California June 27, 2005 to: The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor of CaliforniaState Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: Napa State Hospital, Napa, California Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: On January 6, 2004, we notified then-Governor Gray Davis ofour intent to investigate conditions…
Info Document Actions Print this A New Jersey, USA newspaper column spotlights MindFreedom International’s Choice in Mental Health Care Campaign, especially the need for alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Drug-free treatment promoter Date Published: May 23, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Tom Davis, Record Columnist Source: New Jersey _The Record_ David Oaks has a simple philosophy about…