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Photo essay of PsychOUT Conference in Toronto, Canada

From 7 to 9 May 2010, a conference and protest were held in Toronto, Canada "for organizing resistance to psychiatry," as the organizers put it. MindFreedom director David Oaks was one of the participants, and offers this brief photo essay of events. (Click on any photo for more information.)

PsychOUT: A conference organizer arrives by bike. PsychOUT: A conference organizer arrives by bike.
Participants from five countries arrived for PsychOUT. Participants from five countries arrived for PsychOUT.
PsychOUT: A visit to the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto PsychOUT: A visit to the Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto
PsychOUT: A view of Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto PsychOUT: A view of Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto
PsychOUT: During the conference, psychiatric survivor activist Don Weitz was given an award. PsychOUT: During the conference, psychiatric survivor activist Don Weitz was given an award.
PsychOUT: Mothers Day Protest of Electroshock PsychOUT: Mothers Day Protest of Electroshock
PsychOUT: Protest in Queens Park of electroshock. PsychOUT: Protest in Queens Park of electroshock.
PsychOUT Solidarity: Psychiatric survivors Geoffrey Reaume and Graeme Bacque at anti-electroshock protest. PsychOUT Solidarity: Psychiatric survivors Geoffrey Reaume and Graeme Bacque at anti-electroshock protest.
PsychOUT: Elected official Cheri DiNovo addressed the anti-electroshock protest. PsychOUT: Elected official Cheri DiNovo addressed the anti-electroshock protest.
PsychOUT: One of the main organizers of the conference was Bonnie Burstow PsychOUT: One of the main organizers of the conference was Bonnie Burstow
Some of the electroshock protesters at end of PsychOUT conference. Some of the electroshock protesters at end of PsychOUT conference.
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Dan L. Edmunds, EdD - dissident psychologist from Scranton, PA

Dr. Dan L. Edmunds is a psychotherapist specializing in drug free relational approaches for autism and developmental differences and extreme states of mind. He is the founder of the Center for Humane Psychiatry, an emancipatory movement for human rights in the mental health system. Dr. Edmunds is speaking at the MindFreedom International protest of the American Psychiatric Association in Philadelphia on 5 May 2012.

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