Dawn Dziuba is being forcibly drugged and detained at St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center, yet was never convicted of a crime

Shield Update for Dawn Dziuba: 10/2/23 Latest news Thank you once again to everyone who has been keeping in touch with Dawn and/or advocating on her behalf by contacting individuals involved in her case. She greatly appreciates your support! It is still imperative that we keep up the pressure because staff at St. Louis Forensic…

Informed Consent: Topic of Upcoming Judi’s Room featuring Roxanne Stewart-Johnson, Producer of ‘Psychiatric Refugee’

Judi’s Room “Informed Consent: Legally Requiring Medical Providers in Canada to Disclose Known Risks of ‘Anti-Psychotics’ to their Patients” May 4, 2022 6-8 EST, 5-7 CT, 4-6 MT, 3-5 PT   To Register Click HERE   Last year, MFI was proud to host a film screening of a documentary entitled Psychiatric Refugee by Roxanne Stewart-Johnson,…

Siddhartha Fisher

Shield Member, Siddharta Fisher to be released from Western State Hospital! Thank you for your calls, emails, letters!

Updated January 5, 2022 Reintegrating at last!! MFI was informed that page was in need of an update! Siddhartha’s discharge and integration back into the community did not go as smoothly as we had hoped (due to discrimination against Sidd’s family members and lack of housing options for psychiatric survivors) but she is now safely…

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International Peer Respite and Soteria House Summit: Creating Compassionate Alternatives for People in Crisis and Distress

International Peer Respite and Soteria House Summit: Creating Compassionate Alternatives for People in Crisis and Distress The Summit will be held every Sunday in October October 3 – 31, 2021 The Soteria House and peer respite models are both ways of supporting individuals in extreme states. Both models allow individuals to stay voluntarily in a…