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 Elders are in the Middle East- follow their new blog, etc.. September 03, 2009 1:26 AM

Elders are in the Middle East- follow their new blog, etc.. This Action, on Change.org, the url :) Elders / Peace in M.E. :) http://middleeast.change.org/actions/view/elders_peace_in_me http://www.change.org/profile/189788/actions The Elders are in the Middle East - follow their new blog, show your support and watch a live webcast. :) Dear Friend, This week The Elders are travelling throughout Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Their visit comes at a time of renewed hope that an historic peace agreement can be reached. The Elders feel that it is more important than ever to listen to the concerns of all sides and to offer their support to those working for peace. They will speak with a wide cross-section of Israeli and Palestinian society to better understand the difficult issues that they face. Elders Blog http://www.theelders.org/middle-east/ For the first time the Elders will post blogs and videos about their thoughts and experiences during the trip - and invite the Israelis and Palestinians they meet to do the same. We hope this sharing of stories, opinions and ideas will help to not only educate and inform those outside of the conflict, but begin to bridge the gap between those it divides. Messages of Peace http://www.theelders.org/middle-east/messages We'd also like to hear from you. Peace in the Middle East is fundamental to international stability and development - it affects us all. Wherever you are in the world, join the Elders and show your support on our website. We want to show visually the huge support that exists around the world for a peaceful settlement in the Middle East. The Elders and many of their friends have already sent their Messages for Peace - send us yours. Live: Elders Webcast from Jerusalem We are also pleased to announce that we will host a live discussion on our website linking The Elders with participants in Israel and the West Bank - connecting people virtually who rarely have the opportunity to meet or talk in person. The Elders and their guests will talk about and share their experiences - it promises to be open, frank and thought provoking. You can watch the event live online at 09:30 GMT on Friday 28th August (12:30 Israel, 10:30 BST, 05:30 EDT). We look forward to hearing from you! The Elders' Team Twitter: twitter.com/TheElders #eldersmideast Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/theelders YouTube: www.youtube.com/theeldersorg THE ELDERS | ABOUT THE ELDERS | MEDIA | CONNECT http://www.theelders.org The Elders Foundation, PO BOX 60837, London W6 6GS  [ send green star]
 
rest: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 5:10 AM

has difficulty understanding the Jewish Museum's scornful response. "It is very important for a Jewish museum to show such an exhibit," he says. "It helps Israel politically, since the moment the Jews become just one group of victims, it robs Holocaust-deniers, who are motivated by anti-Semitism, of their argument's legitimacy. Because the Jewish organizations do not support us, they pave the way for the museum to dismiss our demand. Israel and the Jews want to monopolize the Holocaust, even if it means children won't study the evolution of the Final Solution." "If I were doing it all over again," concedes Kampmeyer, "I would have added one sign, perhaps the last in the exhibit, noting that after the war, 20,000 more people died."  [ send green star]
 
and yes, even more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 5:08 AM

: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1097437.html Some citation follow below. We are very delighted, that our demand to tell "the whole truth" has been heard from this newspaper, since the echo in the German media was near to nothing. Here you can read our flayer and see the picture of the first day of our commenting in the rain outside the museum: http://www.iaapa.de/zwang3/protest_hygiene_museum.htm Kind regards rene talbot (secretary of IAAPA) ---------------------- Hagai Aviel, 51, one of the founders of the Israeli Association Against Psychiatric Assault, approached the museum to offer his help in organizing the show, entitled "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race." His hope was to convince its curators that the show does not, in fact, address the Nazi regime per se, but rather a particular branch of psychiatry. Aviel argues that it was psychiatrists who paved the way for the Final Solution. He believes the only way to do justice to all concerned - himself, the museum, Germany, Israel and the victims - is for the museum to extend the time frame of the exhibition, which now is 1933-1945, and acknowledge that this "deadly medicine" was in use as late as 1949, claiming the lives of an additional 20,000 people in special psychiatric facilities. [...] The Nazis were not the first to propose the creation of a "superior race." Indeed, the concept, an integral part of social Darwinism, dates back to the mid-19th century. At the dawn of the 20th century, there was support in several countries (including the United States, Switzerland and Sweden) for policies aimed at creating such a race, which included such measures as castration of the mentally ill and others who were deemed inferior. [...] The Nazi party's rise to power gave that idea the official seal of approval. In 1933, Germany's leading psychiatrists opened so-called genetic-health courts, where people were tried for such "offenses" as manic depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism and the like. Between 1933 and 1939, some 400,000 German men were castrated, after it was determined that they did not contribute to the party, the state or science. A number of them died as a result. Also subject to castration were Germans who suffered from various disorders like depression or addictions. And of course, both Jews and Gypsies were defined as inferior races. On September 1, 1939, bowing to a request from the psychiatric elite, Hitler signed an order calling for the systematic murder of people "judged incurably sick, by critical medical examination." This was the only document that linked him directly to mass murder, and its codename was T4, for "Tiergartenstrasse 4," the Berlin address where the request from an organization of physicians and other officials had originated. [...] The order resulted in the establishment of six euthanasia centers in psychiatric institutions throughout the Reich, and during the two years in which it was in effect, a total of 70,000 Germans were murdered on the basis of this directive - most of them in gas chambers. When the order was eventually revoked, the murderous staff who worked in these centers went on to the camps in Eastern Europe, where they put their expertise to use in killing Jews. While Aviel, his colleagues and Jewish Museum officials agree that some 20,000 civilians died or were killed in these institutions between 1945 and 1949, they differ as to the method used. Aviel maintains that the systematic murder outlined under order T4 continued during those years. By contrast, the museum people assert that these people died because of the poor conditions in the facilities.[...] Standing outside the museum, since he has been banned from the immediate grounds, Aviel hands out flyers that explain his organization's struggle. He wears a shirt calling for "the whole truth" - referring to the fact that he believes the museum should mention in the exhibition that there were four additional years of killings, and many victims. He is adamant that he supports the exhibition, but demands the museum tell the whole story. "[Aside from psychiatrists], there is no other civil servant who can arrest a citizen and penetrate his body," Aviel argues. "Everything that may not be done to a regular person may be done to whomever the psychiatrist determines. Nowadays, too, psychiatrists can determine who is eligible to have basic rights and who isn't." [...] At the start of the decade, Aviel and his colleagues at the association found out that the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington was about to launch the "Deadly Medicine" exhibit. They contacted its curator, Susan Bachrach, offering their help, and tried to explain that she ought to change the time frame of the exhibit. Bachrach refused. In 2006, the exhibition traveled to the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (German Museum for Hygiene) in Dresden, one of the most important institutions dealing with German race theory. Aviel's association contacted this museum, too, offering its help. After receiving yet another cool response, they decided to take action. They organized a demonstration in Dresden that not only drew attention, but also resulted in a huge police presence at the site. However, the protesters failed to attain the desired change. It seems that in Berlin, too, Aviel and his colleagues have not received the attention they sought, and also failed to change the time frame covered by the exhibit. Nevertheless, they continue to stand not far from the entrance, wearing over their clothes the huge white shirt with the "whole truth" motto, handing flyers out to every visitor. [...] Aviel realizes people in the U.S. have no interest in accepting his association's position and demands (after all, the Americans liberated Europe and, as far as they are concerned, everything ended in 1945) - and, likewise, most Germans (since it was the the Third Reich that murdered the patients, and it was defeated). However, he....  [ send green star]
 
