Ray Sandford of Minnesota lives at home out in the community in an assisted living group house basement apartment. Every few weeks he is escorted under court order for an involuntary outpatient electroshock, and he’s had about 40. MindFreedom has a campaign to end the forced electroshocks of Ray Sandford. what Work when Mar 25,…
Ray Sandford of Minnesota lives at home out in the community in an assisted living group house basement apartment. Every few weeks he is escorted under court order for an involuntary outpatient electroshock, and he’s had about 40. MindFreedom has a campaign to end the forced electroshocks of Ray Sandford. what Work when Apr 15,…
The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc. (ICSPP) is a sponsor group of MindFreedom. This is an excellent conference, especially to network dissident mental health professionals critical of the current psychiatric system. what Convention when Oct 09, 2009 05:00 AM to Oct 10, 2009 01:00 PM where Syracuse, NY, USA contact name…
Info You may download a PDF file of a two-page flier celebrating the life of Kate Waterbury. The flier was prepared by family and friends of Kate. [modified 20090228] flier-kate-waterbury.pdf — PDF document, 476Kb Document Actions Print this
Info Kate Waterbury: 12/18/1942 to 2/18/2009 Kate Waterbury was a long-time supporter of MindFreedom International, and a friend of MFI director, David Oaks. Kate supported wholistic and empowering care not only in the mental health system, and in health care in general. Kate Waterbury commemoration flier You may download a PDF file of a two-page…
Info Document Actions Print this A newspaper from the disputed territory of Kashmir reports that “Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) also called Doctors without Borders is donating an electroshock machine to this very poor region. MindFreedom International expresses its opposition. “MSF donates ECT accessories to Govt Psychiatric Hospital” Date Published: Feb 24, 2009 07:00 PM Source:…
Info MindFreedom sponsor organization Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) announces that it has won the Council on Global Psychiatry’s 2009 Human Rights award, and will be covered in an upcoming issue of Mother Jones magazine. MindFreedom International applauds MDRI for these accomplishments. While MindFreedom holds a peaceful protest outside of the APA meeting where MDRI…
Info The USA Government Accountability Office has found thousands of allegations of child abuse and neglect at residential programs for teens since the early 1990s. Tragically, in a number of cases, this abuse and neglect led to the death of a child. US House of Representatives approved legislation, and here is their news release. U.S.…
Info The most recent edition of a comprehensive bibliography on personal accounts of madness is now available. Gail Hornstein Professor Gail A. Hornstein at Mount Holyoke College has spent years creating a bibliography concerning personal accounts of madness written by survivorsthemselves or their family members, as well as anthologiesand critical analyses of the madness narrative…
Info The most recent edition of a comprehensive bibliography concerning (1) personal accounts of madness written by survivors themselves; (2) narratives written by family members; (3) anthologies and critical analyses of the madness narrative genre; and (4) websites featuring oral histories and other first-person madness accounts. Prepared by Gail A. Hornstein with assistance from Cheryl…