Info In this issue: Comfort Calls/Shield campaign fundraising drive, 60 Minutes online petition, register NOW for the 2014 Alternatives conference, MFI-Mad Market Book Club… October/November 2013 Dear friend of MindFreedom, Our fundraising drive continues in November! We hope to raise the money needed for MindFreedom’s Comfort Calls/Shield program. We will be developing a…
Info MFI Book Club starting up: Sign up today for a special MFI Book Club Talk discussion group! Join the MFI-Mad Market Book Club today! MindFreedom International is excited to announce the launch of a new Online MFI Book Club in December! Each month we will feature a new book from our MadMarket for review…
Info Activist Alert from MindFreedom International…Write or call CBS’ “60 Minutes” Exec. Producer, Jeffrey Fager: The September 29th edition of 60 Minutes “Untreated Mental Illness an Imminent Danger” was shameful and portrayed people with psychiatric histories as violent, inhuman, unworthy of compassion and incapable of making their own decisions. Untreated mental illness an imminent danger?…
Info We are proud and excited to announce a fundraising drive on razoo.com to raise money for MindFreedom’s Comfort Calls/Shield campaign! Our goal is to raise $30,000 in the next month. Will you donate to these vital programs and help us spread the word? Support the Comfort Calls/Shield Campaign today! Friends and supporters of MindFreedom…
Info Ron Unger is the Coordinator of the MindFreedom Lane County affiliate. He is also a full-time counselor in Eugene, Oregon, and listed on the MindFreedom Directory of Alternatives. Featured recently on the Mad In America blog, his post is titled, “Understanding Madness as a Revolution, Then Working Toward Peace.” Ron Unger is a counselor…
Info Peter Breggin, MD, provides a new website with links to helpful blogs, as well as more than 125 scientific articles dealing with the effects of electroshock therapy (ECT). This is a great resource for those new to learning about ECT, as well as those who want to dig deeper. www.ECTresources.org a new hub of…
Info A remarkable story of perserverance and sacrifice: David Oaks and his brother Tony interviewed on MindFreedom radio show (June 8): “Down But Not Out!” David Oaks was a guest on the June episode of MindFreedom’s Alternative Mental Health Radio Show. If you heard David on the MFI BlogTalk Radio show on June 8th, you…
Info May 11, 2013…Join MindFreedom host, SOPHIE FAUGHT and activist filmmaker, LISE ZUMWALT to talk about forced drugging and her first feature film, “That’s Crazy,” which documents one man’s decision to take his treatment into his own hands, defying a commitment order and an order to treat while searching for recovery. LIVE on Saturday, May…
Info Activist psychologist Paula Caplan celebrates Creative Maladjustment week by sharing her play ‘Call Me Crazy’. For the first time this play has been filmed before a live audience. Watch the video here! How will you celebrate Creative Maladjustment week? Activist, psychologist, author and playwright Paula Caplan Paula Caplan’s play explores psychiatric labeling with comedic…
Info Activist psychologist Paula Caplan celebrates Creative Maladjustment week by sharing her play ‘Call Me Crazy’. For the first time this play has been filmed before a live audience. Watch the video here! How will you celebrate Creative Maladjustment week? Activist, psychologist, author and playwright Paula Caplan Paula Caplan’s play explores psychiatric labeling with comedic…