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…
Info Document Actions Print this The LA Times profiles MindFreedom International and director David Oaks. Losing the Mind: David Oaks and Others in the ‘Mad Pride’ Movement Believe Drugs Are Being Overused in Treating Mental Illness, and They Want the Abuse to Stop. Date Published: Oct 26, 2003 01:00 AM Author: David Davis Source: Los…
Info Document Actions Print this Utne magazine May/June 2006 issue had this full page about MindFreedom International’s work for human rights in psychiatry as part of a cover story theme called “Mind Games: When Brain Scientists Play with Our Heads.” “Freeing Your Mind” Date Published: May 01, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Keith Goetzman, Senior Editor…
Info Document Actions Print this This article in a Michigan’s newspaper on forced outpatient psychiatric drugging quotes MindFreedom member Gabe Hadd — who escaped psychiatric drugging via an underground railroad — and MindFreedom director David Oaks. Forced Drugging Date Published: Mar 01, 2006 01:00 AM Author: Scott Davis Source: The Saginaw News; Saginaw, Michigan, USA…
Info Document Actions Print this Wall Street Journal had a debate in its letters to the editor about forced outpatient psychiatric drugging of people living at home. A MindFreedom letter announces support for those seeking “underground railroads,” and challenges WSJ’s labeling of members. Wall St. Journal letter-to-editor debate on forced drugging. Date Published: Feb 22,…
Info Document Actions Print this While this Wall St. Journal article mainly gives space to the main extremist psychiatrist who promotes forced psychiatric drugging of people in their own homes, it does feature two MindFreedom members and an “Underground Railroad” where some individuals have evaded involuntary outpatient commitment. Wall St. Journal on outpatient forced psychiatric…
Info Richard Dean Townsend — a long-time client of the mental health system — was shot four times by police in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and died. This led to a call for more forced psychiatric drugging. Here a Corvallis reporter looks at the other side of the story, including by interviewing David Oaks, director of…
Info A short news article about using humor to challenge plans by President Bush to make “mental health screening” common throughout the USA for adults and children. _Eugene Weekly_ Eugene, Oregon, USA 29 September 2005 Northwest of Normality The Eugene-based nonprofit MindFreedom International will be screening people at the Eugene Celebration for “normality.” The street…
Info This cover story in the San Diego Reader about the late dissident psychiatrist and MindFreedom board member Loren Mosher and his Soteria experiment also quotes David Oaks, MindFreedom director. Dissident psychiatrist Loren Mosher 9 January 2003 by Jeannette De Wyze Sometime in the next few months, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases will…
Info Document Actions Print this A New Jersey, USA newspaper column spotlights MindFreedom International’s Choice in Mental Health Care Campaign, especially the need for alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Drug-free treatment promoter Date Published: May 23, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Tom Davis, Record Columnist Source: New Jersey _The Record_ David Oaks has a simple philosophy about…