“Freeing Your Mind”

Info Document Actions Print this Utne magazine May/June 2006 issue had this full page about MindFreedom International’s work for human rights in psychiatry as part of a cover story theme called “Mind Games: When Brain Scientists Play with Our Heads.” “Freeing Your Mind” Date Published: May 01, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Keith Goetzman, Senior Editor…

Forced Drugging

Info Document Actions Print this This article in a Michigan’s newspaper on forced outpatient psychiatric drugging quotes MindFreedom member Gabe Hadd — who escaped psychiatric drugging via an underground railroad — and MindFreedom director David Oaks. Forced Drugging Date Published: Mar 01, 2006 01:00 AM Author: Scott Davis Source: The Saginaw News; Saginaw, Michigan, USA…

Wall St. Journal on outpatient forced psychiatric drugging

Info Document Actions Print this While this Wall St. Journal article mainly gives space to the main extremist psychiatrist who promotes forced psychiatric drugging of people in their own homes, it does feature two MindFreedom members and an “Underground Railroad” where some individuals have evaded involuntary outpatient commitment. Wall St. Journal on outpatient forced psychiatric…

Humor vs. Mental Health Screening in Eugene, Oregon

Info A short news article about using humor to challenge plans by President Bush to make “mental health screening” common throughout the USA for adults and children. _Eugene Weekly_ Eugene, Oregon, USA 29 September 2005 Northwest of Normality The Eugene-based nonprofit MindFreedom International will be screening people at the Eugene Celebration for “normality.” The street…

Still Crazy After All These Years

Info This cover story in the San Diego Reader about the late dissident psychiatrist and MindFreedom board member Loren Mosher and his Soteria experiment also quotes David Oaks, MindFreedom director. Dissident psychiatrist Loren Mosher 9 January 2003 by Jeannette De Wyze Sometime in the next few months, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases will…

Drug-free treatment promoter

Info Document Actions Print this A New Jersey, USA newspaper column spotlights MindFreedom International’s Choice in Mental Health Care Campaign, especially the need for alternatives to psychiatric drugs. Drug-free treatment promoter Date Published: May 23, 2006 03:00 AM Author: Tom Davis, Record Columnist Source: New Jersey _The Record_ David Oaks has a simple philosophy about…