http://www.mindfreedom.org daily 1 2006-09-10T19:23:56Z http://www.mindfreedom.org/shield/christina-walko/pennsylvania-forced-drugs This MindFreedom International member, Christina Walko of Pennsylvania, is being forced to take many psychiatric drugs on an outpatient basis, even though she is living peacefully in the community. She says, "People do not heal when they are bullied or forced!" Her hearing is this Friday, 27 January 2012. Please take action. No publisher david usa 2012-01-24T03:49:10Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/boycott-normal/peoples-dsm Here's a peaceful revolutionary response to psychiatry's label bible, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" (DSM). MindFreedom Portland has launched a "People's DSM" where you can describe yourself! No publisher david usa 2011-11-17T23:37:28Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/inter/mdri/copy_of_rotenberg-israel Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) in Massachusetts used thousands upon thousands of electrical jolts to induce pain in young people diagnosed with mental disabilities. Disability Rights International (DRI) targeted Rotenberg with an investigation last year. In a major victory, DRI announces that JRC has been ordered to end their shocks for "new admissions." No publisher david usa 2011-11-07T19:11:34Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/us/moms/bill-and-rose Rose and Bill West are MindFreedom members in Nebraska. They have issued a public alert about the years of psychiatric abuse they say Bill has experienced. MFI Member Cindi Fisher prepared this alert. No publisher david usa 2011-09-22T21:57:18Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/us/moms/2moms-201106 The M.O.M.S. Movement - a sponsor group of MindFreedom International - issued an urgent alert: Two mothers need your support now for their adult children in the psychiatric system. No publisher assist usa 2011-09-02T21:43:58Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/inter/mdri/rotenberg-israel Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts has used thousands upon thousands of electrical jolts to induce pain in young people diagnosed with mental disabilities. Disability Rights International (DRI) targeted Rotenberg with an investigation last year, and now there's a victory: After an indictment, Matthew Israel who is Rotenberg founder and director, has resigned. No publisher david usa 2011-05-28T20:58:06Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/radio/rethink-psychiatry-show Hear the excitement as we broadcast from the "Rethinking Psychiatry" grassroots mental health justice fair held recently, 14 May 2011, in Portland, Oregon. Hear the latest news, interview participants at the conference, and take your calls. No publisher david usa 2011-05-27T01:25:06Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/shield/busche/essex-county-hospital-center-busche Essex County Hospital Center in New Jersey is holding Chris Busche against his will, forcing him to take powerful psychiatric drugs, and refusing to allow an advocate to speak with staff. Chris has activated his MindFreedom Shield. [Update 12 March 2011] No publisher david usa 2011-03-14T04:48:26Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/antipsychotics/neuroleptic-brain-damage/brain-tissue-loss Ron Unger, chair of MindFreedom Lane County affiliate, is a full time mental health counselor, who has raised concerns about the way the neuroleptic or "antipsychotic" psychiatric drugs have been linked to shrinkage of brain tissue. No publisher david usa 2011-02-15T18:10:05Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-advocacy/samhsa-alternatives/ed-knight-opinion A long-time advocate in mental health, Ed Knight, is calling for an investigation of the way a US federal agency has been controlling mental health consumer and psychiatric survivor activity. Ed specifically is concerned about the role of Risa Fox, a Public Health Advisor who often oversees mental health consumer grants for the huge federal mental health organization SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Systems Administration. [Update 29 Oct. 2010] No publisher david usa 2010-10-29T16:41:25Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/media-issues/huffington-post-mental-health Live from Alternatives 2010 in Anaheim, California: MindFreedom director David Oaks says more than 1,000 mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors have registered, and there's lots of great news. But rather than cover this news, The Huffington Post is once more carrying a political attack by extremist D. J. Jaffe. You can ask The Huffington Post why they broadcast hate speech about our people, but they do not broadcast any voice from the "mad movement" itself. [Update 5 Oct. 2010] No publisher david usa 2010-10-08T23:27:56Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/whitaker-epidemic The new book by journalist Bob Whitaker -- Anatomy of an Epidemic -- challenges the massive psychiatric drugging inundating our society. He also spotlights MindFreedom's activism more than once as a model of effectiveness. No publisher david usa 2010-07-23T16:45:58Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/us/mf-wash/emily-western-state A 28-year-old woman from Lithuania, who has trouble with English, was being heavily forcibly drugged while held in extended ongoing involuntary lock-ups at the notorious Western State Hospital. Her family and friends asked that she be released. MindFreedom issued the below alert. UPDATE 24 AUGUST 2010: THIS CAMPAIGN HAS WON! Emily was freed 24 August 2010. No publisher david usa 2010-08-29T01:43:55Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act-archives/inter/mdri/mdri-rotenberg A Massachusetts facility that uses painful electric jolts on people diagnosed with mental disabilities has been charged with "torture" by Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI), in a complaint filed with the United Nation Special Rapporteur on Torture. MDRI is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International. Read the MDRI news release here: No publisher david usa 2010-05-01T20:04:38Z News Item http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psych-drug-corp/nami/state-chapters/grassley-v-fitzpatrick Senator Grassley has written to NAMI director Michael J. Fitzpatrick (pictured on right) requesting information about psychiatric pharmaceutical industry funding of NAMI state chapters. No publisher david usa 2010-05-02T21:38:28Z News Item