Psychiatric Survivors Archives of MindFreedom International: “Fostering a Culture of Empowerment in Mental Health Care” By Maria L. Rose, Intern for MindFreedom International & Aciu! Institute On June 27, 2022, I had the opportunity to visit Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) newest exhibit in Portland featuring dozens of artifacts from the history of MindFreedom…
Help Us Raise the Shield with People Power! MFI has launched a campaign to support the Shield, one of MFI’s signature programs. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to keep the Shield in operation until we can find a way of permanently endowing/sustaining it through people power. Without your help, we will not be able…
Public Service Announcement: 1 July 2022 MindFreedom Invites New Groups to the Support Coalition Get organized and give freedom a voice in your area. The MFI Support Coalition is alive and growing! More information on MFI’s Support Coalition can be found here. MFI Executive Director, Ron Bassman said, “For decades the MFI Support Coalition has…
About the Topic What are the implications of granting the right to use suicide as healthcare to people with psychiatric diagnoses, ineffective healthcare, perceived disabilities, and undiagnosed medical problems? How does the conversation change when death becomes an approved outcome of healthcare? About the Speakers Anita Cameron (she/her) began working as Not Dead Yet‘s…
Update 6/27/2022 Independence Day is in a few days, but where is independence for David Italiano and thousands of other people who are institutionalized against their will? For those of you who are new, you can find more information about the Shield HERE or read up on all of the direct actions taken to find…
On June 13, 2022, MindFreedom International was very fortunate to be able to sit down with a wonderful delegation from the Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) at our office in Eugene, Oregon, USA. WILD is an amazing project convened by the great folks at Mobility International USA (MIUSA). Delegates from WILD met with…
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, our friends at PA ADAPT demanded Pennsylvania lawmakers find find and free David Italiano, a disabled person who was disappeared by his guardian for two years. They risked arrest to demand a meeting with Secretary Torres who heads the Department of Aging in PA to ask what are you going…
As a teenager, I hear the term “mental health” a lot. My peers and I definitely talk about our mental well-being more openly than people did in the past 50 years. It is for good reason that we do this—young people today are under a lot of stress with the pandemic, competitive job market, and the threat of global climate change constantly looming.
Viewing the Suicide Prevention Industry Through a Critical Lens A Recording is Now Available HERE Keris Jän Myrick, Karin Jervert, Robert Whitaker, and Rob Wipond will present on the topic of the suicide prevention industry this week, Wednesday, June 1st at 3:00 pm Pacific, 6:00 pm Eastern. Each Panelist will have twenty minutes to present.…
Support the MFI Shield: Stop Human Rights Abuses in Psychiatry! We are now raising funds for our Shield Campaign. MindFreedom International’s Shield advocates for people who have been deprived of their rights by the mental health system. These are rights to make the basic choices that many of us take for granted. With your help,…