Paris Williams, author
Info Paris Williams is author of the new book RETHINKING MADNESS: Towards a Paradigm Shift in our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 354.5 kB Document Actions Print this
I GOT BETTER: Seeking Your Video Story for New Website
Info Check out the short, powerful videos just posted to this new I GOT BETTER website, by people who overcame hopelessness about ever recovering while in the mental health system. The purpose of I GOT BETTER is to lift people’s hopes and spirits. See new videos of hope on this new I Got Better web…
2012: Graph of NAMI web site use of “biologically-based” phrase
Info From 2003 to 2012, MindFreedom International would do an occasional analysis of the NAMI web site using the Google search engine, to determine the number of times nami.org used the term “biologically based,” in quote. While not exact, this is an indication of how much the organization is emphasizing its theory that significant mental…
Creative Revolution – Postal or Fax Registration Form
Info If you would like to register for the MFI Creative Revolution event on 1 November 2012 in Philadelphia by either POSTAL MAIL or by FAX, please download, print out, fill out, and either POSTAL MAIL or FAX this attached PDF form. Just click on the link for file ‘creat-rev-postal-fax.pdf’ just below here. [To register…
Question National Public Radio Bias on Mental Health Issues
Info Filed Under: media I listen to NPR a lot — the USA National Public Radio — but when it comes to mental health, they have tended to support a narrow, corporate view. Today’s show, 24 August 2012, featured neurologist Dr. David Eagleman. He made a pseudoscience argument against equality, the role of personal responsibility,…
The end of the psychopharmacological revolution
Info Document Actions Print this The editor of a prestigious mental health industry publication – the British Journal of Psychiatry – claims it is time to “call for an end” to the psychiatric drug “revolution” that he said began in 1952. He mentions problems with the neuroleptic drugs (also called ‘antipsychotics’) but note he leaves…
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Ask the USA Senate to Ratify the CRPD: Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Info {Updated August 30, 2012] An historic global disability treaty created in the United Nations with advice from hundreds of advocates, including a MindFreedom International team, now awaits in the USA for ratification. Please ask the USA Senate to pass this important global agreement. Celia Brown, MFI Board President, said, “Hopefully we’ll be able to…
Ask the USA Senate to Ratify the CRPD: Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Info {Updated August 30, 2012] An historic global disability treaty created in the United Nations with advice from hundreds of advocates, including a MindFreedom International team, now awaits in the USA for ratification. Please ask the USA Senate to pass this important global agreement. Celia Brown, MFI Board President, said, “Hopefully we’ll be able to…
UN Treaty on Disability: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Info UN Treaty on Disability: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Information, news and updates about the binding global treaty created in the United Nations called the CRPD: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The MindFreedom UN Team, headed by board president Celia Brown, participated in the creation and now…