Info With the theme “Occupy Normal: Life After Labels,” the 8 October 2011 MFI Live Free Web Radio show was a success. Participants in several “Occupy” events throughout the USA talked about how the mental health consumer/psychiatric survivor movement can play a supportive role. Aki Imai is helping to launch the Boycott Normal Campaign. Update: …
Info Guests: ** BONFIRE MADIGAN SHIVE, musician and mental health activist, founding member of Icarus Project, featured on ABC-TV MAD PRIDE piece. ** RUTH RUTH, theater leader and chair of MFI Mad Pride Campaign. ** ANN RIDER reports live from NARPA conference. Host is MindFreedom’s director and psychiatric survivor DAVID W. OAKS, also a psychiatric…
Info Occupy the psychiatric industry with 2 special psychiatric survivor guests: C.J. LINCE (photo right) launched a “people’s” response to psychiatry’s label bible. ERICK FABRIS of Toronto was in the MFI studio about his new book exposing the practice of forced psychiatric drugging of people in their own homes, out in the community. Host: David…
Info This Sat., 10 Oct: Electroshock is theme with guests RAY SANDFORD, survivor of forced electroshock, and LINDA ANDRE, author of the book Doctors of Deception. Hear the latest on stopping FDA from de-regulating electroshock. ALSO: Guest RON UNGER on proposed resolution in front of City of Eugene Council that non-drug mental health alternatives are…
Info 14 January 2012 Show: Mental health consumers, psychiatric survivors, mental health professionals and other allies are protesting the American Psychiatric Association. Special guests: Ann Rider from Arizona, Debbie Plotnick from Philadelphia, and dissident psychologist Brent Robbins, who is leading one of the petitions against DSM-5. With your live calls. Boycott Normal! Host: David Oaks.…
Info Sat., 14 November: JIM GOTTSTEIN is an attorney, activist and psychiatric survivor. He’ll be the guest on the next MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Web Radio show. Listen and call in live. Jim Gottstein, founder of PsychRights, is next guest on MindFreedom Live Web Radio. [Update: The show went great, lots of calls! Miss the…
Info Dissident psychologist, author and playwright PAULA CAPLAN, PhD was guest on this Live Free MindFreedom Web Radio Call-in Show. She tells us why psychiatric labeling can be harmful, and why she is speaking at a protest of the American Psychiatric Association. Host: David Oaks. Above: Paula Caplan is a psychologist and playwright who is…
Info Sat., 12 December: What is your vision of a nonviolent revolution in mental health in 2010? Your calls are welcome on the next MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Web Radio show. Listen and call in live. Celia Brown, psychiatric survivor, MindFreedom board president, and United Nations leader. Your calls are welcome on this next live…
Info Attorney, activist, psychiatric survivor JIM GOTTSTEIN of Alaska was the guest on the Free MindFreedom Web Radio Show. Listen as Jim tells us why we should all “Occupy the American Psychiatric Association.” Host: David Oaks. Above: Jim Gottstein – psychiatric survivor attorney – is protesting the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. The below was…
Info On 13 February 2010, psychiatric survivor activists Lauren Tenney and Jim Gottstein (pictured here) were guests on MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Web Radio show. You can listen to the archive.. Host was David W. Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International. Lauren Tenney and Jim Gottstein are guests on MindFreedom Live Free Web Radio. [Update: This…