PDF of MindFreedom Journal #50
Info This is a full-color downloadable PDF of MindFreedom Journal #50, from winter 2009-2010. It is 16 pages, and a little over one meg (1.2 megs). mfj-50.pdf — PDF document, 1245Kb Document Actions Print this
MindFreedom Journal #50
Info MindFreedom Journal #50 Here you may download either a PDF or a text version of the MindFreedom Journal #50, published in Winter 2009-2010. PDF of MindFreedom Journal #50 This is a full-color downloadable PDF of MindFreedom Journal #50, from winter 2009-2010. It is 16 pages, and a little over one meg (1.2 megs). Text…
Mary Maddock, founder of MindFreedom Ireland, profiled
Info The Irish Sunday World, on 17 July 2011, profiled Mary Maddock. Mary used to be a nun, and ended up getting forced electroshock, along with coerced psychiatric drugging on which she became dependent. Mary, with help from her husband Jim, got free of the psychiatric system, and founded MindFreedom Ireland. This is a one-page…
‘Cuckoo’s Nest’: Wisconsin Newspaper Carries Electroshock Mini-Debate
Info Document Actions Print this Reporter Shawn Doherty wrote a very biased article about electroshock (electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) for her paper, Capitol Times in Wisconsin. She quotes five (5) credentialed experts in support of shock… and quotes zero (0) expert critics (though she mentions MindFreedom). The newspaper did publish letters by three MindFreedom members…
Report from opening of Rethinking Psychiatry
Info Earlier tonight, on Friday, 13 May 2011, the two-day symposium Rethinking Psychiatry began. There was some big news: Some of the participants had started a new foundation that won a $2 million dollar grant, to create information and research examples of model alternatives in mental health. Below are photos from tonight’s opening panel…
Minnesota Woman Says “No!” to Her Forced Outpatient Electroshock
Info Elizabeth Ellis, 67, and husband Robert stay home today, and do not report for another forced outpatient electroshock. How you can help. Robert (left) is the husband of Elizabeth K. Ellis (right) who is court ordered to receive forced electroshock on an outpatient basis. 27 January 2011 How you can support Elizabeth Ellis saying…
Victory: FDA Panel Votes to Require Testing of ECT Device After Survivors Testify at FDA Electroshock Hearing
Info GAITHERSBURG, MD: A panel for the US Food & Drug Administration voted to ask the FDA to require testing of the device used for electroshock. MindFreedom members testified at these public hearings on whether to regulate electroshock device. Loretta Wilson, electroshock survivor from Michigan, plans to testify. 29 January 2011 Victory: Food & Drug…
Media Ignore Key Perspective About Arizona Tragedy
Info Mass media have aired many perspectives about the tragic shooting in Tucson. MindFreedom director David Oaks points out media have largely ignored the voices of groups representing mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, with very few exceptions. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords has often expressed concern about mental health issues. Read blog entries by David…
Robert Whitaker on MFI Live Web Free Radio: Why are discussions about psychiatric drug controversies so often silenced?
Info On Saturday, 9 October 2010, MFI held a live, free Internet show with special guest author Robert Whitaker, and you can hear the archive. The US government has funded an annual meeting of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors for the past 25 years. But when their conference organizers decided to address controversies involving…
Is it taboo to discuss psychiatric drugs in mental health system funded events?
Info Is it taboo to discuss psychiatric drugs in mental health system funded events? When the conference Alternatives 2010 addressed the controversy of psychiatric drugs, their federal funders cracked down. Will we be able to have a full discussion of issues involving psychiatric drugs with this kind of repression? Robert Whitaker on MFI Live Web…