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My Boss Retired, etc.

Posted in Mental Hell Treatment, Mental health recovery, wellness and systems change, tagged , , , on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

First off, June 30th was the last work day for my supervisor at the Oregon State Hospital. He has been a supportive and wise boss, not something you find everyday. My new boss can’t fill his shoes. My co-worker and I (there is essentially just one other person here doing the same job as myself) [...]

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News from MindFreedom

Posted in CS/X movement, Mental Hell Treatment, mindfreedom news, tagged , , , , , , , on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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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News from MindFreedom and other discussions

Posted in CS/X movement, Links: Recovery, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, wellness and systems change, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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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Very Sad News

Posted in CS/X movement, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, wellness and systems change, tagged , , on August 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »

David Romprey has died at the age of 42. First the article from the Salem Statesman Journal:
August 1, 2008

Mental-health activist dies at 42

Medical issue kills David Romprey before car crash

By Ruth Liao
Statesman Journal
Longtime Salem activist David Romprey, who is remembered as an outspoken crusader for Oregon’s mental-health system, [...]

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

Posted in CS/X movement, Free Music, Frogs, Mad Radio, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, mp3, new music, pictures, tadpoles, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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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Potpourri

Posted in CS/X movement, Free Music, Frogs, Mental health recovery, mindfreedom news, mp3, new music, pictures, tadpoles, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

UK study/ SSRIs
Millions of prescriptions for SSRIs are written up in the UK each year, but a major study says they’re no better than placebo. What now for the citizens of Prozac Nation?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/26/ssri.study
“Perhaps the next time half a million people gather for a protest march on the White House green,” wrote Elizabeth Wurtzel in her [...]

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