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Concern about expansion of the mental health industry to poor & developing countries.

Q&A with Arthur Kleinman by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-01 15:02
This interview by the Boston Globe of professor Arthur Kleinman -- author, psychiatrist, anthropologist, and chair of Harvard University's Department of Anthropology -- touches on the medicalization of psychiatry, and cross-cultural mental health issues.
Arthur Kleinman by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-17 08:58
Psychiatrist and chair of Harvard's department of anthropology
MindFreedom Responds to a Call for "More Money" for Mental Health in Poor & Developing Countries by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-09-04 16:10
Media are widely covering a news story about global mental health. Lancet, the widely-respected medical publication, published a study calling for more money for mental health services in poor developing countries. World Health Organization promptly put out an endorsement of this call for more money. But MindFreedom asks, "more money for what"?

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Dorothy Dundas

While institutionalized for three years as an adolescent in the 1960's, MindFreedom member Dorothy Washburn Dundas was labeled a "schizophrenic" and forced to undergo 40 combined insulin coma-electroshock "treatments." Dorothy says, "I experienced and witnessed many atrocities. I believe that luck, determination, and my own anger and one compassionate advocate were my best friends on the road to my ultimate survival and freedom." Through a number of op-ed pieces, she has voiced her opposition to abusive psychiatric practices. Her poster, "Behind Locked Doors," which she created from her hospital records, is used in training programs. Dorothy lives in the Boston area where she has raised her four wonderful children. She founded and is the sole driver in her "safe, friendly and reliable" car service called The Crystal Lake Express.
 
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