Info MindFreedom joins other disability rights group in speaking out to oppose how nine-year-old Ashley, who has intellectual and physical disabilities, is being given drugs to minimize her height and weight. Ashley X MindFreedom International joins the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), ADAPT, the Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA) and numerous other…
Info US District Court delivered a partial victory and a partial loss for the public right to know about Eli Lilly’s documents regarding their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. [Update 33: 13 Feb. 2007 – 5 PM EST] Jim Gottstein: Psychiatric survivor, attorney, founder of PsychRights and whistleblower on Elli Lilly fraudulent marking of Zyprexa. Judge Jack…
Info US District Court delivered a partial victory and a partial loss for the public right to know about Eli Lilly’s documents regarding their psychiatric drug Zyprexa. [Update 33: 13 Feb. 2007 – 5 PM EST] Jim Gottstein: Psychiatric survivor, attorney, founder of PsychRights and whistleblower on Elli Lilly fraudulent marking of Zyprexa. Judge Jack…
Info An announcement from MindFreedom about United Nations action regarding disability and human rights. John McCarthy of Ireland representing MindFreedom in UN. Public Announcement about United Nations from MindFreedom Inernational The International Disability Caucus (IDC), a consortium of more than 70 international, regional and national organizations of disability rights activists, welcomes and celebrates the completion of the work of…
Info MFI has reports of an alarming increase in the use of brain altering technology for the psychiatric purposes, and issued this statement. Example of an rTMS high-powered device in use today. MindFreedom International Statement on the Rise of Brain Altering Technologies Today by David Oaks, Director, MindFreedom International Because of anecdotal reports, medical articles…
Info MindFreedom has launched a new version of its popular web site MindFreedom.org using a “content management system” that should be easier for browsers, and for members who would like to add content. Open source means no corporation controls the software running this site. The new MFI web site uses Plone which is an open…
Info MindFreedom Members may now use a convenient online registration form to sign up for the MindFreedom Shield, a mutual support network to nonviolently defend one another from unwanted psychiatric procedures. Gabe Hadd is a MindFreedom member who was assisted by a MFI-Shield alert. Gabe found resources to escape over state-lines and evade his forced…
Info The psychiatric profession is debating the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006 Psychiatric Services Cover October 2006 Over a six month period in three issues, an officialmagazine of the American Psychiatric Association called Psychiatric Serivces held a heated debateand analysis about the politics and history of the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006: The original essay…
Info The psychiatric profession is debating the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006 Psychiatric Services Cover October 2006 Over a six month period in three issues, an officialmagazine of the American Psychiatric Association called Psychiatric Serivces held a heated debateand analysis about the politics and history of the psychiatric survivors movement. June 2006: The original essay…
Info Issue includes news about Global, USA, Media, Choice and Mad Pride Campaigns. Available now in paper, PDF, MS Word or Braille versions. Celia Brown, MFI board president, is on the cover of MF Journal #47, shown here speaking at a protest in front of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. The #47 issue of…