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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Grist

for the mill. Obtained from various web locations.

Concerning Premature death associated with bipolar disorder
 
 

Evidence of premature death for people diagnosed with bipolar disorder comes from a study published in Psychiatric Services (abstract available). This study adds to previous warnings discussing risk factors contributing to chronic illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes. The authors reviewed [...]

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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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Recovery Roundup- News and Views from the Movement

From MindFreedom:
Human Rights in Mental Health Alert – Please Forward
Calling All Human Rights Activists & Advocates: Support Ann L.!
New York State Citizen to be Forcibly Drugged on Outpatient Basis.
Ann L. says her forced psychiatric drugging makes her “sick and is torture.” But New York State is aggressively pushing for more forced drugging of Ann L. on an [...]

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Events News Release from MindFreedom

Some of the events are already past because I was late getting this up but much of it is still useful.
MindFreedom International News – 17 July 2008
http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing – please forward
A Few 2008 Events About Changing the Mental Health System
The calendar of events below, in the USA, Canada, New Zealand, and UK
may be of interest to [...]

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Mad News from MindFreedom & NY Times

Received this from MindFreedom today:
Sunday NY Times: Congress discovers that Harvard psychiatrist
covered up drug money
Tomorrow’s Sunday New York Times (8 June 2008) will have an item
about a drug money cover-up by a world-famous Harvard psychiatrist
who is considered a catalyst for the enormous increase in psychiatric
drugging of USA kids. See the text of the article below.
NY [...]

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