Info Here is the text of a united statement by a number of psychiatric survivor and mental health consumer/user groups that says, “We stand united in calling for an end to all forced and coerced psychiatric procedures and for the development of alternatives to psychiatry.” It is to be released publicly in Dresden, Germany on…
Info This is the version in deutsch: Several psychiatric survivor organizations, including MindFreedom International, helped develop and issue this call to end force and coercion in the mental health system. The timing of the statement is to coincide with a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) on the subject of coercion in psychiatry…
Info Several psychiatric survivor organizations, including MindFreedom International, helped develop and issue this call to end force and coercion in the mental health system. The timing of the statement is to coincide with a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) on the subject of coercion in psychiatry which is being held in Dresden…
Info wpa-dresden A number of psychiatric survivor and mental health consumer organizations have united to speak out directly inside a special conference by the World Psychiatric Association on the topic of ending coercion and force in the mental health system. Psychiatric Survivor Organization Dialogue at World Psychiatric Association Coercion Conference At a special meeting of…
Info John McCarthy flew in from Cork, Ireland to help represent MindFreedom in 2006 meetings in the United Nations to create a successful “Convention” or treaty about disability and human rights. Here’s John’s first hand report about the experience. by John McCarthy MindFreedom Delegate to the UN You cannot imagine the pride I felt as…
Info Psychiatrist and Director of Harvard’s Asia Center. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 41.0 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Document Actions Print this This interview by the Boston Globe of professor Arthur Kleinman — author, psychiatrist, anthropologist, and Director of Harvard’s Asia Center — touches on the medicalization of psychiatry, and cross-cultural mental health issues. Q&A with Arthur Kleinman Date Published: Jul 22, 2006 08:00 PM Author: Harvey Blume Source: Boston Globe “AFTER…
Info Globalization of psychiatry Concern about expansion of the mental health industry to poor & developing countries. Q&A with Arthur Kleinman This interview by the Boston Globe of professor Arthur Kleinman — author, psychiatrist, anthropologist, and Director of Harvard’s Asia Center — touches on the medicalization of psychiatry, and cross-cultural mental health issues. Arthur Kleinman…
Info This essay celebrates the MindFreedom delegation once again entering the United Nations, in this case on Martin Luther King, Jr. day, 16 January 2006. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Why MLK, Jr. Would Be Pleased! by David Oaks, Director MindFreedom International Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2006! Today, the United Nations again begins…
Info The World Health Organization announced they are dedicating International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2005 to all people diagnosed with mental disorders “and the all-too-prevalent violations of their basic human rights.” Benedetto Saraceno, MD, Director; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse World Health Organization [photo credit: MindFreedom] To draw attention to this crisis…