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Jul 02, 2010

Psychiatrist Alan Stone Complains About Term "Psychiatric Torture"

by David W. Oaks — last modified Jul 02, 2010 01:23 PM

The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts uses pain to try to change behavior of young people in Massachusetts diagnosed with mental disabilities. Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) investigated, and told the UN it's "torture." ABC-TV reports that a UN representative agreed it's "torture." MindFreedom International called it "psychiatric torture." But psychiatrist and Harvard law professor Alan Stone has complained to MindFreedom about this phrase, arguing no psychiatrists are involved. read more...

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Loren R. Mosher, MD

Loren (1933 - 2004) was a dissident psychiatrist who founded Soteria House, a commonsense alternative to the forced psychiatric drugging of the mental health system. Loren was a MindFreedom board member, and an ally to psychiatric survivor activists. (Photo by Tom Olin at an MFI international strategy conference at Highlander.)

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