“Antipsychiatry” and “Consumerism”: Perspectives and Definitions

Info Document Actions Print this Professor Robert Emerick, who as studied the mental health consumer/psychiatric survivor movement for years, enters the debate with the pages of the American Psychiatric Association’s journal, Psychiatric Services. This is the third issue in six months covering controversies about the history and politics of our movement. “Antipsychiatry” and “Consumerism”: Perspectives…

American Psychiatric Association vs. MindFreedom International

Info The psychiatric profession is debating the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006 Psychiatric Services Cover October 2006 Over a six month period in three issues, an officialmagazine of the American Psychiatric Association called Psychiatric Serivces held a heated debateand analysis about the politics and history of the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006: The original essay…

Letters to editor in response to essay, “The Evolution of the Consumer Movement”

Info Document Actions Print this The American Psychiatric Association published a heated back-and-forth debate in the August 2006 issue of their _Psychiatric Services_ journal because of the June essay. The debate mentions MindFreedom International a number of times. The American Psychiatric Association published ten letters, including several by MindFreedom members, board and staff. Nine were…

Evolution of the Antipsychiatry Movement Into Mental Health Consumerism

Info Document Actions Print this The American Psychiatric Association published this essay in one of their official journals, Psychiatric Services, and it twists the history of the psychiatric survivor human rights movement and MindFreedom International, resulting in a torrent of letters. Evolution of the Antipsychiatry Movement Into Mental Health Consumerism Date Published: Jun 01, 2006…