Update: Revised Bill Passes April 8, 2024. The amended bill passed both the House and the Senate on April 3rd and the Governor signed it on April 8th. It is set to go into effect July 1st. Update: Not Dead Yet? March 28, 2024. There was a series of procedural moves resulting in an amendment…
Update: March 21st, 2024 Latest News 1. Positive developments In response to a series of emails addressed to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) and their Adult Clinical Community Services (ACCS), in which And Steiner (pronouns: it/its) and its many advocates expressed concern about DMH’s plans to forcibly and prematurely discharge And…
You’re invited to join us for the third Judi’s Room of 2024! Event Details • Topic: A conversation about involuntary commitment with Rob Wipond • Date: Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 • Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard | 6 AM Eastern Australia…
New Board Members We have two new Board members: Dina Tyler in California and Kristina “KK” Kapp in Ohio. Dina Tyler is an individual and family counselor in private practice. She specializes in extreme states of consciousness often labeled as psychosis or mania. Using breathwork, she trains family members, supporters, and providers to compassionately hold…
Monirul, a member of MindFreedom International who lives in Bangladesh, has created a new website called MindfulRights at https://www.mindfulrights.rf.gd in order to promote human rights in various fields in Bangladesh including mental health care and to raise public awareness of related issues within the country. Although the site is still a work in progress, it…
Shield Program We are working on two active Shield campaigns: 1. Dawn Dziuba (pronouns: she/her) is an attorney who has been forcibly held at Forensic Treatment Center South in St. Louis, Missouri for nine years. She believed that her colleagues at Washington University in St. Louis were unlawfully using federal funds and blew the whistle,…
A legislative measure known as Proposition 1 will soon be up for vote in California in the US on the state’s March 5th, 2024 ballot. We at MindFreedom International stand with Cal Voices and Disability Rights California in opposing this proposition on the grounds that it facilitates coercive psychiatric treatment and fails to adequately address…
About This Event • Date: Wednesday, March 6th 2024 • Time: 3:00 PM Pacific | 4:00 PM Mountain | 5:00 PM Central | 6:00 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard | 6:00 AM Eastern Australia | 7:00 PM Brazil Standard | 11:00 PM UK • Platform: Zoom • Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189 About the Topic From SAFE‘s…
Join us for the first Judi’s Room of 2024 Detroit Peer Respite and the Kiva Centers, Different Models with the Same End: Centering People with Lived Experience to Support Individuals in Distress Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 3 PM PST Registration is required. Despite experiencing recent reductions in staff, MindFreedom International will continue to host…
– Join us for the last Judi’s Room of 2023 – Challenging the Broken Guardianship System Wednesday, December 6, 2023 3:00 PM Pacific 4:00 PM Mountain 5:00 PM Central 6:00 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard 6 AM Eastern Australia, 12 PM Hawaii, 7 PM Brazil Standard, 11 PM in Ireland & UK Pre-registration is required.…