Info Mad Pride event in Leeds, England WHAT: Mad Pride Picnic and Celebration WHEN: 25 July 2009, 2:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. WHERE: Woodhouse Moor and Beulah Mount, Leeds, England From the organizers: “Mad Pride comes to Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, this weekend. We will be celebrating the beautiful uniqueness of our minds in…
Info Mad Pride event in Leeds, England WHAT: Mad Pride Picnic and Celebration WHEN: 25 July 2009, 2:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. WHERE: Woodhouse Moor and Beulah Mount, Leeds, England From the organizers: “Mad Pride comes to Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, this weekend. We will be celebrating the beautiful uniqueness of our minds in…
Info Listing of Mad Pride events this year, large and small. Title Description 11 July 2009: Mad Pride Asheville A small but successful Mad Pride event in North Carolina. 11 July 2009: Mad Pride Asheville A small but successful Mad Pride event in North Carolina. 13-19 July 2009: Mad Pride Week in Toronto Mad Pride…
Info This folder contains links to blogs and other web resources devoted to the topic of quitting psychiatric drugs. Beyond Meds From the blogger: “I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1985 at age 19. I was medicated off and on from 1985 to 1988 and then medicated in 1992 to the present after having…
A publication covering the New York State legislature reports on the protest organized by electroshock survivors, calling for a ban of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on children below age of 16. MindFreedom endorsed this protest. State urged to ban electroshock on minors Date Published: Jul 19, 2009 08:00 PM Author: Jaime Fuller Source: Legislative Gazette, Albany, New York,…
Info Document Actions Print this The daily newspaper for Worcester, Massachusetts, USA covered the electroshock debate, citing MindFreedom and quoting two MindFreedom members in the region. Unfortunately, the piece is biased. The reporter stated as proven fact the opinion that electroshock works. The reporter makes no mention of the fact that, by psychiaty’s own definition…
Info Document Actions Print this Vets’ Mental Health Diagnoses Rising Date Published: Jul 16, 2009 08:00 PM Author: By JAMES DAO Source: The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES original story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/health/views/17vets.html?em A new study has found that more than one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who enrolled in the veterans health system…
Info More information on “Why Zero?” Campaign MindFreedom has been asking the State of Oregon why we are one of the very few USA states with zero — 0 — funding for the state-wide voice of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Here’s where you can find additional information on this very good question! …
Info Here is a forwarded message via Michael Hlebechuk about a memorial for Oregon mental health consumer/psychiatric survivor activist David Romprey, a MindFreedom member, one year and one day after his death. All are welcome. Please forward to others, thanks. What Gathering When Jul 31, 2009 from 06:00 AM to 08:00 AM Where Salem, Oregon,…
This is an entry into info and updates about remembering David Romprey, including initial announcements about his death. Gateway to MindFreedom’s Area for Remembering David Romprey David Romprey was an Oregonian, psychiatric survivor, mental health consumer, advocate, community organizer, friend and supporter of MindFreedom and our social change movement. He especially remembered the most marginalized…