All who support the voice of mental health clients in Lane County, Oregon are invited to this quarterly meeting of the Opal Network coalition meeting. The topic this time: Non-Drug Alternatives in Mental Health. what Meeting when Aug 31, 2010 from 02:30 PM to 04:30 PM where Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library, Oregon contact name David Oaks contact…
25th anniversary of this legal advocacy conference about human rights of people labeled with mental disabilities by National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy. what when Nov 15, 2006 09:00 AM to Nov 15, 2010 03:00 PM where Baltimore, Mayland, USA contact phone 205-464-0101 add event to calendar vCal iCal National Association for Rights Protection and…
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The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts uses pain to try to change behavior of young people in Massachusetts diagnosed with mental disabilities. Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) investigated, and told the UN it’s “torture.” ABC-TV reports that a UN representative agreed it’s “torture.” MindFreedom International called it “psychiatric torture.” But psychiatrist and Harvard law…
I challenge the editors of The San Francisco Chronicle to voluntarily try taking a strong dose of an antipsychotic psychiatric medication, also known as a neuroleptic. See what it’s like. The Chronicle editors has been spending Spring 2010 promoting and pushing laws to make it easier to forcibly give psychiatric drugs to people living outside…
SAFE, Inc. sued Lane County, Oregon. After three weeks of testimony, the jury reached its decision on Friday, 4 June 2010. While the jury ruled against SAFE, Inc., the jury awarded Lane County no money. Here is a forwarded news release provided by SAFE, Inc. following that decision, and the authors are responsible for the…
The Eugene Register-Guard published four stories in Spring 2010 about the challenges facing the community center run mainly by mental health consumers in Springfield, Oregon, known as SAFE, Inc. Also known as Wonderland, they ran a mental health clinic Valia. Lane County shut down the program, and SAFE, Inc. sued. Below are the Register-Guard stories…
Here is the text used for a keynote speech delivered by David W. Oaks on 7 May 2010 at the PsychOut Conference, in Toronto, Canada. The actual speech as delivered was a bit different and somewhat abridged. PsychOUT: A Conference for Organizing Resistance Against Psychiatry 7 May 2010 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada Planet…
On Saturday, 8 May 2010, at the end of the PsychOUT conference, participants worked on the wording of a resolution about electroshock. Electroshock: Position of the PsychOut Conference 1. WHEREAS research has established to a level of statistical significance that electroshock causes brain damage by causing seizure and through the electrical current, and indeed, that…