Recently published articles of interest
(Published: 2009-07-04 00:10)
A weekly newspaper in Portland, Oregon covers "mad pride" alternative medicine, and profiles MindFreedom member Will Hall.
(Published: 2009-06-30 14:27)
WireTapMag.org is doing a special on youth and mental health. This article, first in a series, quotes several MindFreedom members, including MindFreedom Committee Chair Martin Rafferty, MindFreedom director David Oaks, and several MindFreedom activists.
(Published: 2009-06-21 20:57)
NY1 News outlet cited investigators as saying that hospital authorities had falsified and lied in an effort to cover up neglect involved with the death of Esmin Green. This media report mentions the protest of Esmin Green.
(Published: 2009-06-15 23:08)
In the magazine Psychology Today, Professor Christopher Lane has a brief essay skewering one of the latest misadventures of the psychiatric industry, in which the American Psychiatric Association is seriously considering adding "bitterness" to one of their so-called scientific list of labels. Why not just add "dissent" and be done with it? Professor Lane is the author of Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness.
(Published: 2009-06-05 15:13)
The Australian newspaper "The Sydney Morning Herald" investigated the doubling of forced electroshock cases in New South Wales (NSW), Australia in the past decade, and found there was a troubling lack of adequate legal representation and due process.
(Published: 2009-05-28 13:07)
(Published: 2009-05-26 13:21)
Al Galves, PhD is author, mental health consumer, psychologist and on board of MindFreedom International. Al feels strongly that the ongoing, involuntary, outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford in Minnesota is wrong. Al even flew to Minnesota to be part of MindFreedom protests for Ray. Here is an essay about Al about why he feels the Ray Campaign is a learning moment for us all.
(Published: 2009-05-20 12:18)
This article, from the Minneapolis newspaper City Pages, details the ongoing forced outpatient ECT of Ray Sandford.
(Published: 2009-05-11 12:57)
The Associated Press covered MindFreedom's protests about Ray Sandford's ongoing, involuntary, outpatient electroshock. Unfortunately, the AP quotes four "experts" -- a psychiatrist, guardian, psychology professor and ethicist -- who refuse to criticize Ray's forced electroshock. MindFreedom offered AP plenty of experts who would speak against Ray's forced electroshock, but AP declined. Psychologist Al Galves was present at the protest, and gave quotes to the reporter critical of Ray's forced electroshock. But the reporter simply mentions that Al was present and does not actually quote any of his words about Ray. At bottom is how you can give feedback to AP.
(Published: 2009-05-06 16:42)
Longtime mental health human rights activist and MindFreedom member Will Hall was recently the subject of an article about MAD PRIDE in Newsweek magazine.
(Published: 2009-04-22 13:44)
Evelyn Pringle covers the push to screen mothers for psychiatric issues in the USA. MindFreedom is mentioned as part of the network of groups fighting this. Blanket screening without adequate advocacy, information and alternatives is worse than nothing, because it marches moms to the door of a mental health system, without considering the inherent problems behind that door.
(Published: 2009-04-22 12:50)
John Grohol of the psychology-watch web site PsychCentral.com may be a bit optimistic, but his analysis of the below MedPageToday article speculates that new FDA requirements that electroshock devices finally be tested for safety and efficacy might be more than a speed bump for manufacturers.
North Carolina Mad Pride 2009 Event in Asheville
A New Group for People Who Hear Voices Celebrates Mental Illness Diversity
