Info Dr. Benedetto Saraceno is a psychiatrist trained in public health who served as Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the World Health Organization (WHO) until February 2010. While at WHO, Dr. Saraceno has made a number of supportive statements about MindFreedom International and its director, David Oaks. Dr. Saraceno…
Info Document Actions Print this The magazine Vanity Fair has an article about globalization of pharmaceutical industry, especially about huge increase in the way people in poor countries are used as guinea pigs to test all kinds of drugs, including psychiatric: Deadly Medicine Author: Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele Source: Vanity Fair Full…
Info Document Actions Print this This is a review by Andrew Rasmussen of the book “Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche” by Ethan Watters. The review is published by STATS, affiliated with George Mason University in Virginia, USA. Americanizing the global mind? Date Published: Mar 15, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Andrew Rasmussen,…
Info Document Actions Print this In this New York Times article, Ethan Watters explores the impact of the spread of American culture on the understanding of mental health issues outside of the United States. “The Americanization of Mental Illness” Date Published: Jan 10, 2010 12:00 AM Author: Ethan Watters Source: The New York Times For…
Info MindFreedom is one of the co-sponsors of a national tour by the US Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry. Here is current information available. The U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry presents THE “HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL” TOUR COMMUNITY TEACH-INS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY FOR USERS AND SURVIVORS OF…
Info Norwegian Television (NRK 1) will present a documentary about coerced psychiatry on October 28, 2008. Scene from Documentary on Forced Psychiatry Hamar, Norway 28th Oct. 2008 To MindFreedom On the 28th October the Norwegian TV (NRK 1) will present a documentary about forced psychiatric treatment, based on the stories of two young…
Info Norway Information on mental health human rights in Norway. Documentary on Coerced Psychiatry Norwegian Television (NRK 1) will present a documentary about coerced psychiatry on October 28, 2008. Document Actions Print this
Info Document Actions Print this A piece by Kate Millett, read at the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York City on January 18, 2005. “Freedom from Torture or Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment” Date Published: Jan 17, 2005 07:00 PM Author:…
Info Article 12 in the new United Nations Disability Convention is considered a significant step toward establishing the human rights of those who have been discriminated against because of mental disability label, such as through forced psychiatric procedures. Here is the text of Article 12. Article 12 – Equal recognition before the law 1.States Parties…
Info Young Man in Nepal Forcibly Restrained and Drugged This folder contains information and photographs that were forwarded to MindFreedom. Akal was 21 when he was admitted to a mental health facility in December 2007. There he was chained to a bed and forcibly drugged. Thanks to the efforts of a concerned individual in Nepal,…