Info Photos from Protest of American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting 2009 On 17 May 2009, psychiatric survivors and allies from five states peacefully protested in front of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, which was held in Moscone Center in San Francisco. MindFreedom International and California Network of Mental Health Clients co-sponsored the…
MindFreedom will hold a free meeting in advance of the protest of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. what Social Event when May 15, 2009 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM where San Francisco, California, USA contact name David W. Oaks contact phone (541) 345-9106 attendees All are welcome. add event to calendar vCal iCal…
HEY HAL AT NETCORPS! — I created this duplicate calendar entry a little while ago here at the airport…. today Friday, 15 May, FROM SCRATCH, because i thought maybe somehow when we created the event item last month we screws up. But this one is invisible, too, in the two “EVENTS” window…. so I’ll just…
Ray is scheduled for another forced electroshock today, Wednesday, 13 May 2009. As this is posted, Ray Sandford has apparently been brought the 15 miles north of his home to Mercy Hospital for another involuntary outpatient electroshock. Involuntary electroshock is nothing new. It has occurred since 1938. What is different this time is that was…
Ray Sandford is among those who are most marginalized, and most disempowered in our society. Yet, he and his supporters have had a number of “wins” this Spring. Let’s look at the role of what Gandhi called “Satyagraha” in campaigns, or “truth force.” In just the past few weeks, Ray has had a number of…
Info Document Actions Print this The Associated Press covered MindFreedom’s protests about Ray Sandford’s ongoing, involuntary, outpatient electroshock. Unfortunately, the AP quotes four “experts” — a psychiatrist, guardian, psychology professor and ethicist — who refuse to criticize Ray’s forced electroshock. MindFreedom offered AP plenty of experts who would speak against Ray’s forced electroshock, but AP…
Creative Support Takes On Psychiatric Corruption! When the American Psychiatric Association holds their large Annual Meeting in 2009 in San Francisco, once more MindFreedom International will be there to greet them with a nonviolent protest, co-sponsored by California Network of Mental Health Clients in a “Festival of Resistance.” All are invited to join us with…
Info Document Actions Print this Longtime mental health human rights activist and MindFreedom member Will Hall was recently the subject of an article about MAD PRIDE in Newsweek magazine. “Listening to Madness: Why some mentally ill patients are rejecting their medication and making the case for ‘mad pride.’” Date Published: May 02, 2009 10:00 AM…
Info For years NAMI — the National Alliance on Mental Illness — has had an official secrecy policy on the amount of funds NAMI receives from psychiatric drug companies. Because of a US Senate probe in April 2009, NAMI has now disclosed that for the past five years a majority of their funds — 56%…
Info Filed Under: community organizing in mental health I’m blogging this one early on a Sunday morning from a Motel 6 room in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area, where MindFreedom is having several actions to support the human right of Ray Sandford to say “no” to his involuntary electroshock. Well, it’s Day 3 of our…
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