yes, even more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 5:06 AM

"mental illness " is an excuse for a special law in the event of danger to themselves or others - that is a definitive confirmation of our call for the immediate abolition of all PsychKGs by the highest Human Rights body (see Article 49 below). Here are the most important sections of the report as a quotation: 47. In the area of criminal law, recognition of the legal capacity of persons with disabilities requires abolishing a defence based on the negation of criminal responsibility because of the existence of a mental or intellectual disability.* Instead disability-neutral doctrines on the subjective element of the crime should be applied, which take into consideration the situation of the individual defendant. Procedural accommodations both during the pretrial and trial phase of the proceedings might be required in accordance with article 13 of the Convention, and implementing norms must be adopted. * Often referred to as “insanity defence”. 5. Right to liberty and security of the person 48. A particular challenge in the context of promoting and protecting the right to liberty and security of persons with disabilities is the legislation and practice related to health care and more specifically to institutionalization without the free and informed consent of the person concerned (also often referred to as involuntary or compulsory institutionalization). Prior to the entrance into force of the Convention, the existence of a mental disability represented a lawful ground for deprivation of liberty and detention under international human rights law.* The Convention radically departs from this approach by forbidding deprivation of liberty based on the existence of any disability, including mental or intellectual, as discriminatory. Article 14, paragraph 1 (b), of the Convention unambiguously states that “the existence of a disability shall in no case justify a deprivation of liberty”. Proposals made during the drafting of the Convention to limit the prohibition of detention to cases “solely” determined by disability were rejected.** As a result, unlawful detention encompasses situations where the deprivation of liberty is grounded in the combination between a mental or intellectual disability and other elements such as dangerousness, or care and treatment. Since such measures are partly justified by the person’s disability, they are to be considered discriminatory and in violation of the prohibition of deprivation of liberty on the grounds of disability, and the right to liberty on an equal basis with others prescribed by article 14. * See for reference the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, A/RES/46/119, available at: http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/46/a46r119.htm. ** In the course of the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, proposals were made to add the word “solely” to then draft article 10, paragraph 1 (b), so it would read “any deprivation of liberty shall be in conformity with the law and in no case shall be based solely on disability”. 49. Legislation authorizing the institutionalization of persons with disabilities on the grounds of their disability without their free and informed consent must be abolished. This must include the repeal of provisions authorizing institutionalization of persons with disabilities for their care and treatment without their free and informed consent, as well as provisions authorizing the preventive detention of persons with disabilities on grounds such as the likelihood of them posing a danger to themselves or others, in all cases in which such grounds of care, treatment and public security are linked in legislation to an apparent or diagnosed mental illness… February 14, 2009: The IAAPA prize to criminalize the psychiatrists ends: 1st Prize: „Psychiatrists: state protected criminals“ April 1, 2009: The regional state of Brandenburg parliament exposes itself as a human rights criminal gang (see Irren-Offensive No. 14, page 14): It issues a new mental health law including coercive measures – all parties agree. April 26, 2009: On the occasion of a federal meeting on disability policy of the Green Party on May 5 we inform everyone with flyers about the deception failed. We do the same in front of the chancellery at a SPD “demonstration” and on May 13 at a meeting on invitiation of the SPD in the Bundestag. May 2, 2009: The 15th Remembrance & Resistance Day is a demonstration march from the T4 commemorative plaque in Tiergartenstrasse 4 to the seat of the Federal psychiatrists organization in Germany: Our slogan on the banner: "Since 1.1.2009, all those who work in a closed ward are criminals" and "Psychiatrists: state protected criminals" (the poster is now available in 11 langauges). So they are all informed! -------------------------------------- On June 2, 2009 the general assembly of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Psychiatrie-Erfahrener (the-BPE.de) decided the publication of this Chronicle. It is allredy published in Germin here: www.zwangspsychiatrie.de/kampagnen/chronik-eines-betrugs Soon it will be available in the Internet in the english edition of "ZWANG" No.4 the journal of the International Association Against Psychiatric Assault (IAAPA). Kind regards rene talbot (Secretary of IAAPA) Psychiatry and the Final Solution :) [Please disseminate this information to news boards and in your e-mail address list] The internationally known Israeli Newspaper "Ha´aretz" published in its friday edition on June 26 an article with the title Psychiatry and the Final Solution about our protest on the the "Deadly Medicine" exhibition in the Jewish Museum in Berlin: http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/1095632.html By now "Ha´aretz" translated the article into English, see...  [ send green star]
 
and even more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 5:00 AM

enter. October 6, 2008: Week of Berlin's "mental health" - Before the press conference we hand out our flyers with the call for demonstration. October 6-12, 2008: On the occasion of the Dignity and Justice for Detainees Week, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights publishes Information No. 4, which fully confirms our legal opinion on the convention. This clarification of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is also part of the statement that the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Psychiatrie-Erfahrene, along with the complete expert opinion of Kaleck, Scharmer and Hilbrans sent to the appropriate Bundestag Committee which then became on 11/11 part of the Bundestag documentation as committee publication No.16 (11) 1179 (see page 30-49). This documentation had the purpose of concealing the non-invitation of the psychiatric survivors and the complete disregard of their statement at the session of the Committee on 24/11. October 21, 2008: Demonstration with handing out of flyers in front of Berlin's health bureaucracy October 23, 2008: Handing out of flyers at the presentation by prof. Dörner in the University October 30 - November 7, 2008: The third letter is sent to all MPs of all 16 state parliaments (see sample letter in the Irren-Offensive No.14, page 18) November 11, 2008: An open letter is sent to the German Institute for Government Complaisance explaining why they are becoming part of a fraud. November 12, 2008: Demonstration in front of the second house of the federal parliaments (Bundesrat) because of its first reading on the Disability Rights Convention November 12, 2008: The first reading in the federal parliament (Bundestag); we were not able to participate in the reading, because visitors to the debate are only allowed in before 10 p.m. and we arrived there at 10:30 p.m. - a purely bureaucratic exclusion, but did we really miss anything? The hypocrisy bla-bla of the first reading in the Bundestag can be read on the Internet here: See Page 19904 Erkner, November 13/14/15, 2008: in front of the bi-annual conference of all those who earn their money with guardianship (Vormundschaftsgerichtstag) (documentation of the announcement and pictures) November 17, 2008: Demonstration in front of the German Institute for Government Complaisance, distribution of the open letter November 24, 2008: In a public session of the Bundestag Committee for Work and Social Affairs on the ratification draft, Mr. Lachwitz and Mr. Kruckenberg betray us, Mr. Degener says nothing - by keeping silent they support the slaughter of the UN Convention. November 26/27, 2008: Demonstration at the entrance to the ICC Convention Center in Berlin during the Congress of the DGPPN (Federal psychiatrists organization in Germany): Our slogan on the banner: "From 1.1.2009 onwards, all those who work in a closed ward are criminals" November 27, 2008: A third letter is sent to all members of the Bundestag November 28, 2008: Demonstration in front of the second house of the federal parliaments (Bundesrat) Further demonstrations and handing out of flyers at various "celebrations" of 60 years of Human Rights: December 1, 2008: Handing out of flyers at the conference of the German Institute for Government Complaisance, allegedly on the subject of "Human Dignity" December 1, 2008: Demonstration in front of the SPD headquarters December 2, 2008: a) English flyers handed out in the Kleisthaus b) handing out of flyers at the Boell Foundation on the occasion of the Kelly award. The Minister of Justice, Mrs. Zypries, who landed us in the soup with her memorandum (part of the ratification law), holds a laudatory speech December 3, 2008: Handing out of flyers at the Franzoescher Dom at the Gendarmenmarkt 60th anniversary „celebration " December 4, 2008: We counter the 2nd + 3rd reading in the Bundestag with our statement: The sale of stolen human rights December 9, 2008: Handing out of flyers at the House of World Cultures December 10, 2008: Demonstration with flyers handed out in front of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Hiroshimastrasse 17: Political ceremony with top political prominence – scornful of human rights, the police relegate us from our place. Amnesty International, as co-organizer, allows this to happen. The demonstration is dissolved and only flyers are handed out. December 11, 2008: Flyers are handed out at the Amnesty International reading in the Water Tower Library. December 18, 2008: At the celebration of Human Rights at the University of Potsdam flyers are handed out December 19, 2008: The second house of the federal parliaments (Bundesrat) also decides on ratification in accordance with the "Lindauer Agreement“ [this means that international treaties have to be positively affirmed at the federal level as well as by all 16 regional German states, with the result that all parties have to consent because they are all in a coalition in at least one of the 17 governments. Any disagreement would result in the abstention of one body and failure of the ratification]. Our answer is the press release: deception failed January 1, 2009: The convention enters into force by a proclamation in the Federal Law Gazette Part II 2008 Nr. 35 31.12.2008 page 1419 - but the UN reports the ratification as taking effect on February 24, 2009. Geneva, January 26, 09: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reaffirms all of our demands, which we had already made on March 29, 2007. In a report to the General Assembly of the United Nations "to improve the awareness and understanding of the Disability Rights Convention" it is definitely clear that: • criminal proceedings with a finding of insanity defence "must be abolished" (see Article 47 below) • the „Convention differs radically from the UN Resolution No. 46/119 of December 17, 1991" (see Article 48 below) • all laws „must be abolished ", where ....  [ send green star]
 
