Info Document Actions Print this The Icarus Project and Freedom Center’s 40-page guide gathers information about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, withdrawal, detailed resource section, information for people staying on their medications, and much more. Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off…
Info Document Actions Print this Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide created by The Icarus Project and Freedom Center. Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs Guide The Icarus Project and Freedom Center’s 40-page guide gathers thebest information we’ve come across and the most valuable lessons we’velearned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includesinfo on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics,…
Info Psychiatrist tries to silence forced electroshock survivor In New Zealand, a psychiatrist, Stephanie du Fresne, was administering involuntary electroshock (also known as electroconvulsive therapy). During an outing the recipient of the electroshock went to a TV station and got on national television about her human rights abuse. Dr. du Fresne filed a complaint against…
Info These are items gathered by MindFreedom about mental health care, the psychiatric profession, advocacy, humane alternatives and more. This information is gathered for public education, and does not necessarily reflect the position of MindFreedom and its board. Nothing on MindFreedom.org or in our material should be construed as an attempt to offer or render…
Info These are items gathered by MindFreedom about mental health care, the psychiatric profession, advocacy, humane alternatives and more. This information is gathered for public education, and does not necessarily reflect the position of MindFreedom and its board. Nothing on MindFreedom.org or in our material should be construed as an attempt to offer or render…
Info These are items gathered by MindFreedom about mental health care, the psychiatric profession, advocacy, humane alternatives and more. This information is gathered for public education, and does not necessarily reflect the position of MindFreedom and its board. Nothing on MindFreedom.org or in our material should be construed as an attempt to offer or render…
Info These are items gathered by MindFreedom about mental health care, the psychiatric profession, advocacy, humane alternatives and more. This information is gathered for public education, and does not necessarily reflect the position of MindFreedom and its board. Nothing on MindFreedom.org or in our material should be construed as an attempt to offer or render…
Info A MindFreedom member forwards these quotes from leaders in the psychiatric profession who point out that science is still lacking for the neurobiological theories in the mental health field that many falsely assume have been proven. “Although the past two decades have produced a great deal of progress in neurobiological investigations, the field has…
Info Mental Patients Liberation Alliance based in New York State was one of the founding sponsor groups of the MindFreedom International “Support Coalition.” Here is their official position on mental health courts, which are special separate courts for people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders who have been accused of committing crimes. MENTAL PATIENTS LIBERATION ALLIANCE MENTAL…
Info UK’s Guardian newspaper covers the news that a major study says SSRI antidepressant psychiatric drugs are no better than placebo. Capsules of Fluoxetine, the generic name for Prozac. Photograph Joe Raedle/Getty Images Original article click here. UK Guardian – 26 February 2008. A bitter pill Millions of prescriptions for SSRIs are written up in…