A national coalition composed of groups run by mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors issues a statement to the media. WASHINGTON (4/20/07) – The National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations an organization of people with psychiatric histories, asks that everyone learn from the tragic events at Virginia Tech, in which a student was responsible for 33…
Info On 1 April 2007 — April Fools Day — in the city of Pune in India, a mental health center held a major event promoting electroshock. The organizers of the promotion covered up hazards about electroshock and gave false information. MindFreedom has a sponsor group in Pune, Center for Advocacy in Mental Health, a…
Info Steve Miccio, director of a mental health consumer group called “Project to Empower and Organize the Psychiatrically Labeled (PEOPLe)” in New York State that is staffed by people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. *A Call to Action* By Steve Miccio, executive director PEOPLe, Inc.; immediate Past President, NYAPRS Whenever there is a tragedy of any…
Info Document Actions Print this Virginia Tech Anguishes Over Missed Signals Date Published: Apr 21, 2007 03:00 AM Author: ADAM GELLER Source: Associated Press via Washington Post BLACKSBURG,Va. — The student slouched into his chair, his face wrapped insunglasses, the brim of his baseball cap pulled down so low his eyeswere almost lost. The Virginia…
Info MindFreedom endorses this important protest in Toronto, Canada of forced electroshock. What Meeting When May 13, 2007 from 07:00 AM to 09:00 AM Where Toronto, Montreal & Ireland Contact Name Don Weitz Contact Phone 416-545-0796 Add event to calendar vCal iCal Mother’s Day protests of electroshock are now planned in Montreal, Toronto and Ireland.…
Info Selected media chronology related to news and analysis about the interaction of the mental health system with Seung-Hui Cho. Virginia Tech 6 May 2007 Personal reflections by a psychologist who identifies as an individual who has had mental health care: Al Galves calls for more alternatives in an essay about the Virginia Tech Tragedy.…
Info Document Actions Print this The NY Times discloses that Cho Seung-Hui had been evaluated inside of a psychiatric facility. Officials Knew Troubled State of Killer in ’05 Date Published: Apr 19, 2007 03:00 AM Author: SHAILA DEWAN and MARC SANTORA Source: The New York Times BLACKSBURG, Va., April 18 — Campus authorities were aware…
Info MindFreedom Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about Cho. MF-Virginia filed this FOIA because of press reports that the Virginia Medical Examiner has said he will not release toxicology or autopsy reports about Cho. Such reports could shed light on whether or not Cho was on a psychiatric drug at…
Info MindFreedom Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request about Cho. MF-Virginia filed this FOIA because of press reports that the Virginia Medical Examiner has said he will not release toxicology or autopsy reports about Cho. Such reports could shed light on whether or not Cho was on a psychiatric drug at…
Info Document Actions Print this While all the information is not in, the Associated Press reports there are indications that Cho Seung-Hui may have been on prescribed antidepressant psychiatric drug. Virginia Tech Massacre shooter may have been on psychiatric drugs Date Published: Apr 17, 2007 03:00 AM Author: MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Source: Atlanta…