even more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 4:58 AM

psychiatric survivors, the „Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener“, positions itself by a public statement on the UN Disability Convention almost identical to that of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Psychiatrie-Erfahrener (the-BPE): both organizations demand the abolishment of the PsychKGs not later than the date of the ratification of the convention. Berlin, June 20, 2008: The second governments answer by the state secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, Mr. Altmaier, on the second question by Jörg Rohde, FDP, (documented on page 8 of the Bundestag documentation No. 16/9832). With this answer it becomes clear that the grand coalition and the government supporting them will let it come down to a convention fraud. Berlin, July 15, 2008: Together representatives of the associations Irren-Offensive, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Psychiatrie-Erfahrener, Landesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener Berlin-Brandenburg, Verein zum Schutz vor psychiatrischer Gewalt, Betroffenenberatung, Weglaufhaus and a representative of the Humanistischen Union Berlin discuss the situation. It is agreed upon that the associations involved are to be asked to adopt a resolution for the creation of a working group to co-ordinate further action. This working group is active on several issues and writes, among other things, two calls for a demonstration . The government draft of the ratification law is passed on us. It finally proves how the convention fraud by the conservative party (CDU) and the Labour party (SPD) as well as the federal government is planned with the help of the so-called “memorandum” as a part of the ratification law, which however all other parties likewise endorse. Bochum, July 18, 2008: In a second public statement the Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener criticizes the governmental draft for the ratification of the convention: „The governmental draft of the Federal Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs for the ratification of the Disability Convention is pure window-dressing politics. While in the shop window human rights are presented, torture continues to takes place in the back rooms (psychiatric institutions and homes for the elderly). The complete contortion of the paragraphs 12 and 14 of the Disability Convention in the governmental memorandum serves that purpose.“ Berlin, July 22, 2008: On the occasion of the “hearing” of invited various associations (we were of course not invited) we demonstrate in front of the Kleisthaus, seat of the Commissioner of the Federal Government for the Disabled, Karin Evers Meyer, who plays a central role in the convention fraud. With a flyer all participants are informed about the hypocrisy of the Federal Government and the planned fraud. Berlin, July 23, 2008: On the occasion of the hearing of the regional state representatives concerning the ministerial draft, we demonstrate in front of the Federal Ministry for Work and Social Affairs. With a flyer all participants are informed about the hypocrisy of the Federal Government and the planned fraud. 29 July 2009, Berlin: the-BPE writes a letter to the Office of the Federal Chancellor with the title: Instead of abolishing the special mental health laws, hypocrites plan a convention fraud August 20, 2008: In order to give the Berlin “Linken” party, which left our letters unanswered, an opportunity to speak to us directly, in a letter we suggest a discussion with the State Secretary of the Health Senator, Benjamin Hoff, because in fact, a confrontation was imminent. This should clear up the potentially false assumption that the “Linken” party in Berlin was involved in the planned convention fraud, just to leave untouched the coercive psychiatry practices in Berlin. Paradoxically, he accepted, although the conversation ended after only 5 minutes, but nevertheless created clarity about the fact that the “Linken” party stands fully behind the convention fraud. They couldn‘t care less about human rights. What almost becomes a cynical deception of their followers is the fervently sung, "The Internationale unites the human race" [German version translated: “The Internationale fights for Human Rights”] August 29, 2008: A handing out of flyers in front of the Institute for Government Complaisance [This name is appropriate for this institute, which deceives the public with the false name " German Institute for Human Rights”.] That this institute was just acting hypocritically on May 2 now became obvious, when we were no longer invited by this institution to a round-table discussion with other organizations about the UN Convention. The government complaisant people of this institute no longer had an interest in yet another deception, because at now it was already apparent that human rights are completely unknown to the federal government, particularly when it comes to the crimes of coercive psychiatry. The government complaisant people had learned that they would be rewarded for their toadyism and the betrayal of human rights with € 463,000 a year. September 3, 2008: The first day of a indefinite demonstration in front of the seat of the Berlin Senator for Health and its State Secretary, Benjamin Hoff. This was followed by another 56 days of demonstrations of 2.5 hours each. September 4-17, 2008: The second letter is sent to all members of all parliaments respectively a reply to those who responded to our first letter (see letter template in the magazine Irren-Offensive No.14, page 15) September 15, 2008: We are invited in the Kleisthaus to participate in a conference named "all inclusive", which means in fact: “all lies!” Accordingly, we were sent out of the assembly after pointing to our issue. After that we move on to hand out flyers in Berlin's health bureaucracy. September 19, 2008: Handing out flyers in the "leftist cinema night". Here the issue is not welcomed. Those distributing flyers are kicked out and are only able to inform the visitors at the door as they....  [ send green star]
 
and more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 4:53 AM

shield for the torture methods on disabled people; with regard to this “Institute”, it can only disgust survivors. It is a perfect example of the wretched abhorrence which hypocrites invent for the only purpose of perpetuating the power of the physicians to practice systematic abuse. April 11 – 17, 2008: A personally addressed letter with a copy of the expert opinion invited all members of the federal parliament (Bundestag) to a public discussion on the expert opinion, including a question and answer session with the experts on May 7. All members of all 16 federal state parliaments likewise received the expert opinion, the invitation and additionally an amusing but - above all - enlightening book: “Gert Postel: Playing Doctor ”. (The letter can be read in German in the Irren-Offensive magazine No. 14 on page 14.) The president of the Bremen parliament reacted immediately: he ridiculed the rule of law via his manager, Mrs. Grotheer-Hueneke, by refusing to deliver the post to the Members of Parliament and instead wanted all letters to be returned or thrown away. On the written request of one of the expert opinion lawyers what the legal basis was for wanting to withhold or dump the members of parliaments post, the president made an u-turn and handed out it after all, because the censorship of the post threatened to become public. Berlin, April 16, 2008: Kleisthaus: we distribute the printed expert opinion in the conference: „The UN-Convention on the rights of the disabled between everyday life and a vision of the future“. Berlin, May 2, 2008: The T4 demonstration march on the 14th Remembrance and Resistance day. We still preserve the hope that with the UN Disability Convention it is actually meant what is stated in it. So we celebrate the entering into force of the convention the next day on May 3. The director of the German Institute for Government Complaisance still succeeds so well with his hypocrisy that we do not notice how we are duped as we celebrate with these people and then march from there to the Tiergartenstr. 4. Berlin, May 7, 2008: Public meeting in the Berlin state parliament for a discussion of the expert opinion and our demand with Wolfgang Kaleck, Sebstian Scharmer, Helga Wullweber, Wolf-Dieter Narr and the member of the Berlin state parliament, Dirk Behrendt. Subsequently, Gert Postel reads from his book. On the same day the second article appears on the incompatibility of PsychKG and the convention in the daily newspaper “Neues Deutschland”, a newspaper in line with the post-communist party. Since the Berlin Senat [the government of the state of Berlin is called the “Senat”] consists of a coalition of the Labour and the LINKEN (postcommunist) parties, the responsibility for the abolishment of the Berlin PsychKG law (and/or the therein inherent violence and coercion legalizing paragraphs) and the agreement of Berlin to the ratification of the UN Disability Convention in the second house of the federal parliaments (“Bundesrat” consisting of the governments of the 16 regional German states) lies with these two parliamentary groups. A key role is played here by the senator [minister in the state of Berlin] for health, whose department is responsible for the realization of this part of the convention. However, her party responsible for this department already revealed the planned fraud and its purpose. Alarmed by the article in “Neues Deutschland”, Dr. Ilja Seifert, Member of the federal Parliament and the party´s spokesman for disability politics, writes us on the same day on behalf of his party and the Bundestag fraction that, among other things, quotation: If we actually place the protection of the most elementary rights of defense as a precondition before the ratification, we run the risk of sustaining a procrastination of the ratification until the cows come home. He thus recognizes psychiatric abuse as a violation of the most fundamental rights but then puts off its removal indefinitely. Why? Because his Berlin comrades, the health senator, Katrin Lompscher, and her Secretary of State, Dr. Benjamin Immanuel Hoff, who have the political power to remove the Berlin PsychKG, have to be shielded in order to leave untouched psychiatric violence! Dr. Seiferts tremendous callousness in relation to most fundamental rights fatally reminds one of Stalin‘s ignorance of Human Rights in his Gulag politics while at the same time putting his signature under the UN-Declaration of the Human Rights of 1948 and his tactical relationship to Human Rights. In this regard, the responsibility of the „Linken“ party is ascertained: Since, in order to ratify the UN Disability Convention in accordance with Article 3 of the Lindauer Agreements of 1957, ALL Federal states must consent, the „ Linken“ party also can make as a condition of its consent of the ratification that beforehand the Berlin PsychKG is to be abolished. The „Linken“ party thus has, independently of the likewise governing Labour party, the undivided and full responsibility for the convention fraud if it should agree to the ratification for Berlin without beforehand having removed the parts of the PsychKG which legalize violence. By having the option of refusing their consent for the ratification, the „Linken“ party therefore had the power to persuade the coalition partner to agreeing to the abolishment of the PsychKGs. Berlin, May 15, 2008: Through the state secretary of the minister for work and social affairs, Mr. Brandtner, the Federal Government gives an evasive answer to the question from the spokesman for disability politics of the Liberal party (FDP), Jörg Rohde, (documented on page 33 of the Bundestag documentation No. 16/9210) on whether the Federal Government recognizes the incompatibility of the PsychKGs with the UN-Convention. Rohde asks the question as a supporting reaction to our letter to all Members of Parliament in April. Bochum, June 11, 2008: The federal association of...  [ send green star]
 
