Info Ron Unger is the Coordinator of the MindFreedom Lane County affiliate. He is also a full-time counselor in Eugene, Oregon, and listed on the MindFreedom Directory of Alternatives. Featured recently on the Mad In America blog, his post is titled, “Understanding Madness as a Revolution, Then Working Toward Peace.” Ron Unger is a counselor…
Info This November, the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry will host its 16th Annual Conference in Greensboro, NC. This year’s focus is “Rethinking Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based and Experience-Based Alternatives to the Medical Model.” 16th Annual Conference for the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry November 1-3, 2013Greensboro,…
Info For 31 years, the National Association for Rights, Protection and Advocacy has provided an educational conference with inspiring keynoters and outstanding workshops. It’s a great opportunity to learn from one another and come together as a community committed to social justice for people with psychiatric labels. You won’t want to miss it! NARPA 2013September…
Info Peter Breggin, MD, provides a new website with links to helpful blogs, as well as more than 125 scientific articles dealing with the effects of electroshock therapy (ECT). This is a great resource for those new to learning about ECT, as well as those who want to dig deeper. www.ECTresources.org a new hub of…
Info For 31 years, NARPA has provided an educational conference with inspiring keynoters and outstanding workshops. It’s a great opportunity to learn from one another and come together as a community committed to social justice for people with psychiatric labels. What Conference When Sep 26, 2013 12:00 AM to Sep 28, 2013 11:55 PM Where…
Info Creative Maladjustment Week is finally here!The week of July 7-14th 2013 we are definitely boycotting “normal” and raising awareness about human rights in the mental health system!Read more to find out about the events we have planned for Lane County, Oregon… Creative Maladjustment Week is here!July 7-14th 2013 we are Boycotting Normal and Raising…
Info Activist psychologist Paula Caplan celebrates Creative Maladjustment Week by sharing her play ‘Call me Crazy’ As many of you know, the subject of psychiatric diagnosis has been hotly debated in the news recently. A play I wrote called CALL ME CRAZY — a comedy-drama with music — is about psych diagnosis and, when done…
Info Activist psychologist Paula Caplan celebrates Creative Maladjustment week by sharing her play ‘Call Me Crazy’. For the first time this play has been filmed before a live audience. Watch the video here! How will you celebrate Creative Maladjustment week? Activist, psychologist, author and playwright Paula Caplan Paula Caplan’s play explores psychiatric labeling with comedic…
Download this 8.5×11 poster and share it with anyone you know who might be interested in protesting the APA’s 2013 conference in San Francisco, CA! CLICK HERE to download the protest poster now!
To celebrate 25 years of changing the mental health system, MindFreedom introduces the limited edition Mad Pride t-shirt! Thank you to Sarah Smith, mother of a psychiatric survivor, for posing in the new MFI t-shirt! Click on the image to see more detail. Check it out! MFI’s 25th Anniversary Mad Pride T-Shirt! Phone in your…