Info MindFreedom spoke out to the World Health Organization against the use of electroshock over the expressed wishes of the subject. As a result, in a WHO manual about the law and mental health, WHO came out in writing against involuntary electroshock. Here is the quote and citation. “Although significant controversy surrounds electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)…
Info MindFreedom spoke out to the World Health Organization against the use of electroshock over the expressed wishes of the subject. As a result, in a WHO manual about the law and mental health, WHO came out in writing against involuntary electroshock. Here is the quote and citation. “Although significant controversy surrounds electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)…
Info Document Actions Print this M-POWER, a MindFreedom International sponsor group, stands up for the rights of the mentally ill in emergency rooms. “The Human Condition” Date Published: Jun 03, 2008 01:00 AM Author: Lee Hammel Source: TELEGRAM & GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA THE HUMAN CONDITIONBy Lee Hammel TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF Former Worcester resident…
Info Restraint Information about restraint. “The Human Condition” M-POWER, a MindFreedom International sponsor group, stands up for the rights of the mentally ill in emergency rooms. “State cites preventable deaths in report on Sharp Grossmont” An article in the San Diego Union Tribune addressing preventable deaths in a La Mesa hospital, including the suffocation while…
Info Document Actions Print this A 2007 study found that electroshock during pregnancy can cause brain damage to the fetus. Study Says Electroshock During Pregnancy Is Dangerous to the Baby Date Published: Jun 02, 2008 01:00 AM Author: Chris Dubey Source: MindFreedom International In 2007, researchers of Maine Medical Center performed a study as to…
Info Washington Post: Michel Shango said he fled Congo after working as a journalist there. In America, he married and had children, but did not win asylum. Listen to Shango talk about his deportation experience. [Go to original Washington Post article to watch video.] Click to view full-size image… — Size: 50.3 kB Document Actions…
Info Document Actions Print this The Washington Post investigated and documented the use of “chemical restraint” on hundreds of immigrants being deported from the USA. Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation Date Published: May 14, 2008 01:00 AM Author: Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest | Washington Post Staff Writers Source: Washington Post, A1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/cwc_d4p1.html Immigrants…
Info Electroshock — also known as electroconvulsive therapy — was protested by MindFreedom members in Cork, Ireland; Ottawa, Canada; Montreal, Canada. Here are brief reports from each. MindFreedom Ireland in Cork, Ireland on 3 May 2008 protesting electroshock. BELOW are reports from three May 2008 electroshock protests: Cork, Ireland (photo in upper right); Ottawa, Canada;…
Info The Quebec Committee to ban ECT is honoring Mother’s Day with a gathering to say NO to ECT. What Social Event When May 10, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM Where Place Emilie-Gamelin (metro Berri-UQAM) Contact Name pare-chocs@hotmail.com Add event to calendar vCal iCal “PARE-CHOCS”Quebec Committee to ban ECT Say No to ECT!…
Info When New Zealand psychiatrist du Fresne tried to stop a TV station from interviewing a survivor of her own forced electroshock, the public was outraged. A court ruled that Dr. du Fresne had no legal leg to stand on. Psychiatrist Stephanie du Fresne forcibly electroshock clients, and then tries to silence them, in The…