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…
Media report that the alleged shooter in the recent atrocity in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater quit his role as a neuroscience PhD student last month. It’s too early to make any conclusions, but there are questions. Were university authorities aware he was a troubled student? What kind of help was offered? Did he choose…
When 200 people, mainly psychiatric survivors, protested in front of the American Psychiatric Association… there was something missing. A surprising footnote to the 5 May 2012 protest in Philadelphia reveals that Dr. Allen Frances “vocally opposed” support for the event, behind the scenes. MindFreedom International News Investigation Revealed: Behind-The-Scenes “Vocal Opposition” by Psychiatrist Against MindFreedom International Protest…
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