Ask the USA Senate to Ratify the CRPD: Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Info {Updated August 30, 2012] An historic global disability treaty created in the United Nations with advice from hundreds of advocates, including a MindFreedom International team, now awaits in the USA for ratification. Please ask the USA Senate to pass this important global agreement. Celia Brown, MFI Board President, said, “Hopefully we’ll be able to…

Susan Rogers: Advocate for Human Rights in Mental Health

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Info Susan Rogers, who has been active in the consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement since 1984, has had a 36-year career as a writer, editor, public relations professional and public speaker. She has presented trainings, including keynotes, on various mental health-related subjects at a wide variety of national, statewide, and local conferences; has appeared on television and on…

Why get labeled? Describe yourself in the People’s DSM!

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Info Here’s a peaceful revolutionary response to psychiatry’s label bible, the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual” (DSM). MindFreedom Portland has launched a “People’s DSM” where you can describe yourself! People’s DSM says Boycott Normal! WE CAN DESCRIBE OURSELVES WITHOUT THEDSM Boycott Normal! by C.J. Lince & MindFreedom Portland     MindFreedom needs your help to createour…