more: IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 4:51 AM

having been previously informed of this implicit logic. These legislators can thus declare their guilelessness, assuming themselves to be „innocent”. In complete contrast to this, in Germany the disability-political cynics delivered a disgusting farce: Lies and deception on an open stage. New York, December 13, 2006: The UN General Assembly adopt the "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities" Berlin, March 29, 2007: the German national association of psychiatric survivors „the-BPE“ publishes a press statement on the initialing of the convention by the Federal Government on the following day: Only ratify the UN Disability Convention if at the same time all special psychiatric laws are abolished. In this statement the commissioning of an legal expert opinion on the question of the incompatibility of German psychiatric special laws with the UN convention is announced. New York, March 30, 2007: the convention is initialed by the German Government Berlin, April 19, 2007: An expert opinion by the renowned lawyers Wolfgang Kaleck, Sebastian Scharmer and Soenke Hilbrans, specialized in human rights, is commissioned. The expert opinion should concentrate on the investigation of the question of the (in)compatibility of the Berlin PsychKGs (mental health laws) with the Disability Convention. April 24, 2007: Additionally, the General Assembly of IAAPA adopts and publishes a statement with the same demands as those of the „the-BPE“: Only ratify the UN Disability Convention if, in doing so, all mental health laws are abolished. This statement also serves as call for the Remembrance & Resistance Day. Berlin, May 2, 2007: The 13th Remembrance & Resistance Day is a demonstration march from the T4 commemorative plaque in Tiergartenstrasse 4 to the seat of the commissioner of the federal government for the disabled, Karin Evers Meyer. Under a flimsy pretext she forbade us from entering this seat, the Kleisthaus building, where we wanted to inform the staff about our demands. We were thus obliged to distribute these flyers demonstratively in front of the entrance. When leaving after work, the employees all had to walk passed us. At this time this defensive reaction on our press statement of 29.3.07 was already an indication of the anti-human rights and disability-hostile attitude of Mrs. Evers Meyer. She becomes one of the „leaders of the pack“ of the convention fraud. Geneva, December 11, 2007: In a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expert seminar titled Expert seminar on freedom from torture and ill treatment and persons with disabilities, Prof. Theresia Degener documents on page 12 that she considers torture (camouflaged as coercive psychiatric treatment) to be acceptable if it is legalized and the judges consent. Quotation: ..in her [Prof. Theresia Degeners] view, control and review of medical actions should not be exclusively on the hands of doctors (medical review) but of judges (judicial review). She thereby placed herself outside of the principles of Human Rights, in order to protect the psychiatric torture measures. In March 2008 this anti-human rights position is then directly reflected in the lies of the so-called “Institute for Humans, Ethics and Science” (Institut Mensch, Ethik und Wissenschaft see March 2008) which she supports. In the seminar Prof. Degener was of course immediately contradicted, see the minutes on page 13: One participant clarified that in her view forced medical interventions targeting persons with disabilities constitute torture or CIDT, as discussed earlier in the seminar, and there is no judicial review of torture. She expressed her disagreement with any implication from Prof. Degener’s remarks that forced medical interventions on persons with disabilities might be permitted with the safeguard of judicial review. She emphasized as well that CRPD article 14 prohibited disability-based detention. Berlin, January 30, 2008: The human rights lawyers Wolfgang Kaleck, Sebastian Scharmer and Soenke Hilbrans hand over the 45-paged expert opinion to the German national association of psychiatric survivors, the-BPE. This expert opinion comes to the clear conclusion that the Berlin PsychKG is incompatible with the UN Disability Convention. It is immediately passed on to the political scientist, Prof. Wolf-Dieter Narr and the Professor for rehabilitation pedagogy, Eckhard Rohrmann. Berlin, February 25, 2008: Together with their comments, the expert opinion is made public at a press conference in the Berlin state parliament. The complete explanation by René Talbot on the publication of the expert opinion can be read here. The expert opinion by Prof. Narr here, comments by Prof. Rohrmann here. The reactions in the press are documented here. (The publication was supported by the Green Party in the Berlin state parliament; the offer to the postcommunist party (Linkspartei), which together with the Labour Party forms the Berlin state goverment, to also support the publication was rejected by them without any reason being given) March 2008: The prelude to the series of lies that developed thereafter was characteristically made by the hypocrites at the ”Institut for Humans, Ethics and Science”. Although the authors of the expert opinion in a letter explicitly requested the institute to revoke the following false assumption, the institute held firmly on to this lie disseminated on the internet and in print, quotation: … Apart from this, coercive treatment and incarceration in the event of a mental derangement should only be instructed by the judge as a last resort, when danger to oneself or others cannot be avoided in any other way and all attempts of voluntary help and support have been exhausted (Kaleck, among others, 2007) Exactly the opposite of what the “Institute” insinuated is stated in the expert opinion, but the only task of this “Institute” seems to be holding a legitimizing....  [ send green star]
 
IAAPA Actions: Psychiatry and the Final Solution; etc.. July 21, 2009 4:48 AM

This Action, on Change.org, the url :) UN Disability Rights :) http://globalhealth.change.org/actions/view/un_disability_rights http://www.change.org/profile/189788/actions UN-Convention fraud: a Chronicle of events :) Geneva, April 17, 2001: the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, makes an invitation to a meeting in the Palais des Nations which takes place during the 57th meeting of the UN Commission for Human Rights . In its report for the year 2001 on page 154 the following can be read: In April 2001, during the 57th session of the Commission on Human Rights, the Office organized consultations with governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, and national institutions including national human rights commissions, on the issue of human rights and disability. The consultations concluded with a reaffirmation that there is a human rights dimension to disability and the need to strengthen the link between the Special Rapporteur on disability of the Commission for Social Development, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Commission on Human Rights. Hagai Aviel and René Talbot were likewise invited and present. They describe their impressions as follows: Last Tuesday 17 April we were in the special consultation on 'human rights and disability' in the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights in Geneva . We were very impressed that almost all the participants in this consultation addressed our issue, using the term 'psychiatric disability'. This term was specifically mentioned in the opening words of Ms. Mary Robinson, the High Commissioner. The only exception was, of course, the lady from WHO who talked about 'mental health'. 'Psychiatric disability' hit the nail on the head: of course are we disabled by coercive psychiatry - by the mental health laws! This consultation confirmed our conviction: we have to focus on Human Rights. Our claims in the human rights field have solid ground and we can speak for ourselves. In a statement by IAAPA Hagai Aviel summarizes his impressions: In a special UN meeting about disability in April 2001 there was a clear difference between speakers depending on whether they were government representatives or NGO advocates. Governments representatives called for a declaration supporting special laws, while the non-governmental organizations didn't even mention the need for laws and instead spoke about day-to-day difficulties. The reason is simply that new laws would confer more power to the state and state-sponsored professional help. They would have little to do with the wishes of the affected individuals themselves or their organizations. It was all about more power to the government and the professionals it supports and maintains. From the outset there was thus a need from the side of the states, instead of changing the practices, to just make any international agreement, in order to stifle criticism with reference to these “great” agreements. That is a typical method how those with power in the state negate the demands for the respect of Human Rights of the oppressed, in democracies just as with dictatorships, in order to maintain the deception that human rights are being upheld. With regard to this, it is to be noted that Human Rights aims for a human interaction free of violence and therefore an internal contradiction arises if it should be applied by force. The following developments are an example of the paradox that develops if the state with a monopoly on violence, in order to to distinguish justice from injustice, itself becomes a Human Rights criminal. Berlin, June 2001: The Russell Tribunal corroborates and strengthens the verdict of the Foucault Tribunal in 1998. A greeting for the tribunal was read by the representative of the UN in Germany on behalf the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Already in the year 2001 it is decided by the UN General Assembly, i.e. the meeting of the state representatives of the nations, to prepare a Disability Rights Convention. July 29, 2003: This preparation process is accompanied by a resolution of the General Assembly of the International Association Against Psychiatric Assault (IAAPA) of 10/29/2002 : Disabled by Psychiatry and the Law - Psychiatric Disability: Spearhead of the Struggle for Human Rights. All members of the so-called “ad hoc committee” at the UN received the text. Unfortunately the NGO´s taking part in the preparation could not push through our demand that the ban on coercive psychiatry must be explicitly taken up in the convention, as with its incompatibility with human rights. If that had succeeded, then with acceptance of the convention and/or its respective ratification, it would have been clear from the outset, what the decision was and it would not have had the smallest chance for any “interpretations”. It is well known that 3 lawyers typically have 4 different opinions. In fact, the only thing achieved, was that this demand is implicitly included in the convention, one could say it was “legal logic” included in the articles thereof. That was probably a diplomatic compromise, so that ostensibly the convention would not seem so “conspicuous” anymore. However, in doing so, the weight of succeeding with the demand on a national state level had been shifted: With the ratifications it would now be decided whether the abolishment of coercive psychiatry was in fact accepted as an implicitly logical result of the convention and therefore either the convention was not at all signed in an honest way (as decided by e.g. the USA) or, just as honestly, after initialing was however not ratified, or whether a hypocritical fraud is made out of the convention, just as with all states which have ratified it so far. However, you have to give credit to these states in that the national legislators committed this fraud....  [ send green star]
 
