Info Document Actions Print this This AP report says the American Psychological Association voted down a measure that would have prohibited members from assisting “interrogators.” Intead the group voted for a resolution restricting the manner in which members participated in interrogations. US Psychologists Scrap Interrogation Ban Date Published: Aug 20, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Sudhin…
Info This is an MFI Info Center on the American Psychological Association vote against a ban of psychologists from helping interrogators at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. military detention centers. Instead, the Association voted for a milder resolution that banned about a dozen interrogation techniques. Dissident psychologists protested the vote. Jade Lai holds a sign…
Info Document Actions Print this A French news service describes the vote of American Psychological Association on Sunday, 19 August 2007, about participation by psychologists in interrogation of prisoners. US psychologists limit roles in torture of military prisoners Date Published: Aug 19, 2007 03:00 AM Source: AFP News Brief The American Psychological Association on Sunday…
Info MindFreedom Warning: The combination of a heat wave and laws requiring people to take powerful psychiatric drugs in their own homes on an “outpatient basis” can kill. Mainstream media are not adequately warning the public. Neuroleptics, also known as “antipsychotics,” can suppress the ability of the body to adjust to heat. Heat plus neuroleptics…
Info Document Actions Print this The Chicago Tribune editorial board calls for freeing Larisa Arap, and criticizes coerced psychiatry… in Russia. It’s laudable for the Chicago Tribune and American Psychiatric Association speak out against psychiatric institutionalization and forced psychiatric drugging. It would be helpful if USA media and psychiatric organizations would speak out against the…
Info Here are three easy actions you can take from home to speak out for the release of journalist/activist Larisa Arap from a Russian psychiatric institution. Three Easy Actions You Can Take to Speak Out for Freedom of Larisa Arap 1) Please contact the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C. and ask for the release of…
Info Document Actions Print this An early article by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty with basic info about lock-up of journalist/activist Larisa Arap in a Russian psychiatric institution. Russia: Activist Sent To Psychiatric Unit After Exposing Health Facilities Date Published: Aug 02, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Chloe Arnold Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty MOSCOW,August 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) — An opposition activist has…
Info Document Actions Print this An article by RadioFree Europe/RadioLiberty about Russian journalist Larisa Arap who is receiving involuntary psychiatric drugging in a Russian psychiatric institution. Russia: Is Coercive Psychology Staging A Comeback? Date Published: Aug 17, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Svetlana Volskaya and Olga Vakhonicheva Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (RFE/RL) — It has been more than…
Info Document Actions Print this MindFreedom member Sue Westwind explores the intersection between what are typically called “nutritional” or “orthomolecular” and a wholistic approach to mental and emotional recovery. “Bridging Between Alternatives: Notes Toward a Unity of Mind, Body & Spirit.” Date Published: Aug 01, 2007 03:00 AM Author: by Sue Westwind Tried and…
Info Nutritional and Orthomolecular This is a folder about alternatives to the conventional mental health system that involve supplements, vitamins, nutrients, orthomolecular approaches, herbs., etc. “Bridging Between Alternatives: Notes Toward a Unity of Mind, Body & Spirit.” MindFreedom member Sue Westwind explores the intersection between what are typically called “nutritional” or “orthomolecular” and a wholistic…