Here is basic information about the historic 2003 hunger strike sponsored by MindFreedom International to demand evidence from the American Psychiatric Association and other mental health organizations of any “biological basis” of any major psychiatric disorder. This is your portal to information about the 2003 Fast for Freedom in Mental Health. Announcement and news release…
Note the specific statement made by the APA in the 4th paragraph: “Still, brain science has not advanced to the point where scientists or clinicians can point to readily discernible pathologic lesions or genetic abnormalities that in and of themselves serve as reliable or predictive biomarkers of a given mental disorder or mental disorders as…
15 December 2003 — Reply by Scientific Panel of the Fast for Freedom in Mental Health to the 26 September Statement by American Psychiatric Association. 15 December 2003 From: MindFreedom Support Coalition International 454 Willamette, Suite 216 PO Box 11284 Eugene, OR 97440 USA E-mail: office@mindfreedom.org To: James H. Scully, Jr., M.D., Medical Director American Psychiatric…
12 August 2003 — Letter from American Psychiatric Association to Fast for Freedom in Mental Health. August 12, 2003 Mr. David Oaks c/o Stuart Shipko, M.D. 97 W. Bellevue Drive Pasadena, CA 91105 Dear Mr. Oaks: I am acceding to your request that I send my response to your letter of July 28, 2003 to…
The original statement by the Fast for Freedom in Mental Health to the American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the US Office of the Surgeon General sparked an important exchange of letters and statements on the validity of the biochemical model of mental illness. Archived timeline of events from the Hunger…
28 July 2003 — Original Statement by the Fast for Freedom in Mental Health to the American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the US Office of the Surgeon General. A Hunger Strike to Challenge International Domination by Biopsychiatry This fast is about human rights in mental health. The psychiatric pharmaceutical complex…
When the American Psychiatric Association held their annual meeting in May, 2003 several hundred psychiatric survivors and activists gathered to protest. How to Have Mad Pride While You’re Protesting in Front of Thousands of Psychiatrists by David Oaks, Director, MindFreedom.org [2003] Brace yourself for some news: Some day, one of your friends or family members…
FAST FOR FREEDOM IN MENTAL HEALTH NEWS RELEASE – 21 August 2003 Hunger Strikers Demand Human Rights in Mental Health: American Psychiatric Association Replies PASADENA, CALIF: On Sat., 16 August 2003 six “psychiatric survivors” from throughout theUnited States arrived in Pasadena, Calif. and began a hunger strike to press for human rights and choice in…
Read what the press had to say about the 2003 hunger strike. The Washington Post (August 30, 2003) LA Times Magazine (October 23, 2003)
22 August 2003 — Reply by Scientific Panel for Fast for Freedom in Mental Health to the 12 August Letter from American Psychiatric Association. FAST FOR FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC PANEL REPLY TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION 22 August 2003 From:MindFreedomSupport Coalition International454 Willamette, Suite 216PO Box 11284Eugene, OR 97440 USA Phone: (541) 345-9106 Fax: (541) 345-3737E-mail:…