Halt Burmese Genocide :) June 22, 2009 12:11 AM

Action, on Change.org, the url :) Halt Burmese Genocide :) http://genocide.change.org/actions/view/halt_burmese_genocide Today is Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th Birthday :) Today, Aung San Suu Kyi turns 64 years old. She will spend this birthday in Insein prison, as a prisoner of Than Shwe's military regime -- simply because she has called for democracy and human rights for the people of Burma. We and our colleagues throughout the world have been doing a ton of work to make sure that she remains in the spotlight. Over 560 people signed up to host events in their homes through our "Arrest Yourself" campaign! If you were not able to host an event, we are asking you to make a special donation of $64, $640 or $6,400 today to the U.S. Campaign for Burma in honor of Aung San Suu Kyi, so that we can continue our work to advocate for her freedom, and human rights for everyone in Burma. Your money will be put to good use. Here are only a few things we have organized lately: http://uscampaignforburma.org/about-us-campaign-for-burma/accomplishments This year, through our annual "Arrest Yourself" campaign, http://uscampaignforburma.org/arrestyourself2009 over 560 people in every state and 46 countries around the world have pledged to put themselves under self-imposed "house arrest" and to host educational events in solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi. On Moday, U.S. Campaign for Burma Executive Director Aung Din joined other prominent democracy advocates from Burma to personally deliver a petition of over 680,000 signatures calling for the release of all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, to Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Secretary-General's special envoy to Buurma at UN headquarters in New York. We helped recruit 112 former Presidents and Prime Ministers from throughout the world to urge the UN Secretary General to travel to Burma to seek Suu Kyi's release. While he initially resisted, in early May he changed his mind and said he will go in the near future. We are currently campaigning for the renewal of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, which includes targeted sanctions on Burma's ruthless leaders that Aung San Suu Kyi has called for. We hope you will join this effort and take a moment to call your Senators. Our work has been covered in thousands of news articles, helping to keep Burma on the agenda of world leaders You can read more about what else we've done lately here and, at the bottom of this email you can read about some of the events taking place around the world to honor Aung San Suu Kyi. Please help us to continue our vital work by making a contribution to our campaign today. Sincerely, Jeremy Woodrum Director U.S. Campaign for Burma ================================================================================ ======================== Event honoring Aung San Suu Kyi around the world: Australia What: Birthday celebration with speeches from leading parliamentarians Where: New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney When: 10.30 AM, 18 June 2009 What: Birthday Celebration with screening of 'Silence & Fear' Where: Villawood Senior Citizen Centre, Villawood Road, Sydney When: 6.30 PM 19 June 2009 Austria What: Birthday celebration, send birthday greetings to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Where: Stock im Eisen-Platz, Wien When: 7.00 PM (http://www.austrianburmacenter.at) Belgium What: Banner unveiling by the city of Brussels and public gathering/protest Where: Place de Brouckère, Brussels When: 19 June 2009 (please check the Action Birmanie website: www.birmanie.net) Czech Republic What: Documentary Screening; Burma VJ and aftermath of cyclone Nargis Where: Tea room ?ajovna ve Vlnách, Hude?kova Street 1, D??ín When: 7.00 PM What: Life lettering (life signs): FREE SUU KYI! Public gathering for Suu Kyi. We will create a sign from our bodies and send the photo to Czech and Burmese exile media Where: Na Kamp?, Prague When: 18 June 2009 France What: Public event with the mayor of Paris, MPs and well known figures with the installing of a banner in solidarity with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Where: Paris town hall, 6, place Gambetta, PARIS When: 8.30 PM 19 June 2009Germany What: Gathering at the historical site of Brandernburger Tor in the heart of Berlin. We will display pictures and posters of Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners, people will sign postcards for Aung San Suu Kyi and the political prisoners. With:Amnesty international and Burma-Initiative Asienhaus. When: 11 AM- 1 PM 19 June 2009 Indonesia Civil society organisations will deliver the Free Burma's Political Prisoners Now! petition results to ASEAN General Secretary, Surin Pitsuwan's Office. ASEAN Secretariat Office, Jakarta 10 am 19 June Ireland What: Evening Vigil Where: Fusiliers Arch, St. Stephens Green, Dublin When: 6-8 PM 19 June 2009 Japan What: Candle lit vigil and religious ceremony Where: In front of the UN building, Tokyo, Shibuya When: 5.00 PM 19 June 2009 Malaysia What: Indie music, speeches and candles. Birthday party afterwards at Finnegans in Hartamas Where: Taman Jaya (near Amcorp Mall) Kuala Lumpur When: 8-10 PM 19 June 2009 Norway What: Vigil and Procession through the city centre several speakers holding appeals on her behalf and that of the 2,100 political prisoners Where: Den blå stein, Bergen When: 3 PM 19 June 2009 Philippines The Free Burma Coalition - Philippines will hold a rally in front of the SPDC Embassy in Makati City, Philippines on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:00 am to celebrate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday and call for her immediate release from Insein Prison. The demonstrators will carry floral arrangements forming the words "NOT GUILTY", as an expression of solidarity and support to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's quest for freedom and democratic rights for all the people of Burma. Switzerland What...  [ send green star]
 
Help Dying Receive Rightful Care: Lama Milkweed L. Augustine June 08, 2009 12:43 PM

These actions, on Change.org, the url :) Pledge: Help Dying :) http://humanitarianrelief.change.org/actions/view/help_dying Petition: Help a Dying Patient to Receive Her Rightful Care: Help Lama Milkweed L. Augustine! :) http://humanitarianrelief.change.org/actions/view/help_a_dying_patient_to_receiv e_her_rightful_care_help_lama_milkweed_l_augustine Help a Dying Patient to Receive Her Rightful Care: Help Lama Milkweed L. Augustine! Targeting: Members of your State House, Members of the U.S. Senate and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, see more...your Governor, Members of your State Senate, Members of your State House, Members of the U.S. Senate and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Started by: Lama Milkweed L. Augustine Prof. PhD Lama Milkweed L. Augustine, well known author and Leader of Religion who is twice recognized by 14 Dalai Lama and has been a published success for many years is very soon to die from Leukemia and Neutropenia, which is cancer of the white blood cells, but has been fed continuously through an implanted IV implant called a "port-a-cath." It has been recently removed due to ongoing infections in her blood, but is always replaced as normal procedure, but lately in Brockton, Massachusetts in a hospital called "Caritas Good Samaritan" Hospital on 235 North Pearl Street, Brockton, Mass 02301 Tel: 508.42.3000 Attn: Pt. Advocate, a hospitalist who had not known Milkweed as well as never look at her medical files in both hardcopy and in electronic formatting, completely refused this courageous woman all of her rights as not only a patient, but one who is in dyer need of not only nutritional assistance, but the fact her vascular system is calcifying and she need and requires a vascular access to receive iv medications such as her Dilaudid, which is an opioid for her continuous and well documented pain from a rare blood disease which only albinos are born with called HERMANSKY PUDLAK DISEASE. She requires this replacement of her port, as a new primary care physician at first desired for Milkweed Augustine to have another IV port, or "port-a-cath", but 6 weeks later refused her, as the only reason it was denied is because of her having the above cancer condition, which is NEUTROPPENIA, cancer of the white blood cells, which has NO PRESIDENCE for her NOT receiving another necessary medical implant to sustain her to receive FLUIDS AND MEDICATIONS, which now in her "END OF LIFE STAGE", should by all constitutional rights , be allowed to have this mentioned aid. Before she went to this same hospital, Milkweed had her TPN, which is Total Parenternal Nutrition, or to the laity, CHEST FEEDING, for well over 4 years, this time around, and was suddenly stopped as she was also starved while here; like in a prior medical institution, previously- which was established in her book "ETERNAL I.V. POLE". Only NOW, she no longer has home nursing services, or HOSPICE care, as well as any pain medication to speak of, and this HERMANSKY PUDLAK disease is not only terminal and has a high mortality rate among people cursed with hypopigmentation, but, causes horrific torturous pain deep inside of all of the bones, constantly; which requires opioids- like previously mentioned, Dilaudid. Lama Milkweed L. Augustine is completely without any medical services of any kind, as well as the normal daily and customary medical care we all need to not only sustain health, but to comfort those like Milkweed who are at the end of life. All she requires is the proper and CONSTITUTIONAL CARE and BASIC HUMAN RIGHT to be the recipient of CARE AND COMFORT. Please help this courageous woman and pacifist leader who has spent more than half of her arduous life, as not only a torture survivor, but helping all of those who are condemned to die by executions, and has created a published success in her recent book "the electric chair; journals of..." Please send this letter to senators in her area so she may be notified by state Representatives and said senators. Addition: Find MA Political Representatives: Sites to send emails, letters, and letters to the editor, et al :) http://capwiz.com/fconl/home http://www.congress.org/ Direct Contact info.: Congressional switchboard : (202) 224-3121 US House of Representatives :) http://www.house.gov/ US Senate :) http://www.senate.gov All DYING people need, and should by all rights, have their most basic needs fulfilled, and LAMA MILKWEED L. AUGUSTINE is, certainly, no exception, and should not be. Her time is very limited. Her physical address is: Her Holiness; The Most Venerable Lama Rimpoche, Prof. Ph. D, O.F.M. Miss Milkweed L. Augustine 15 Arlington St. Middleboro, Mass 02346  [ send green star]
 
