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Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs

WEBThe Icarus Project and Freedom Center’s partnered up to create a 52-page illustrated guide with the best information available coming off psychiatric medication. Based in more …

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What is mental illness

WEBThe medical model is based on the idea that there is a physiological impairment creating a neurochemical imbalance in a person’s brain, resulting in a mental …

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Personal Stories — MFIPortal

WEBThe MindFreedom Personal Story Project collects histories from psychiatric survivors and mental health consumers about their experiences of survival, resistance, …

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Alternatives to psychiatric drugs

WEBThe survey revealed that people not taking psychiatric drugs were further along in their recovery than those taking them. MindFreedom concluded that “an …

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Changing public perception about mental health

WEBChanging public perception is the first step in shifting our culture. In our next segment, we will explore how the CSX movement has won tangible victories in …

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Protesting the American Psychiatric Association

WEBProtest the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is a protest annually held against the APA meeting every May, intended to publicize the forced psychiatric treatment within the …

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History of psychiatric treatment

WEBIn 1946, Congress established the National Institute of Mental Health — money and energy were poured into finding a magic bullet to “cure” emotional distress. …

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MindFreedom Shield Program

WEBOur organization seeks to help any individual at risk of psychiatric human rights violations, and you can make that process easier for both yourself and MFI by filling out a …

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Origins of the c/s/x movement

WEBTo advance this mission, Support Coalition, which is present-day MindFreedom International, emerged under the leadership of Janet Foner and David …

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Wall St. Journal Covers NAMI State Chapter Psychiatric Drug …

WEBThe Wall St. Journal blog covered the news that US Senator Grassley is focusing on NAMI state chapters, and how many have received immense …

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"The Americanization of Mental Illness" — MFIPortal

WEBIndeed, a handful of mental-health disorders — depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anorexia among them — now appear to be spreading across …

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7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity

WEBBruce Levine is a courageous psychologist and author in Cincinnati, Ohio, who makes the connection between changing the mental health system and changing …

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Alternatives to psychiatric hospitals

WEBNext, we will discuss the Open Dialogue approach — a crisis intervention technique developed in Lapland, Finland, that has been spreading worldwide. Open …

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As mental illness has become profitable, we are seeing more of it

WEBSimilarly, as mental illness has become extremely profitable, we are seeing more of it. On September 4, 2007, The New York Times reported, “The number of …

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Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota

WEBAction. Please thank CSN for speaking out in support of Ray’s human rights. Contact info: Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota. 1821 University …

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Paula J. Caplan and the “DSM 9” call upon the APA to stop the …

WEBPaula J. Caplan, dissident psychologist and human rights activist, is working with a group of psychiatric survivors and allies to officially call upon the American …

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Jim Gottstein and Lauren Tenney were guests on MindFreedom …

WEBOn 13 February 2010, psychiatric survivor activists Lauren Tenney and Jim Gottstein (pictured here) were guests on MindFreedom Mad Pride Live Web Radio …

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Get Involved — MFIPortal

WEBBecome a Member . Membership is the first step to get more involved in promoting human rights and alternatives in mental health. Find out how to become a member.

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“Ruby Rogers; helped win key rights for mentally ill”

WEBIn Turners Falls, nearly 100 miles west of where she spent decades confined in Boston psychiatric facilities, Ruby Rogers died quietly in a nursing home, a relatively …

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Medications Chart Stimulant Medications Brand Name …

WEBer,only children age 6 and above were involved;therefore,age 6 was approved as the lower age limit for Ritalin®. Q Can events such as a death in the family, illness in a parent, …

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