Info A few published letters to editor about changing the mental health system. One of the easiest ways you can change the mental health system is to submit a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. It’s one of the most read sections. Here are a few that have been published. Letter to editor…
Info Hearings are being held in US Congress on 8 May 2008 about the abuse of foster care youth by psychiatric drugging. Rep. Jim McDermott holds a hearing on psychiatric drugging in foster care. [forwarded message from US Congressperson Jim McDermott] ADVISORY FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON INCOME SECURITY AND FAMILY…
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 1 May 2008: An all-new MadMarket is launched! The MadMarket has hard-to-get books, DVD’s and gear about changing the mental health system. Proceeds support the human rights campaigns of MindFreedom International. New DVD in all-new MadMarket: Little Brother, BIG PHARMA Announcing The Launch Of The ALL-NEW MadMarket!!!! by Martin Rafferty, Director, MadMarket Have you…
Info A paper by Samantha Figueroa, available here as an MS Word document, on transitional justice and pychosocial rehabilitation in the aftermath of the civil war in Angola, Africa. angola-mental-health-samantha-figueroa.doc — Microsoft Word Document, 40Kb Document Actions Print this
Especially if you live in Lane County, Oregon, USA — though sometimes letters outside the region are printed — please consider e-mailing in your own letter to The Register-Guard about the topic of human rights and mental health. [Updated 19 Nov 2012] Please submit a letter to editor of The Register-Guard Here is the…
Info Document Actions Print this The weekly newspaper for Portland, Oregon, USA ran this story by long-time journalist/investigator Philip Dawdy, who himself is an individual diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Bitter Pill Date Published: Apr 02, 2008 01:00 AM Author: Philip Dawdy Source: Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon, USA original article: http://wweek.com/editorial/3421/10752/ ISSUE #34.21 NEWS Cover…
Info A United Nations treaty — or “convention” — on disability has been ratified by enough nations. It went into effect on 3 May 2008 and is now legally binding internationally. MindFreedom psychiatric survivor activists worked for years with hundreds of other advocates to achieve this victory. United Nations disability treaty goes into effect 3…
In the same month that the daily newspaper for Eugene, Oregon, USA began a debate about the wisdom of prescribing neuroleptic (“antipsychotic”) drugs, March 2008, by coincidence The Register-Guard also had a debate about the wisdom of allowing gifts from the pharmaceutical industry to doctors! The debate about drug company gifts began as a piece…