PHA-Exchange Digest, Vol 75, Issue 1 May 09, 2009 10:18 PM

PHA-Exchange Digest, Vol 75, Issue 1 These Actions, on Change.org, the url :) Learn More :) http://globalhealth.change.org/actions/view/learn_more Send PHA-Exchange mailing list submissions to pha-exchange@phm.kabissa.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.kabissa.org/mailman/listinfo/pha-exchange or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to pha-exchange-request@phm.kabissa.org You can reach the person managing the list at pha-exchange-owner@phm.kabissa.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of PHA-Exchange digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Problems with pha-exch miggrating to a new host (Claudio Schuftan) 2. Human Rights Report PHM UK (Claudio Schuftan) 3. Health Essay Competition (Claudio Schuftan) 4. Health and human rights (HHR) new blog - invitation for PHM postings (Claudio Schuftan) 5. UN AGENCIES LAUNCH DDT-FREE ANTI-MALARIA INITIATIVE (Claudio Schuftan) 6. Dr M. Chan: Keynote address at the 12th World Congress on Public Health (Claudio Schuftan) 7. Dr Binayak Sen Release-14th May Events - India, UK, USA (Claudio Schuftan) 8. WB: World Development Indicators 2009 (Claudio Schuftan) 9. TWN Press statement: Fair access to influenza treatments (Claudio Schuftan) 10. A global fund for the health MDGs? (Claudio Schuftan) 11. A global fund for the health MDGs? (2) (Claudio Schuftan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 04:45:40 +0700 From: Claudio Schuftan Subject: PHA-Exch> Problems with pha-exch miggrating to a new host To: pha-exchange@phm.kabissa.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" So sorry everybody. Probs are due to the migration to the new server...glitches. Bare with us; being taken care of. Some of you have been flooded with confusing subscribe/unsubscribe emails. All addresses are being transfered to the new server. I have received a few unsubscribe messages which I will process in the new address when it is working well. This is one of the latest messages you will get from this address. We will, from now on, be phm-exchange (instead of pha-exchange). Warm regards Claudio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/public/pha-exchange/attachments/20090504/f117eca9/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 00:52:15 +0700 From: Claudio Schuftan Subject: PHA-Exch> Human Rights Report PHM UK To: pha-exchange@phm.kabissa.org, Abhay Seema Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" PHM in the UK, in association with Medact and Doctors for Human Rights has completed a report on human rights and health in the UK. The report has been submitted to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It can be found on the UN high commission for human rights website; http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs42.htm under the list of country reports. >From Margaret Reeves, PHM UK coordinator , -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/public/pha-exchange/attachments/20090505/dcd834b7/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:55:08 +0700 From: Claudio Schuftan Subject: PHA-Exch> Health Essay Competition To: pha-exchange@phm.kabissa.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Vern Weitzel crossposted from: "[health-vn discussion group]" health-vn@anu.edu.au The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their fourth joint essay competition with the theme Innovating for the health of all, held in conjunction with Forum 2009, the annual meeting of the Global Forum that takes place in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 20 November. The Global Forum's vision is of a world in which the potential of research and innovation is fully utilized to address the health problems of the poor. Innovation is defined as the creation, development and implementation of a new product, process or service, with the aim of improving efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage. Research for health therefore goes far beyond medicine and biology, to include sectors such as economics, environment, politics, sociology and others. Innovating for the health of all involves both social and technological innovation Readmore: http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2009/05/health-essay-competition.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kabissa.org/lists/archives/public/pha-exchange/attachments/20090507/6ee7c48f/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:07:53 +0700 From: Claudio Schuftan Subject: PHA-Exch> Health and human rights (HHR) new blog - invitation for PHM postings To: pha-exchange@phm.kabissa.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have received the following: From: FXB HHR Journal HHRJOURNAL@hsph.harvard.edu Dear Claudio, Have you received a response from other PHM members to our journal's proposal that they submit regular blog posts? We're particularly interested in how blog contributions by PHM members can work a  [ send green star]
 
Donate Free and Advocate :) March 14, 2009 2:32 PM

Donate Free and Advocate :) Freely Donate and Advocate, With the click of your mouse :) Donate Free and Advocate, with the click of your mouse, donate, advocate, activism, community, help others, help out, help, click to donate These Actions on Change.org, the url :) http://homelessness.change.org/actions/view/donate_free_and_advocate_3 With the click of your mouse, Advocate and Donate Free :) I pledge to protect Rain Forests, big cats, baby seals, kids, women, primates, oceans, pets, stop global warming, end breast cancer, by going to the site and clicking the buttons I want, at The Care 2 Site, to save an area of imperiled land, etc., at no cost to me, HERE :) http://www.care2.com/click2donate/ Every item purchased in here, the Care2 Site store, helps in enumerable ways. Make every item count... Shop HERE :) http://www.care2.com/shopping/ Thank you for your support! Sincerely, The Care2 Site :) http://www.care2.com/ If you subscribe, The Care2 Site will send you a daily reminder with the link to do a daily click, etc.. You can also do 2 Daily Actions there :) http://www.care2.com/dailyaction/homepage.html As well, sign enumerable petitions, if you want, or create one at :) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/ All on the same site; with a great community, also- my group in it :) Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals :) Invite link (if you're already a member) :) http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 , Homepage :) http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action . Previous Pledge like this on Change.org, the url :) http://globalwarming.change.org/actions/view/click_to_donate_free Thanx. Enjoy a festive eve' as you can. Ciao, for now. Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :)  [ send green star]
 
WNUSP-News: FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WNUSP GA- REGISTER NOW! February 01, 2009 10:23 AM

WNUSP-News: FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WNUSP GA- REGISTER NOW! [ WNUSP-News ] FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WNUSP GA - REGISTER NOW!!! World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry http://www.wnusp.net/ • • • WNUSP-News • • • ANNOUNCEMENT: JANUARY 2009 Dear WNUSP Friends, This edition of WNUSP news features the Final Announcement for our General Assembly and World Conference. Final Invitation - Third Announcement REGISTER NOW!!! Making our Rights a Reality Human Rights in the Age of the CRPD WNUSP General Assembly and Conference,March 16-20 2009, Kampala, Uganda WNUSP has the pleasure to invite you to it's third general assembly and conference in Kampala, Uganda. After Vancouver, Canada in 2001, Vejle, Denmark in 2004, we are happy to hold our assembly in Africa for the first time and thank our hosts Mental Health Uganda. Delegates from WNUSP member organisations are invited to attend the conference and GA. The conference is open to users and survivors of psychiatry from all regions of the world. Priority will be given to members. If you have not yet joined but are interested in becoming a member, please do so when registering for the conference. All participants who are able to do so, are asked to contribute at least 100 US $ (150 US $) to the overall conference costs. Those who can afford more are kindly asked to contribute 250 US $ or donate even more money in order to enable us to support the participation of delegates from poorer regions. Please register as soon as possible, if you are interested. Only people from poorer countries can apply for scholarships. We are committed to making this conference as inclusive as possible and will do our best to support scholarships for users and survivors from low income countries. We will only be able to support travelling costs for a limited number of participants (see the attached document). Please use every means you have to raise funds for their participation. Participants have to cover their own travel costs. Participants from developed countries are asked to organise their travel plans themselves. If you have already registered and can fund your own travel costs, you can book your tickets now. If you have any possibility to support WNUSP and MHU with funding the general assembly or contribute to travel costs for other participants, please let us know. Please register quickly since participation is limited. You can register via the WNUSP website. www.wnusp.net. Registration for the conference is now possible via the WNUSP website. Participants who have already registered will receive confirmation regarding their attendance, from the conference secretariat, as soon as possible. WNUSP board is striving to have an adequate regional representation at the conference also taking into account gender balance. Here is the final version of the program of the conference (see attached document). If you think you could contribute something in the areas where speakers and facilitators are to be confirmed, please let the WNUSP board know. All participants are invited to bring any information or experiences they want to share to the conference, there will be space for materials and time allocated for sharing. Also attached is an information document for prospective travellers to Uganda. More information to follow closer to the time of the General Assembly. Please forward to other user/survivor groups in your network. MEMBERS' NEWS NOTICE The WNUSP Newsletter aims to present the global struggles and achievements of users and survivors of psychiatry. We invite all members of the WNUSP to write in, sharing your views and giving news about your activities. News reports must be in English, brief (250 words) and giving your name and contact details. You may also submit ideas or proposals for articles to be considered for publication in the newsletter. Write to the Editor, WNUSP-News at newsletter@wnusp.net Moosa Salie, Facilitator WNUSP newsletter Co-Chair WNUSP Secretary PANUSP WNUSP-News mailing list WNUSP-News@oism.info http://mail.oism.info/mailman/listinfo/wnusp-news_oism.info  [ send green star]
 
Agree w. the duopoly on areas of priority? Tell Congress, etc.. November 24, 2008 6:02 AM

