Info Bhargavi Davar is a survivor of psychiatric institutions who is working in Pune, India, with a Ph. D. in the philosophy of psychiatry. Dr. Davar is an author of several books and articles critiquing the foundations of psychiatry in India. She said, “MFI has been a great source of inspiration for us in India,…
Info Ron Unger LCSW is both an human rights activist and a therapist who specializes in alternative approaches for “psychosis.” Said Ron, “As a young person, I had my own experiences that could have been labeled ‘psychotic’ but got through them without mental health system intervention. I am proud to be a member of MindFreedom,…
Info Cindi Fisher has fought for years for her son, who has experienced forced psychiatric drugging and other human rights violations in the State of Washington. She has even held protest fasts on her son’s behalf (see photo of Day One). Cindi says: “In the past, advocating for my 33-year-old psychiatric survivor son over the…
Since September 2002, the Oregon mental health system has spent zero (0) to support the state-wide empowerment and voice of mental health clients. Oregon continues to be one of the very few states in the USA to provide zero funding to support the state-wide voice, empowerment, self-determination and advocacy of mental health consumers and psychiatric…
Info The US FDA announced that on January 27 and 28, 2011, a US Food & Drug Administration committee will “discuss and make recommendations regarding the possible reclassification of devices indicated for use in electroconvulsive therapy.” What Forum When Jan 27, 2011 08:00 AM to Jan 28, 2011 06:00 PM Where Gaithersburg, MD Contact Name…
Info MindFreedom Members, Marcela Musgrove, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and colleague Madalyn Marcus, are working on a special issue of The Journal of Participatory Medicine on Mental Health. They are seeking diverse perspectives from participatory research, opinion pieces, book reviews, writings by survivors/consumers, etc. The Journal of Participatory Medicine (JoPM) is looking for submissions from mental…
Info Long-time MindFreedom member and activist Peter Lehmann has been given an honorary doctor for his decades of work to win human rights and alternatives in the mental health field. [Update 29 Oct. 2010] Peter Lehmann awarded Honorary Doctoral Degree by the School of Psychology of the Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of…
Info Information about MindFreedom Germany, and member activities in Germany Germany has a long history of activism to support human rights and alternatives in mental health. From Psychiatric Inmate to Honorary Doctor: Peter Lehmann receives Honorary Doctorate Long-time MindFreedom member and activist Peter Lehmann has been given an honorary doctor for his decades of work…
Info It’s over. We won. Today, Friday, 22 October 2010, 5 pm EST was the deadline. And after the dust settled… After a last-minute campaign that temporarily pushed forced outpatient psychiatric drugging to the top of a USA forum about federal mental health goals… Enough of you ‘voted’ on the web to support the voice…
The Washington Post published the following debate about whether the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts tortures many of the children detained there. On 2 October 2010, The Washington Post published the below essay by president of Disability Rights International, Laurie Ahern, charging JRC with torture. A United Nations representative agrees. DRI is a sponsor…