Mad Radio Night Friday 11/6, sort of

Friday night at 1 a.m. (yes, I know, it’s really Saturday- relax, it’s only radio) will be the usual night of lunacy on KBOO 90.7 FM (or streamed at KBOO.FM).
Mental Health consumer-talk-radio
Friday night,
1 a.m. to 2 a.m.-
Archived shows are available at
http://rickpdx.wordpress.com/mad-liberation-by-moonlight-archives/
Remember: Call in at 503-231-8187 to be on the radio
(or show up at the studio).

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Yesterday and Today at Oregon State Hospital

467 Poisoned at Oregon State Hospital
November 18, 1942
One of the most tragic incidents in Salem’s history was the poisoning of nearly 500 patients and staff at the Oregon State Hospital, on the evening of November 18, 1942. Many who ate the scrambled eggs served for dinner that evening would later claim that they had tasted [...]

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News from MindFreedom

Just sharing-
1 May 2009 – This Friday!
State Capitol Rotunda, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
May Day for Ray: Protest Forced Electroshock of Ray Sandford
Join MindFreedom International in protesting the ongoing forced 
outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford of Minnesota wherever you 
live: Vigil, write letters to the editor, speak out! If you can get 
to Minneapolis/St. Paul you can join MindFreedom [...]

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Ray Update from MindFreedom

MindFreedom News – 15 April 2009
Nonviolent Revolution in Mental Health
http://www.mindfreedom.org/ray – please forward
    Ray Sandford Declares “Guarded Victory” for MindFreedom Ray Campaign
    Because of Public Pressure, Ray’s Psychiatrist May Quit Case
The bad news is that this morning, 15 April 2009, Ray Sandford of 
Minnesota had another involuntary, outpatient electroshock, also 
known as electroconvulsive therapy or [...]

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Study 15

From the Washington Post:
A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar
By Shankar Vedantam
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 18, 2009; A01
 
The study would come to be called “cursed,” but it started out just as Study
15.
It was a long-term trial of the antipsychotic drug Seroquel. The common wisdom
in psychiatric circles was that newer drugs were far better than [...]

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News from MindFreedom and other discussions

It’s been a while since I posted information from MFI or other mental health consumer discussion, so, here, from old to newer; have a full bowl-

NY Times says minor reform is not enough, but stops short of calling
for what is needed: Laws that criminalize extreme psychiatric
corruption. Please forward. See BOTTOM for actions, including
nonviolent protest, you [...]

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Madness, action and the slow dawning of awareness

First, a listing of events from MindFreedom News:
Listing of activities, conferences and gatherings related to MindFreedom International directly or indirectly.

Title
Description
Start Date
End Date
Location

Join our parade entry in the Eugene Celebration to change mental health!
March with us for choice in the mental health system at the 2008 Eugene Celebration parade! Mad pride!
2008-09-13 08:30
2008-09-13 11:00
Eugene, [...]

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If you aren’t Mad you aren’t paying attention

News from MindFreedom and the Bend Weekly News

A State of Oregon study says that Oregonians in the mental health
system die earlier than the general public.
Bend Weekly News in Bend, Oregon, USA covered this news in the below
story, which includes a link so you can download the State of Oregon
study, “Measuring Premature Mortality among Oregonians,” published [...]

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