Activism in mental health

Action campaigns to challenge and transform the mental health system.

Candlelight vigil remembers Jim Chasse, Jr. by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-11-04 09:39

James P. Chasse, Jr. was a resident of Portland, Oregon, USA diagnosed schizophrenic who died in police custody. Psychiatric survivors and mental health consumers marched from the Alternatives 2006 conference to a memorial on 27 October 2006.

2003 Actions by Erin — last modified 2008-01-16 13:25

Read about the MindFreedom Hunger Strike and march on the APA.

Toronto Star Covers "Mad Pride" Movement by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-03-11 18:42

The mainstream newspaper Toronto Star in Canada published an article about the international psychiatric survivors and allies in the "Mad Pride" movement.

Psychiatric Survivor Movement History by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-04-05 13:24

The current era of psychiatric survivor and ally activism is generally considered to have begun in about 1970.

Eastern Europe by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-09-23 19:54

Activism regarding Eastern European psychiatric human rights violations.

Madness, Citizenship and Social Justice: A Human Rights Conference (Vancouver, B.C., Canada, from 2008-06-12 00:00 to 2008-06-15 00:00) — by Jeremy Bensman

The Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, B.C., is hosting conference on madness and society, to be held on June 12-15, 2008. MindFreedom director David W. Oaks is giving a keynote speech at the conference.

Asylum! Conference and Festival (Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, from 2008-09-10 00:00 to 2008-09-12 00:00) — by Jeremy Bensman

From the organizers: "The conference will bring together organisations, activists, campaigners and academics working for radical challenge and change in mental health. It will showcase critical work on psychiatry and psychology (‘Big Psy’) and the pharmaceutical industry (‘Big Pharma’), and alternatives to diagnostic medical labels like ‘schizophrenia’ and ‘paranoia’." This event is being held on the Elizabeth Gaskell Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Al Galves Receives Humanitarian Award by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-11-01 12:55

MindFreedom sponsor group International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) awarded Al Galves, PhD with a special award at their annual meeting in Arlington, Virginia. Al is a board member of MindFreedom International.

A plan for a national mental health consumers memorial by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-11-29 10:57

Mental health consumer Larry Fricks describes a campaign to build a USA national memorial in Washington, DC in memory of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors.

Acceptance Speech for "Award in Advocacy" from the Mental Health Legal Committee by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-01-05 11:57

Delivered at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Queen Street site, Toronto, Canada. Dedicated to my close and lifelong friend, editorial consultant, and brilliant advocate Carla McKague.

Alternatives 2008 (Buffalo, New York, USA, from 2008-10-29 00:00 to 2008-11-02 00:00) — by David W. Oaks

Since the 1980's, the US federal government helps fund a large conference of several hundred mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, many of whom are leading consumer-driven projects such as support groups and drop-in centers. This year's conference is being held in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Archive of some of the past MindFreedom human rights alerts by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-02-14 16:21

Here are a few of the activities from the past of MindFreedom International.