Agree w. the duopoly on areas of priority? Tell Congress, etc.. With All, Ni hao. Cool, thanx for sharing, caring, all you do, and don't. A sample letter :) Concerning the following areas of priority the duopoly seems determined to dictate as the upcoming agenda for the next Administration and session of Congress, here are my views; abridged. Provide a Path to Citizenship for All Immigrants (Legal or Illegal) in the Country at This Time: Without extraordinary waiting periods, and definitely none of them in their "countries of origin" (for, that would just be a way to politically pick and choose which are republicans and deserve 'citizenship', allow the gov'ts of origin to destroy or murder those who fled for their lives, etc.), also, no extraordinarily large 'buy-ins' (possibly, a sliding scale one), this isn't a pyramid scam or a whorehouse; it's supposed to be a democratic country. Definitively ignoring the republican extremists calling for, "Deport All Illegal Immigrants"; although, allowing for the concerns of those that say, "Secure the Borders First, Then Address Citizenship", while not going along with them- amnesty first, securing the borders a close second. Republicans Priority: Capital Gains Taxes - What Should Congress Do? We should, "Increase Capitol Gains Taxes", yet, if the democrats want to have a good chance in 2010 and 2012, they better not increase anyone's taxes; just let the tax cut giveaway to the rich expire when it does. So, leave Capitol Gains Taxes, alone. Democrats Priority: Children's Health Insurance - What Should Congress Do? Draft a New Bill Giving All Children Full Coverage: The core of the corporate structure's convolutions enforcer, the republican conspiracies, technique of increasing the slow motion blitzkrieg against all life’s speed (for the last 4 decades), has been their genocide against youth, programs, such as the infantcide: 'sucking' infants to death in the crib and having criminal doctors call it 'natural crib death', etc.; pedocide: raping, kids, destroying infants and kids testicles, sexually assaulting, abusing, over stimulating kids with the military, Roman Catholic empire, the psychic terrorism, the 'suck', etc.; etc.. For, a destroyed kid, regardless of how much, will devolve into the 'survival mode' of lowest common denominator, materialistic, autonomic existence, centralizing what delusional profits and pleasures they can to themselves, and, therefore, not be able to practice their civic responsibility (because of 'la machine', the technocracies, taking over the sociological lifestyle of most usa citizens, and defining it in Cartesian based terms, as opposed to life's, etc., due to the profane bastardization of it, through its uber reliance on materialism and greed, lack of time, $, concentration of their solutions with reality, etc.), let alone their duty, thinking they're abdicating their responsibility to their supposed political leaders, when they can't, and abdicating their political power to them, when they shouldn't, because of their arrested psychological and sociological development, thereby, being more fascist, if not nazi, and increasingly so as time goes on (more republican, etc.)- according to the republicans. So, if we want to slow their devolutionary direction and, potentially, stop their blitzkrieg, we must overtly protect, and uplift kids, their health, welfare, education, etc.- first, as they will be the future of humanity, if the republican conspiracy doesn't succeed in dictating its and large mammals extinction, first. Republicans Priority: Child Tax Credits - What Should Congress Do? Leave the Child Tax Credit Where It Is. We don't want to promote population growth right now; we've enough problems. Democrats Priority: Stem Cell Research - What Should Congress do? Leave it alone, its not a priority. Republicans Priority: Offshore and Domestic Oil Drilling - What Should Congress Do? Do Not Allow Oil Drilling Offshore Or Any Domestic Area Not Already Permitted: The only way to send the necessitated strong message to the market that the age of destroying the earth for profit and pleasure, and, thereby, dictating the extinction of humanity and large mammals, must be over, is to stop going in their devolutionary direction, at minimum; you can't destroy the earth to save the economy- we need radical advances in alternative fuels, especially solar, "the beacon in the sky, meant to catch your eye", as Happy Rhodes sings. The way to get them is to determine whatever green jobs market increases that can be made, immediately, with those future advances in mind, and stop the spigot; allowing the market to adjust to reality immediately and solely- sending that same strong message to the populace, so, they'll be on board with the adjusting the market period that must take place. Necessity might be the mother of invention, yet, its father is the evolution. Thanx Truly, (add your name, address, and phone # (needed for letters to the editor)) http://capwiz.com/fconl/home/ http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=12218526&type=CO Some of the groups I moderate : Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group : http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ Abuse in Therapy, Group : http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/  [ send green star]
 
rest :) Agree w. the duopoly on areas of priority? Tell Congress, etc.. November 24, 2008 6:01 AM

Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 , Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action reality's 360 page and blog : http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund reality's My Space page, blog : http://myspace.com/jamesmnordlund Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities: United to Demand Justice and Social Change: http://rippdnycnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee Prison Abuse Social Network! Welcome to all Abolitionists: http://sdicks4msnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee reality's Windows Live Space : http://jamesmnordlundreality.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?owner=1&wa=wsignin1.0 reality's geocities website : http://www.geocities.com/jamesmnordlund/index.html Poets For Human Rights : http://groups.google.com/group/Poets-for-Human-Rights/web/realitys-twigs-of-poetree-pour-vous Poets For Human Rights :) http://poetsforhumanrights.ning.com/profile/reality What do you think? "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci. Enjoy a festive eve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither, like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Viva la evolution, viva Green Party! Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. I look forward to hearing from you. Goodbye. For those interested :) "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)". Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :)  [ send green star]
 
[ WNUSP-News ] WNUSP-News Special Bulletin October 26, 2008 9:43 PM

[ WNUSP-News ] WNUSP-News Special Bulletin World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry • • • WNUSP-News • • • SPECIAL BULLETIN - OCTOBER 2008 UN Torture Rapporteur: Forced Treatment Against Disability Convention, May Be Torture The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry is pleased to receive the Interim Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak. The report, available on the web at the url shown below, states that: "the Special Rapporteur notes that the acceptance of involuntary treatment and involuntary confinement runs counter to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" and that such practices may constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/disability/torture.htm Also at this url you will find the report of an expert seminar on Torture and Persons with Disabilities, in which WNUSP co-chair, Tina Minkowitz, was one of the speakers. The Special Rapporteur on Torture is a human rights expert on the issue of torture, appointed by the Human Rights Council. Individuals and organizations can can send information to the Rapporteur about individual cases and systemic practices of torture and ill treatment. See http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/torture/rapporteur/ The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry urges all states, international and regional human rights monitoring mechanisms, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations to take account of this report and ensure that involuntary treatment and involuntary confinement are stopped. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Detention Based on Disability Violates Human Rights The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is including disability-based detention as a human rights violation, as part of the Dignity and Justice for Detainees week, Oct. 6 - 12. The Information Note on Persons with Disabilities, issued for this week-long initiative, states: "The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) states clearly that deprivation of liberty based on the existence of a disability is contrary to international human rights law, is intrinsically discriminatory, and is therefore unlawful. Such unlawfulness also extends to situations where additional grounds—such as the need for care, treatment and the safety of the person or the community—are used to justify deprivation of liberty." The Information Note also addresses legal capacity, saying that restricting legal capacity violates human rights and that legal capacity also has implications for criminal responsibility and the insanity defense. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/DetaineesWeekInitiative.aspx No. 4: Persons with Disabilities in Detention UN staff are planning to interview WNUSP members Karl Bach Jensen and Myra Kovary for their personal stories of detention. The stories will be posted on the UN website. Organizations can participate in Dignity and Justice for Detainees Week with their own activities. For users and survivors of psychiatry, this could include rallies, blogs, speak-outs, media work, publicizing more of our stories, going inside institutions, educating people about our human rights. MEMBERS' NEWS NOTICE The WNUSP Newsletter aims to present the global struggles and achievements of users and survivors of psychiatry. We invite all members of the WNUSP to write in, sharing your views and giving news about your activities. News reports must be in English, brief (250 words) and giving your name and contact details. You may also submit ideas or proposals for articles to be considered for publication in the newsletter. Write to the Editor, WNUSP-News at newsletter@wnusp.net Moosa Salie, Facilitator WNUSP newsletter Co-Chair WNUSP Secretary PANUSP WNUSP-News mailing list WNUSP-News@oism.info http://mail.oism.info/mailman/listinfo/wnusp-news_oism.info  [ send green star]
 
freepeltiernow: Friends Digest Vol. 2, No. 6 August 06, 2008 2:50 PM

Friends Digest Vol. 2, No. 6 * A Shout Out to Supporters/Support Groups * October 10 is the 10th anniversary of the Jericho National March to the United Nations on behalf of our political prisoners and POWs. We're issuing a call to action to all Peltier supporters -- those up and down the east coast, in particular. Create a presence for Leonard in NYC on Friday, October 10. Rent a bus and bring some friends. Make some noise! Demand freedom for Leonard Peltier and all political prisoners and POWs! Attend the evening concert to benefit the prisoners, as well. See www.thejerichomovement.com. For more information, call 718-853-0893 or send an e-mail to nycjericho@riseup.net. If you can't participate in the anniversary march in NYC, plan a solidarity event in your community. Let us know details so we can help you promote your event. * Other Events * NYC: Picnic at the Park for Leonard Peltier! Sunday, August 24, 2008, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at 9/11 Field at Prospect Park (Grand Army Plaza side of the Park). Join us for a potluck at Prospect Park, sharing your favorite grilled and barbequed summer treats and restyling your attire to benefit Leonard Peltier's commissary fund. A variety of Peltier stencil designs will be available for you to create your own clothing art. So bring your family, your friends and some clothes to support Leonard and his fight for freedom and justice! 2, 3 trains to Grand Army Plaza; F train to 7th Ave. Sponsored by the NYC branch of the LP-DOC; co-sponsored by NYC Jericho, Resistance in Brooklyn and In Our Hearts Network. NYC: A Birthday Party for Leonard Peltier! September 12 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets, New York, NY 10014; Phone: (212) 242-4201; E-mail: brechtforum@brechtforum.org. Sponsored by the NYC branch of the LP-DOC, NYC-Jericho, Resistance in Brooklyn and In Our Hearts Network. * Our Birthday Initiative * As you may recall, September 12th is Mr. Peltier's birthday. Please remember to send him cards and letters: Leonard Peltier #89637-132, USP-Lewisburg, US Penitentiary, PO Box 1000, Lewisburg, PA 17837-1000. On July 11th, the Longest Walk II presented its "Manifesto for Change" to Representative John Conyers in Washington, DC. See http://snurl.com/37dzd. The manifesto addresses many of the concerns in Indian Country including but not limited to the protection of sacred places and healing of the earth. One concern was mentioned, in particular -- the continuing illegal imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. Read the Longest Walk II resolution for/about Peltier at http://snurl.com/37dxf. In acknowledgement of Leonard's 64th birthday and his nearly 33 years of imprisonment, please send a letter to Rep. Conyers in support of the Indigenous manifesto. Do this in Leonard's name. In addition, ask Rep. Conyers to ensure: 1. The release of the over 100,000 documents on the Peltier case that are still being withheld by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- These documents are over 25 years old and are of historical significance. The public has the right to know the truth about the FBI's war against the American Indian Movement (AIM) and Leonard Peltier. 2. the conduct of a congressional investigation into the long-term effects of the FBI's COunter INTELligence PROgram (COINTELPRO) -- It is well known that the FBI targeted AIM and other political dissidents for annihilation. The FBI COINTELPRO effort resulted in the assassination, criminalization, vilification, and the splitting of various movements leading to their destruction, with many political activists today languishing in prisons. Yet, in 1974, the Senate Church Committee investigating the illegal FBI COINTELPRO activities declared such practices unconstitutional. The Senate Church Committee failed to complete their investigation by examining actions taken against AIM or the Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror" (1973-1976). Phone/fax/write to John Conyers and appeal to him to conduct public hearings on why victims of COINTELPRO still languish in prison over 30 years after the program was declared unconstitutional. Also contact your congressional representative and senators. Urge them to enable John Conyers to reopen COINTELPRO hearings. Contact: Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Chairman Committee on the Judiciary Committee on the Judiciary 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Fax: 202-225-0072 E-mail: John.Conyers@mail.house.gov Here's a new approach. Share your thoughts with Rep. Conyers with a video advocacy message in just three simple steps: See http://snurl.com/37e09. * Voter Registration and Get-Out-The-Vote Initiative * http://snurl.com/37e1o If you're not registered, you can't vote. We encourage everyone to register to vote and urge others to do the same. Also take the time to e-mail your contacts in your address book several times before the general election. Remind your friends, families, and associates to vote. Keep reminding them until the last vote is cast. Tell them: Vote for the candidate(s) of your choice, but vote! We'll provide more resources for Decision 2008 in the coming weeks.  [ send green star]
 
