Info 28 August 2007 update: The attorneys for “Simone D.” announced today that her planned forced electroshock in a New York State psychiatric institution has been halted because of a new court ruling they won this morning! MindFreedom had issued a human rights alert to say “no” to Simone D.’s forced electroshock. Next step: End…
Info 2 July 2007 update: Simone D. has had more then 200 forced electroshocks. The State of New York went to court to give even more. Simone D.’s attorney, Dennis Feld, fought valiantly. But the courts agreed to order even more forced electroshock. Electroshock is also known as electroconvulsive therapy or ECT. Creedmoor Psychiatric Center…
Info Mad Pride 2006 events around the world are especially extensive in locations in four nations: the west African nation of Ghana; Vancouver and Toronto, Canada; England; and Albany, New York, USA. Mad Pride Rows With Many Oars! Here are just a sample of last year’s Mad Pride 2006 events: ACCRA, GHANA, AFRICA: MindFreedomGhana held…
Info Document Actions Print this Neuroleptic psychiatric drugs (sometimes called “antipsychotics”) are increasingly being given to Canadian youth. Young Canadian children are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs Date Published: Jun 18, 2007 01:00 AM Author: Sharon Kirkey Source: CanWest News Service Source to original article. Antipsychotics are being widely prescribed to children with behaviour and mood…
Info Document Actions Print this This Washington Post article explores the enormous shift in children’s time from outdoors to indoors in just the past few years. Getting Lost in the Great Indoors Date Published: Jun 19, 2007 03:00 AM Author: Donna St. George, Washington Post Staff Writer Source: Washington Post, Page A01 Many Adults Worry…
Info Keynote speech from June 7, 2007, by Dorothea Buck, Honorary Chair of the German Bundesver-band Psychiatrie-Erfahrener, at the congress “Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review”, run by the World Psychiatric Organisation in Dresden, Germany, June 6 – 8, 2007. This is in PDF format. buck-wpa-2007-e.pdf — PDF document, 78Kb Document Actions Print this
Info INDIANAPOLIS, June 12 (UPI) — Indianapolis-based drug giant Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday it settled 900 more product liability claims against its top-selling drug Zyprexa. Lilly settles 900 Zyprexa claims Business, World | June 13, 2007 http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/45372 INDIANAPOLIS, June 12 (UPI) — Indianapolis-based drug giant Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday it settled 900…
Info Here are more than a dozen examples of Martin Luther King, Jr. passionately exclaiming his pride in being “psychologically maladjusted” and repeatedly calling for an International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM). [updated 2 July 2012] Please email this ‘thank you’ to all you feel are creatively maladjusted! Did you know you…
Info Here are more than a dozen examples of Martin Luther King, Jr. passionately exclaiming his pride in being “psychologically maladjusted” and repeatedly calling for an International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM). [updated 2 July 2012] Please email this ‘thank you’ to all you feel are creatively maladjusted! Did you know you…
Info Here are more than a dozen examples of Martin Luther King, Jr. passionately exclaiming his pride in being “psychologically maladjusted” and repeatedly calling for an International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM). [updated 2 July 2012] Please email this ‘thank you’ to all you feel are creatively maladjusted! Did you know you…