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…
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…
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…
Here is a brief dialogue between a leader of Lane County’s health and human services department, and MindFreedom Lane County, about empowerment guidelines. Background: On 30 January 2010, MindFreedom Lane County e-mailed to Rob Rockstroh, director of Lane County Health and Human Services, asking for feedback about the timeline of events about developing guidelines for…
Filed Under: iaacm by David Oaks, director of MindFreedom International • MindFreedom is announcing the First Annual Creative Maladjustment Week. This can help the “mad pride” campaign, and reach the general public. Maybe you saw the announcement about Creative Maladjustment Week on MindFreedom’s home page here: Announcing First Annual Creative Maladjustment Week – 7 July…
Info Filed Under: activism by John Abbe, independent consultant to MindFreedom International. • Theater student Caitlin Belforti wants to incorporate ridiculous things mental health professionals have said into a piece she is writing on psychiatric survivors. Caitlin Belforti is working on a theater piece on the psychiatric survivor community for her thesis in Theater at…
Filed Under: kb_psych drugs By Sophie Faught, MFI Communications Coordinator • Antipsychotic prescriptions for kids on Medicaid in Kentucky jumped by 270% in the past decade. A new study released by researcher Michael Childress (of the University of Kentucky) found that antipsychotic prescriptions have increased tremendously for poor and disabled children insured by Medicaid in the…
The New York Times obituary on death of psychiatrist, author, academic and critic of his own mental health profession, Thomas Szasz, MD. Dr. Thomas Szasz, Psychiatrist Who Led Movement Against His Field, Dies at 92 Date Published: Sep 08, 2012 12:00 AM Author: Benedict Carey Source: The New York Times For original NY Times article, click here: …
Info Filed Under: media I listen to NPR a lot — the USA National Public Radio — but when it comes to mental health, they have tended to support a narrow, corporate view. Today’s show, 24 August 2012, featured neurologist Dr. David Eagleman. He made a pseudoscience argument against equality, the role of personal responsibility,…
Info The United Nations treaty called “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” (CRPD) is being debated in the USA Senate. We need to reply to some bizarre Internet rumors in the USA that are being spread against CRPD, and in fact against the very idea of an international human rights framework. Lately there…