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Links for more info on connection of “food and mood”

Front PageBy Sarah Smith March 12, 2013

As part of the MFI Initiative on Food Justice & Mental Health, a guide of links is being created on the topic. This will be an ongoing growing list. Food and Mood: Partners in Crime: Resources Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault http://coalitionagainstpsychiatricassault.com/ PsychOut 2011 http://www.theopalproject.org/psychout.html MindFreedom International https://mindfreedom.org/ Sandra Sweetman http://www.mydivineblueprint.com/ Sandi Lyotomaki : The Conscious Traveller http://www.conscioustraveller.com/ In Defense…

A Video Message from David W. Oaks: Support Creative Maladjustment Week!

Front PageBy Sarah Smith February 18, 2013

Info On February 17th (Giordano Bruno Day), David thanks his supporters and urges them to celebrate their CREATIVE MALADJUSTMENT! Learn more about the upcoming Creative Maladjustment Week (July 7-July 14, 2013) at the NEW website: www.cmweek.org. You’ll see creative ideas for events you can host anywhere in the world to honor the creatively maladjusted,…

CLARIFICATION: the Action for Oaks Fund and the David W Oaks Irrevocable Trust Fund

Front PageBy Sarah Smith January 31, 2013

Info A message from the Staff and Board of MindFreedom International On 1 December 2012, MFI Executive Director David Oaks sustained a serious injury from a fall which resulted in him breaking his neck. While trying to get news out to members and support David and his family, we invited people to support not only MFI but…

Findings from the Hope In Mental Health Care Survey now available!

Front PageBy Sarah Smith December 29, 2012

Info Well over 1,000 individuals – many of them MindFreedom members and supporters – participated in this important survey gathering information on messages of hopelessness in mental health care. Download the results now. You can download the Hope in Mental Health Care final survey summary here. Click here to download the final survey summary. The…

David W. Oaks’ Message To the World: “Cracking the Nut of Normality”

Front PageBy Sarah Smith December 26, 2012

Info A letter from David, who says: “The silver lining in this event has been witnessing the love between us all.” David accepts an award from the Eugene Human Rights Commission in 2003. Photo by John Jordan-Cascade Dear Friends, family, colleagues, and supporters, After 4 decades as a psychiatric survivor human rights activist and 3…

Paula J. Caplan and the “DSM 9” call upon the APA to stop the harm of psychiatric diagnosis

Front PageBy Sarah Smith December 21, 2012

Info Paula J. Caplan, dissident psychologist and human rights activist, is working with a group of psychiatric survivors and allies to officially call upon the American Psychiatric Association [APA] to stop the harm that often results from psychiatric diagnosis. Jenny McClendon, one of the DSM 9, has told her story of harm by psychiatric diagnosis…

ACTION FOR OAKS Fund

Front PageBy Sarah Smith December 19, 2012

Donate to the special MindFreedom fund honoring David W. Oaks to boost the MFI projects nearest and dearest to his heart! As many of you know, our founder and executive director for the past 25+ years, David Oaks, recently suffered a serious accident and broke the C7 bone in his neck. David has a long…

Monday, December 10th is a DAY FOR DAVID

Front PageBy Sarah Smith December 7, 2012

Everyone who can will be sending positive energy, good thoughts, love, and prayers towards David & Family, wishing him a speedy recovery! On December 1st, 2012, David Oaks fell off a loft ladder while trying to retrieve Bongo (his cat) from a loft in his home office. An MRI as well as other imaging testing…

California

Front PageBy Sarah Smith November 30, 2012

This page lists just some of the resources on the thriving movement activity in California to change the mental health system. Last updated 30 November 2012. Welcome to Organizing in California! Please network with each other, exchange news, and make any corrections or suggestions, etc. about this list — which is definitely incomplete — to the…

Indiana

Front PageBy Sarah Smith November 28, 2012

This page lists some of the resources on movement activity in Indiana to change the mental health system. Last updated November 28, 2012. Welcome to Organizing in Indiana! Please network with each other, exchange news, and make any corrections or suggestions, etc. about this list — which is definitely incomplete — to the brand new MindFreedom…

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