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daily12006-09-10T19:23:56ZOregon Consumer Survivor Coalition delegation meets with Oregon's governor http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or/ocsc/delegation-to-kulongoski A report on the recent meeting between the OCSC, Mental Health America, and Governor Ted Kulongoski.No publisherjeremyusa2008-07-22T18:41:05ZNews ItemBill would challenge psychiatric abuse of youth in residential treatment http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/teen-residential-psychiatric-abuse 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.No publisherdavidyouthusa2008-05-15T18:45:26ZNews ItemCongressional hearing held on psychiatric drugging of USA foster care kids http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/foster-care-psychiatric-drugs/psychotropic-medication-hearing 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.No publisherdavidusa2008-05-15T17:27:07ZNews ItemWVMHCA challenges bigoted name of psychiatric institution http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/wvmhca/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum 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. No publisherdavidusa2008-04-29T16:05:44ZNews ItemAn Insider's Opinion Regarding What's Going on at the FDA http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psych-drug-corp/fda-whistleblower/ronald-e-kavanagh This is a commentary by an individual who works as a review for the US Food & Drug Administration. He identifies himself as a whistleblower about abuse by the psychiatric industry involving genetic testing. The opinions expressed are those of the author. No publisherdavidusa2008-05-12T20:01:03ZNews ItemAlterNet: Are Antidepressants Faith-Based Treatment? http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/psychiatric-drugs/antidepressants/bruce-levine-faith 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.No publisherdavidusa2008-02-28T18:54:40ZNews ItemPBS Exposes Psychiatric Drugging of USA Children http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/pbs-on-psychiatric-drugging-youth 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.No publisherdavidusa2008-01-07T00:04:02ZNews ItemAdvocates Celebrate International Disabled Persons Day by Launching Treaty Ratification Campaign http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-global/united-nations/disability 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. No publisherdavidusa2008-01-14T23:52:30ZNews ItemA plan for a national mental health consumers memorial http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/act/usa-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. No publisherdavidusa2007-11-29T16:57:09ZNews ItemACLU Lawsuit: "ICE Drugging Detainees Set for Deportation" http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/force/psychiatric-drugging-immigrants CNN covers the story that the American Civil Liberties Union is suing over forced psychiatric drugging of immigrants facing deportation. No publisherdavidusa2007-10-15T23:00:19ZNews ItemFight for Human Rights in Virginian Mental Health System http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/va/virginia-mental-health Alison Hymes describes a battle for human rights in the mental health system in Virginia that she says could impact other states. No publisherdavidusa2007-10-08T15:59:06ZNews ItemKatie Couric investigates death of Rebecca Riley http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/rebecca-riley-60-minutes 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.No publisherdavidusa2007-10-02T01:59:42ZNews ItemMother Jones Exposes "School of Shock" http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/youth-mental-health/mother-jones-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.
No publisherdavidusa2007-08-27T01:58:33ZNews ItemUSA Issues Guidelines on Medicaid Funding of Peer Support http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-alternatives/peer-support/medicaid On 15 August 207, the huge USA federal funding agency Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a long-awaited guideline about their funding of peer support mental health services. No publisherdavidusa2007-08-21T14:46:33ZNews ItemDebate on forced outpatient psychiatric drugging http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/force/outpatient/michael-allen-npr National Public Radio's show "Justice Talking" featured discussions with representatives of 'both sides of the story' about the issue of involuntary psychiatric drugging of people out in their own neighborhoods and homes using court orders. No publisherdavidusa2007-09-04T16:10:48ZNews Item