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Up one levelMindFreedom member holding 100 day vigil in front of psychiatric facility.
MindFreedom member Godly Mathew is vigiling at least one hour each and every day, in front of a psychiatric facility where he said he was abused, Friends Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. At this posting, Godly is half way through doing this for his pledged 100 days. He intends to end in mid-August 2009. Here is his announcement for his blog, as well as an excerpt.
News on Esmin Green Campaign 2009
Lauren Tenney reports about the campaign in New York State to remember the life and death of Esmin Green. Ms. Green died very publicly in 2008 in a psychiatric emergency room, and the security video tape was shown to millions. One year later, on 19 June 2009, We the People, with co-sponsorship from other groups such as MindFreedom, held a vigil to remember, and educate the public. The day began with two people doing civil disobedience.
National TV Show Looks for People Going Off All Psychiatric Drugs
A national USA television show is seeking individuals with diagnoses such as "schizophrenia" who have totally quit or are quitting all prescribed psychiatric drugs, for a show on Mad Pride.
Senate Probe Reveals that Majority of NAMI Money from Drug Companies
For years NAMI -- the National Alliance on Mental Illness -- has had an official secrecy policy on the amount of funds NAMI receives from psychiatric drug companies. Because of a US Senate probe in April 2009, NAMI has now disclosed that for the past five years a majority of their funds -- 56% -- are from the pharmaceutical industry.
New Bibliography of Personal Accounts of Madness
The most recent edition of a comprehensive bibliography on personal accounts of madness is now available.
Let Garrison Keillor Know About Minnesotan Ray Sandford's Forced Electroshock
Humorist Garisson Keillor has had to tangle with the American Psychiatric Association before. You can encourage this humorist, inventor of Lake Wobegone, to speak out again, this time about Raymond Sandford of Minnesota.
M-POWER reports on psychiatric emergency room rights bill
Cathy Levin from M-POWER reports about progress on their fight for a bill in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts legislature for a bill of rights for people who use psychiatric emergency rooms. Often these emergency rooms abuse individuals diagnosed with psychiatric labels. M-POWER reports that the bill is still alive! M-POWER is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International.
Esmin Elizabeth Green
MindFreedom International co-sponsored and supported vigils to remember Esmin Green, who died so publicly in a psychiatric emergency room. Here are updates.
Oregon Consumer Survivor Coalition delegation meets with Oregon's governor
A report on the recent meeting between the OCSC, Mental Health America, and Governor Ted Kulongoski.
Bill would challenge psychiatric abuse of youth in residential treatment
Bazelon Center has issued an alert about a bill in the USA congress to do something about human rights abuses rampant in residential programs for teens diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. Bazelon Center is a Sponsor Group in MindFreedom International.
Congressional hearing held on psychiatric drugging of USA foster care kids
The US Congress held a public hearing about the way youth in foster care are often given large amounts of powerful psychiatric drugs, without adequate oversight, accountability, information, alternatives and advocacy. Vera Sharav of Alliance for Human Research Protection issued this report.
WVMHCA challenges bigoted name of psychiatric institution
A private owner of a psychiatric institution wants to re-name the facility its original, offensive name of "Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum." The West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association (WVMHCA), a sponsor group in MindFreedom International, spoke in the press against this bigoted name.
AlterNet: Are Antidepressants Faith-Based Treatment?
Psychologist Bruce Levine, longtime member of MindFreedom, evaluates the science behind claims that antidepressants work far better than other alternatives, in this article published by AlterNet.
PBS Exposes Psychiatric Drugging of USA Children
Public television's "Frontline" is airing a show Tuesday, 8 January 2008, on the psychiatric drugging of USA children, particularly with the super-powerful "antipsychotic" or neuroleptic drugs.
Advocates Celebrate International Disabled Persons Day by Launching Treaty Ratification Campaign
MindFreedom International had a team led by board president Celia Brown inside the United Nations for several years working with disability groups from all over the world. The result: A United Nations treaty on disability rights. But now that treaty needs to be ratified by nations all over the world. Disability activists have created a campaign to win that ratification.
A plan for a national mental health consumers memorial
Mental health consumer Larry Fricks describes a campaign to build a USA national memorial in Washington, DC in memory of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors.
ACLU Lawsuit: "ICE Drugging Detainees Set for Deportation"
CNN covers the story that the American Civil Liberties Union is suing over forced psychiatric drugging of immigrants facing deportation.
Fight for Human Rights in Virginian Mental Health System
Alison Hymes describes a battle for human rights in the mental health system in Virginia that she says could impact other states.
Katie Couric investigates death of Rebecca Riley
On the CBS television show "60 Minutes" on 30 September 2007, Katie Couric looks into the death of four-year-old Rebecca Riley who was given multiple psychiatric drugs after being diagnosed "bipolar." The parents were charged with murder.
Mother Jones Exposes "School of Shock"
MindFreedom salutes Mother Jones magazine for publishing a very important investigation of abuse of youth in today's mental health system. Journalist Jennifer Gonnerman has extensively examined the infamous Rotenberg Center that uses electrical pain to try to change the behavior of troubled youth.
