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Dec 10, 2010

State of Oregon pays $2 mil to ask, "How do we fix psychiatric institution culture?"

by David W. Oaks — last modified Dec 10, 2010 01:50 PM

We ask, "Why zero?" For eight years - since Sept. 2002 - the State of Oregon has spent zero (0) for the state-wide voice of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Now the State announced they will pay a consulting firm $2 million to find out what is wrong with the "culture" at its large, troubled psychiatric institution, Oregon State Hospital. How about supporting the organized state-wide voice of the customer? read more...

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Chuck Hughes is a psychiatric survivor activist from Santa Barbara, California.

"I find inspiration and mental support in MindFreedom," says Chuck. "I like associating with like-minded activists for human rights in mental health. When I go into a Board or Commission and say I am a member of MindFreedom International. It gives what I say a lot more validity and my voice carries a lot farther. My first of eight involuntarily institutionalizations was at age 23. I have witnessed much injustice in mental health. I have been involved with the user and survivor movement since 1992. My goal is to help stop forced outpatient psychiatric procedures, seclusion, restraints and other human rights violations, psychiatric abuse and torture. Of particular concern is the elimination of forced electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) on people of all ages."

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