Info Document Actions Print this The main newspaper sold by low income and homeless people on the streets of Portland, Oregon, USA — Street Roots — covers the launch of the board of directors for the Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition. New mental health coalition organizes survivors for reform Date Published: Apr 04, 2008 01:00 AM Author:…
Info A United Nations treaty — or “convention” — on disability has been ratified by enough nations to go into effect on 3 May 2008. MindFreedom activists worked for years with hundreds of other advocates to achieve this victory. [11 May 2008 update] UN delegates Celia Brown, MFI Board President, and Janet Amegatcher, Executive Director…
Info David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom, is interviewed on OPB radio about his experience of forced psychiatric drugging, and MindFreedom’s opposition to forced mental health procedures. Oregon Public Broadcasting included segment about MindFreedom’s opposition to forced psychiatry. 21 March 2008 News alert by David Oaks, Director, MindFreedom International Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) broadcast a radio…
Info Mad Minutes Click here to watch people talk about their experience in the mental health care system. Mad Minutes Promotional A video introducing Mad Minutes Read More… Mad Minutes One The First Mad Minutes. Want to sumbit your own Mad Minutes? Get a friend to interview you asking three simple questions. What Have You…
Info Document Actions Print this The activist media “Dissident Voice” quotes MindFreedom about President Bush and the USA mental health system. Let’s Go Crazy: The Decline in US Mental Health Under Bush Date Published: Feb 11, 2007 01:00 AM Author: Heather Woksuch Source: Dissident Voice Factors linked with mental illness (including poverty, homelessness,violence and social…
Info Document Actions Print this One of the main newspapers for New York City — the NY Sun — ran this brief article about electroshock because the topic came up in coverage of a murder. MindFreedom director David Oaks is quoted criticizing electroshock. Shock Therapy Emerges As Detail in Therapist’s Killing Date Published: Feb 21,…
Info Download a copy of the 4 March 2008 news release from PsychRights and MindFreedom about combining the power of the court of law with activism to challenge the power of the psychiatric pharmaceutical industry. PsychRights-MFI-News-20080304.pdf — PDF document, 101Kb Document Actions Print this
Info NEWS RELEASE: PsychRights & MindFreedom have formed a joint effort to win battles against forced psychiatric drugging in both the court of law and court of public opinion. The effort targets human rights violations in California, Massachusetts and New York. The power of the pharmaceutical industry threatens the USA justice system. Download PDF of…
Info Document Actions Print this The main newspaper for Rochester, Minnesota carried a story about how MindFreedom International is calling for an investigation of the death of MFI member Michael Heston, who committed suicide after years of forced psychiatric drugging. Group calls for investigation of suicide at Federal Medical Center Date Published: Feb 16, 2008…
Info The conference organizers announced: “International perspectives on progressive notions of mental health recovery, family supports, community membership, ending forced impoverishment and system change requirements will be part of the focus of the conference. The meetings will feature leaders from across disability and aging and relate the efforts being made across the world to make…