Personal tools
You are here: Home → Knowledge Base → Activism in mental health → 2003 Actions
Navigation
 
Document Actions

2003 Actions

Up one level

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

MindFreedom Hunger Strike by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-10-16 11:03
MindFreedom held an historic hunger strike in 2003 that won international media publicity. The simple demand to the psychiatric system was this: Produce scientific evidence about why a single model -- the medical theory of 'chemical imbalances' and pills -- ought to so overwehlmingly dominate mental health care as it does today.
APA Protest by Erin — last modified 2008-01-16 13:25
When the American Psychiatric Association held their annual meeting in May, 2003 several hundred psychiatric survivors and activists gathered to protest.

We are MFI



Ted Chabasinski

Ted received electroshock at the age of six, and spent 10 years of his youth locked up inside a state psychiatric institution. He became a psychiatric survivor movement leader in 1971, and later became an attorney. He has served on the board of MindFreedom International for several years. (Photo by Tom Olin)
 
Powered by Plone, the Open Source Content Management System site by netCorps

This site conforms to the following standards: