Free. Fun • Friends • Freedom • Open Mike. All are invited. Performance & networking for your mental well being. what Social Event when Feb 02, 2012 from 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM where Eugene, Oregon contact name Sam contact phone 541-345-9106 attendees All are welcome to this free event! Mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors are especially…
Info This MindFreedom International member, Christina Walko of Pennsylvania, is being forced to take many psychiatric drugs on an outpatient basis, even though she is living peacefully in the community. She says, “People do not heal when they are bullied or forced!” Her hearing is this Friday, 27 January 2012. Please take action. Christina Walko…
Calendar info and PDF flyer for the Opal Network quarterly meeting in Eugene Public Library in Eugene, Oregon, at 7 pm. Presenter: Pam Birrell, PhD. Opal Network: Restore Human Dignity in Mental Health Care Through Authentic Relationship PAM BIRRELL, PhD. will discuss, “How can family, friends, and mental health workers support the humanity of a…
Info Influential physician and TV personality Dr. Oz may be showing a segment praising electroshock. You are encouraged to speak out on his own web site. Elizabeth Ellis: Victim of forced court-ordered outpatient electroshock in Minnesota. MindFreedom Zapback Alert – please forward MFI Initiative on Electroshock & Human Rights 19 January 2012 …
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Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Hal H Noble this is a test of the personal story input Born: 01 January 1932 Contact info: 1245 Pearl Street Currently doing: Testing Mental health experience: Testing Psychiatric labels: testing Psychiatric drugs taken in the past: Tseting Off psychiatric drugs since: 1943 Recovery methods: Testing Greatest obstacle:…
Reflecting back on 35 years of activism in what is called the “mad movement,” David Oaks suggests the various fragmented groups and communities need to connect more for emergent activism. [revised 8/7/11 and 1/17/12] One cool thing about celebrating MindFreedom International’s 25th year, and my own 35th year as a community organizer in changing mental health,…
Info How can I be involved in supporting the peaceful protests planned for 5 May 2012 in Philadelphia, and wherever people live? How can I participate in planning? Here are some tips! The planning to Boycott Normal and Occupy American Psychiatric Industry relies on your people power and leadership. Without the billions that the…
Info Document Actions Print this Bruce Levine is a courageous psychologist and author in Cincinnati, Ohio, who makes the connection between changing the mental health system and changing society itself. In this Alternet essay he gives seven reasons why he and many other dissident mental health professionals have chosen to rebel against their own industry.…
An open letter by David W. Oaks, MFI Director, to those who created the book “Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry” that was released one year ago. The “psychosocial and moral illness” of the power imbalance between psychiatric survivors and the mental health industry is witnessed. In early 2011, leaders of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) released…