Info Filmmaker Daniel Mackler visited the innovative Open Dialogue model in Finland, and made a film available via DVD. Here’s his brief description of Open Dialogue and the film, and how to obtain it. OPEN DIALOGUE: An Alternative, Finnish Approach to Healing Psychosis By Daniel Mackler In the far north of Finland, a stone’s throw…
Celebrate your free mind with singer Pam Sievers, plus open mike, sing-along and more. Mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors are especially invited, but all are welcome. what Social Event when Mar 01, 2012 from 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM where Eugene, Oregon contact name David Oaks contact phone 541-345-9106 attendees All are welcome, especially mental health consumers…
Info Dr. Benedetto Saraceno is a psychiatrist trained in public health who served as Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the World Health Organization (WHO) until February 2010. While at WHO, Dr. Saraceno has made a number of supportive statements about MindFreedom International and its director, David Oaks. Dr. Saraceno…
Up one level Chris Busche is a member of MindFreedom in New Jersey with a “MindFreedom Shield.” He activated this to get out an alert, because of his ongoing forced drugging, and the lack of humane alternatives and advocacy. all 2 items in this folder are selected. clear selection title size modified state Chris Busche, 29,…
Info Psychiatric survivor Chris Busche got a special Valentine’s Day gift today. He’s free of a psychiatric institution in New Jersey where he’s been locked up for about 19 months. Chris Busche attributes part of this victory in getting free to the MindFreedom Shield Campaign, which has put out a number of alerts on his…
Info Dr. Brent Potter has organized a panel to speak about the life and work of R.D. Laing, the controversial psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and human rights advocate, who Dr. Potter states, “laid the groundwork for therapeutic households, mental health law reform, and the peer recovery movement.” What Panel When Mar 30, 2012 from 12:05 AM to…
Are you suffering from normality? Read about the Ten Warning Signs of “Normality” by Janet Foner, MindFreedom Board Member and psychiatric survivor activist. Mad scientists are working around the clock to discover the cure for “normality,” a serious and persistent “chronic mental illness” afflicting much of the general population. MindFreedom International, an alliance led by…
Info Susan Rogers, who has been active in the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement since 1984, has had a 36-year career as a writer, editor, public relations professional and public speaker. She has presented trainings, including keynotes, on various mental health-related subjects at a wide variety of national, statewide, and local conferences; has appeared on television and on…
Info Peaceful protesters are coming to speak in front of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting protest, Occupy APA, from all over the USA. Here is just a little bit more about the speakers and their bio’s. Just some of the people speaking out in the peaceful Occupy APA protest of the American Psychiatric Association…
Info Peaceful protesters are coming to speak in front of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting protest, Occupy APA, from all over the USA. Here is just a little bit more about the speakers and their bio’s. Just some of the people speaking out in the peaceful Occupy APA protest of the American Psychiatric Association…
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