Info 31 May 2007: Receiving hundreds of forced electroshocks for years against the expressed wishes of the subject is becoming the “norm” for some mental health clients in New York State psychiatric institutions, says attorney Dennis Feld. In this news release Mr. Feld announces he will be arguing for the right of his client —…
Info Maria Duerr presented this thesis about the history of the psychiatric survivor movement for her Masters Degree in Anthropology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in June 1996. (This PDF is 141 pages.) maria-duerr-psychiatric-survivor-history.pdf — PDF document, 2343Kb Document Actions Print this
Info Madness Network News, out of the Bay Area of California, helped network thousands of psychiatric survivors and allies internatioanlly. Their logo was a woman breaking free from a strait jacket. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 113.4 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Each year for many years in the 1970’s and 1980’s, there was an annual gathering of psychiatric survivors, usually on a different college campus in the US or Canada. It became known as the “International Conference on Human Rights and Against Psychiatric Oppression.” At the 1982 gathering in Toronto, participants agreed to these principles.…
Info Psychiatric Survivor Movement History The current era of psychiatric survivor and ally activism is generally considered to have begun in about 1970. Principles adopted by 1982 gathering of psychiatric survivors. Each year for many years in the 1970’s and 1980’s, there was an annual gathering of psychiatric survivors, usually on a different college campus…
Info This is a forwarded news release announcing that a group of shareholders of Eli Lilly are seeking to sue officers and directors of the corporation for illegal fraud regarding their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. This Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler office is just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Forwarded news release; to read original source click…
Info MindFreedom member Ben Hansen has helped investigate how Eli Lilly has used fraud to gain access to federal Medicaid money for their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. Ben Hansen – also known as “Dr. Bonkers” Breaking News New York Times Exposes Huge Nation-Wide Medicaid Scandal by MindFreedom Michigan In a front page story dated March 23,…
Info Psychiatric Drugs and Death The high mortality rate for those who have a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder may be related to the hazardous levels and types of psychiatric drugs that are often prescribed. Psychiatric label can mean dying 25 years or more earlier. This 16 State Study reveals increased morbidity and mortality of…
Info Media reported 26 March 2007 that authorities have concluded that celebrity/playmate Anna Nicole Smith was on nine prescriptions drugs “that killed her.” Several of these prescriptions were psychiatric drugs. Anna Nicole Smith: Authorities say combo of 9 prescriptions drugs killed her. Authorities have finally concluded, six weeks after her death, that Anna Nicole Smith…
Info Here is the actual ruling on 26 March 2007 by TV3 of New Zealand squashing a complaint by the doctor who had given Julie Simmonds forced electroshock. The doctor, Dr. Stephanie du Fresne, claimed that it was TV3 that was violating Julie’s rights by airing her story! TV3 found that the doctor’s claim was…