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Jan 26, 2011
After Arizona: Media Still Ignoring Viewpoint of Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors
The horrible attacks on innocent people in Tucson by Jared Lee Loughner has resulted in a flood of media about the topic of mental health. The mainstream media have given a lot of coverage to the views of an organization promoting more forced psychiatric drugs. At the same time the media have largely ignored representatives of groups composed of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, with very few exceptions. read more...
Jan 22, 2011
After Tucson: Mainstream Media Pushes Forced Psychiatric Drugging, Ignores Consumer/Survivor Perspective
Since the Tucson catastrophe, the mass media have largely been ignoring the perspective of groups run by mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, despite many news articles and opinion pieces discussing mental health. Meanwhile, these same media have quoted extremist E. Fuller Torrey and supporters of his group Treatment Advocacy Center, the main organization promoting more forced psychiatric drugging as the main solution for mental and emotional problems in the USA. read more...
Jan 17, 2011
What creative responses can prevent future tragedies like the Tucson, Arizona shooting?
The MindFreedom community sends our heartfelt support to everyone impacted by the mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona on 8 January 2011. Unfortunately, those who push more forced psychiatric drugging are using this opportunity to advertise their agenda. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, a question needs to be asked, "What creative peaceful approaches might be used in the future to help avoid atrocities like this?" read more...
