Info Document Actions Print this The student newspaper for Northeastern University covered a vigil by MindFreedom Maine outside a speech by Kitty Dukakis in Boston. Ms Dukakis co-authored a book that, while warning of memory problems from electroshock, mainly praises the procedure. MindFreedom members are quoted in the article as saying that the book unfairly…
Info Document Actions Print this This newspaper from the home city of Eli Lilly – Indianapolis – covered the announcement that the Food & Drug Administration is forcing the drug company giant to emphasize a warning about certain hazards related to their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. The article quotes MindFreedom director David Oaks as calling the…
A disability show on the radio station for the University of San Francisco will interview director of MindFreedom International, David Oaks. Listen when it airs on Sunday, 26 August 2007, at 12:30 pm pacific time. David Oaks, Director, MindFreedom International On Sunday, 26 August 2007, at 12:30 pm pacific time (3:30 pm eastern time) you…
Info Document Actions Print this The weekly newspaper in Portland, Oregon provided an overview about progress in uniting the national movement of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. The Guinea Pigs’ Rebellion Date Published: Sep 01, 1999 03:00 AM Author: CHRIS LYDGATE Source: Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, USA The movement for the rights of mental…
Info ABC News web site ran a “pro and con” piece about so-called “new” electroshock using supposedly brief pulse electricity to induce a convulsion. Several movement activists and MindFreedom members, including director David Oaks, are quoted. You can comment on the ABC web site. ABC used an image from the film “One Flew Over the…
Info Document Actions Print this This article in the San Francisco Weekly mentions MindFreedom and quotes MFI board member Matt Morrissey from the MFI sponsor group Full Spectrum. The writer explores the life and perspective of those struggling to find non-drug alternatives for mental and emotional problems and differences. Just Say No Date Published: May…
Info Document Actions Print this The publication National Journal ran an article that seems to slant toward more forced psychiatric procedures, and appears to blame the 1960’s “counter-culture” for the Virginia Tech tragedy. But at least the piece quotes MindFreedom director David Oaks a few times, such as about the importance of hearing from those…
Info On Friday, 16 February 2007 at 2:30 pm PST or 5:30 pm EST you may hear Pacifica Radio’s “Pushing Limits” show feature an interview with David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International. Part two of the show airs 2 March 2007. David Oaks, Director, MFI News Release from KPFA-FM – Pacifica Radio Pushing Limits presents…
Info “Biological Psychiatry: A Practice in Search of a Science” is an academic article which includes coverage of the MindFreedom 2003 hunger strike. The piece, by W. Joseph Wyatt & Donna M. Midkiff of Marshall University, was published in the peer-reviewed online journal Behavior and Social Issues, 15, 132-151 (Fall/Winter 2006), and may be downloaded…
Info A few of the mainstream and alternative media that have mentioned or covered MindFreedom International. DISCLAIMER: MFI lists articles for non-commercial public education, author is responsible for content; forwarding in no way implies endorsement of all or part. Mary Maddock, founder of MindFreedom Ireland, profiled The Irish Sunday World, on 17 July 2011, profiled…