Info Document Actions Print this This Philadelphia Inquirer probe uncovers hidden money ties between psychiatric drug manufacturers and nonprofit mental health groups such as NAMI and CHADD that promote these drugs. The journalist quotes MindFreedom director David Oaks: “… the entire paradigm is owned by the drug companies, and … the hazards of the drugs,…
Info Document Actions Print this Personal Stories Ted Chabasinski “When Miss Callaghan had discovered enough “symptoms,” I was sent to the Bellevue children’s psychiatric ward, to be officially diagnosed and to made an experimental animal for Doctor Bender. I was one of the first children to be “treated” with electric shock. I was six years…
Info A listing of guests from past weekly free internet broadcasts of MindFreedom News Hour with host David Oaks interviewing human rights activists and providers of alternatives to the mental health system. Past MindFreedom News Hour Shows 2/14/07 – Sascha DuBrul is a co-founder of the Icarus Project, an underground media project led by individuals…
Info MindFreedom Ireland representative John McCarthy inside the United Nations meeting on disability and human rights. (Photo by Tom Olin.) Click to view full-size image… — Size: 31.2 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Normality Screening Learn about these fun and educational direct actions and how you can do one in your own community! How to do a fun “Normality Screening”…and educate people about human rights at the same time! Several MindFreedom members introduced a “Normality Screening” guerilla theater event at the 2005 Oregon Country Fair that you…
Info Several MindFreedom members introduced a “Normality Screening” guerilla theater event at the 2005 Oregon Country Fair that you can easily do. A friendly Clown Troupe in the international network of Patch Adams clowns based in Florence, Italy taught MindFreedom International members to do this. Patch is a longtime MindFreedom leader through the sponsor group…
Info Frequently asked questions about Mad Pride WHAT’S THE BACK STORY ABOUT MAD PRIDE? Mad Pride celebrates the human rights and spectacular cultureof people considered very different byour society. Mad Pride may be celebrated anytime butis most often observed in the month ofJuly, usually on or around July 14,Bastille Day. 2011 marked the 30th anniversary…
Info Mad Pride celebrates the creativity, strength and resilience of thehuman spirit. It provides an opportunity to empowerpsychiatric survivors and raise public consciousness about humanrights through various activities such as art, theatre, music,poetry, protests, vigils and more. Since 1999 MindFreedom has promoted Mad Pride events internationally and we have now established a Mad Pride International…
Info Issue includes news about Global, USA, Media, Choice and Mad Pride Campaigns. Available now in paper, PDF, MS Word or Braille versions. Celia Brown, MFI board president, is on the cover of MF Journal #47, shown here speaking at a protest in front of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. The #47 issue of…
Info You may download a full-color PDF of MF Journal #47 free. MFI-journal-47.pdf — PDF document, 1291Kb Document Actions Print this
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