Info Essay The Manifesto of a Noncompliant Mental Patient This excellent essay by psychiatric survivor member of MindFreedom International was first published in the Canadian publication Open Minds Quarterly. The author Aubrey Ellen Shomo is shown at left in below photo helping to staff the MindFreedom ‘free space’ at Alternatives 2007. Aubrey encourages you to…
Info A brief alert about how the American Psychiatric Association has closed the door on psychiatric survivor group involvement in the future and globalization of psychiatric labeling. [August 2011 update: a couple of the links that originally worked for more information in this article, no longer work. But for the record, they are still included.] …
Info Here are several Mad radio shows and one Non-Mad radio show you may listen to about changing the mental health system, all hosted by MindFreedom members who are psychiatric survivors! All may be heard on the web. Oryx and Will at the madness radio controls. MINDFREEDOM NEWS HOUR: Of course! MindFreedom’s own show each…
Info Document Actions Print this Abilify and other newer drugs may cause increased violence. A Tacoma Washington investigative reporter asks intelligent questions about akathisia and increased violence at Western State Hospital in Washington. “This has not been adequately studied” at any psychiatric hospital, said Dr. Stefan Kruszewski, an expert on psychoactive med side effects. “Most…
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 This is a summary of an article published in the May 2007 issue of the Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 195(5):406-414. Factors Involved in Outcome and Recovery in Schizophrenia Patients Not on Antipsychotic Medications: A 15-Year Multifollow-Up Study. Harrow, Martin PhD; Jobe, Thomas H. MD Abstract: This prospective longitudinal 15-year multifollow-up research studied…
Info An article about how taking neuroleptic psychiatric drugs is related to increased death rate. The 2006 research report by Matti Joukamaa, MD, PhD, et al. was published in British Medical Journal. Joukamaa-2006.pdf — PDF document, 260Kb Document Actions Print this