State of Confusion: Pol. Manipulation + Assault on Mind June 13, 2008 2:45 PM

State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind - New Book by Dr. Bryant Welch Dear Colleagues, From time to time, we at PsyBC like to provide you with information regarding special products and events that you may be interested in. Please take the time to read about this wonderful new book by Dr. Bryant Welch entitled State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind. More Info http://www.amazon.com/State-Confusion-Political-Manipulation-American/dp/0312373066/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211921335&sr=8-6 Book Description Finally, the answer to the many questions that have been preying on the minds of millions of Americans has arrived. Why are Americans so vulnerable to divisive political tactics? Why did Americans get dragged into such an unwise war in Iraq? Why do fundamentalist religious groups, Fox News, and right- wing radio still play such influential roles in America's political landscape? And why are long-accepted rational scientific ideas like evolution under siege? These questions hold America's future in the balance. Ultimately, they are questions about the American mind. Psychologist-attorney Dr. Bryant Welch has the answers. If America is going to change the mind-set that led us to war in Iraq and left us unable to confront our serious national problems, this book is vitally important. Drawing on his unique experience both as a clinical psychologist and a Washington, D.C., political figure with the American Psychological Association, Dr. Welch shows how the long-term effects of sophisticated new forms of political manipulation have not only led to our debacle in Iraq but are also currently undercutting America's ability to address its very serious problems. In the 1944 movie Gaslight, a husband drives his wife to the brink of insanity by playing games with her sense of reality. Just as in the movie, America's most recent political "gaslighters," such as George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and many religious leaders, have generated and exploited confusion in the minds of countless Americans. Gaslighters prey on their victim's vulnerability to paranoia, sexual perplexity, and envy to undermine the mind's ability to function rationally. Welch examines why millions of Americans, in response to such assaults, subconsciously and dangerously create their own simplistic reality, even if it is completely different from the more complex reality of the world. Most important, State of Confusion explains how and why Americans must act now to fight back against this harmful manipulation before it's too late. Dr. Welch's exploration of the American mind is both fascinating and frightening, and State of Confusion is a must- read for everyone who cares about the future of this great country. Buy it Here Advance Praise for State of Confusion Robert Shrum, senior strategist of the Gore and Kerry presidential campaigns and author of No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner "Bryant Welch makes a fascinating and compelling case that right-wing politics has subverted our democracy by infecting us with a form of national political neurosis. This book unmasks the politics of fear---the deeper chords touched by campaigns that appeal to the dark side." Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School "Bryant Welch was born to write this vitally important and highly readable investigation of how a cadre of ethically challenged political operatives and their religious and journalistic allies have gradually distorted and disabled the minds of ordinary Americans-and have all but crippled the once- extraordinary mind of America. It is not too late for us to reclaim our identity, but we will succeed only if we take to heart the lessons so lucidly laid bare by the remarkable work of this insightful psychologist and experienced political activist." Dr. Harold I. Eist, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, George Washington University, and former president of the American Psychiatric Association "State of Confusion is intense, clear, logical, and striking in its message. It will grab you emotionally and intellectually, the message cannot be missed, Bryant Welch sees through the smoke and mirrors and offers the only remedy that will place democracy firmly in the grip of the people from whom it is being stolen: the truth." Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., president of the Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association, and professor, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology "Dr. Welch is a master of making complex psychological concepts understandable and using them to explain the disturbing political climate of our time. This beautifully written, urgently relevant work should be on the bookshelf of everyone who cares about the survival of American democracy." Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D., professor of psychology, emeritus, Brown University "[State of Confusion] is a unique and successful effort to understand the machinations of politicians and others who have significant influence on others. With professional credentials in both law and psychology, Dr. Bryant Welch is ideally suited to raise the issues - fascinating reading." Buy it Here We hope that you will take the time to read more about this wonderful new book. Sincerely, Daniel Hill, PhD (Director) PsyBC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- email: psybc@psybc.com phone: 973.744.6007 web: http://www.psybc.com This is the fine print text where you might tell your customers how the item will be shipped and, for example, if they are overseas that there will be additional shipping charges and must contact you. Forward email PsyBC | PsyBC | 108 Eagle Rock Way | Montclair | NJ | 07042  [ send green star]
 
Social and inter-cultural topics and psychological health January 24, 2008 8:58 AM

Many of you know that I am a supporter for North American Indians, especially Lakota (Sioux) for more than 10 years. The main focus is on linguistic preservation, suicide prevention and introduction of charitable projects of Native Americans and First Peoples. My name is Evelin Cervenkova and I am the founder of the Lakota Oyate Information homepage in East-Germany. I am the first who introduces the Lakota language on German homepages: You can find these German Lakota language homepages at: http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/Grammatik.htm http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/SDeutschLakota.htm http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/SLakotaDeutsch.htm http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/WDeutschLakota.htm http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/WLakotaDeutsch.htm These Lakota language homepages are recommended by the director of the Lakota Student Alliance and the Lakota Elder Leonard Little Finger (the great-great grandson of Chief Big Foot). HP of Leonard Little Finger: www.lakotacirclevillage.org I am the only one who writes on German homepages about suicide prevention: http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/Suizidpraevention.htm This German hompeage concerns “Spiritual Warrior Vision - Experiential Psychotherapy“: http://www.spirit-warrior.ca/ I have also an English homepage about suicide prevention of Native Americans http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/Suicideprevention.htm Also I am a member of the network for psychological health and self- help groups in Saxony. German information you can find at: http://www.netzwerk-selbsthilfe-seelische-gesundheit.de/ My Native American link list offers many current information about North American Indians in English at: http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/NAIndianer.htm. Since 1st October 2007 I am working in the House Steinstrasse Association(English: stone street) in Leipzig as project manager for social-cultural matters and I am responsible for the public relations (press releases). The House Steinstrasse is a charitable association for education, culture and contacts. German information at: http: // www.haus- steinstrasse.de/. In the projects are promoted positive social abilities of children and young people. The house Steinstrasse is open for several generations and you can visit there the roof theatre, roof cinema, the cafe Yellow and courses for adults. Some weeks ago I helped to prepare the exhibition "Afroball", a violence prevention project for children and young people. From the 4th to the 8th of November this exhibition was to seen in Leipzig. The project manager is a certificate psychologist and spent his childhood in Angola. I had invited the manager of UNICEF in Leipzig, I had informed hoards, schools, kindergartens, lecturers of the institute of Afrikanistic and Leipzig television. You can find German information about Mateus Fernandes and his violence and addiction prevention project at: http://www.haus-steinstrasse.de/kurse/gewalt_und_suchtpraevention/. On 28th and 29th November I took part in Hamburg in the meeting of the members of the Association of German Educational Organizations. English information at: http://www.adb.de/adb/english.php. The meeting was about political education for youth, adults and immigrants. In the future the education should be strengthened against right-wing extremism. In addition, it is offered to work off the German division and GDR history. The association is disappointed that are not interested East Germans in it. On Thursday morning (29th November) should be spoken about the educational situation in the individual federal states of Germany. From a few East Germans who were present I was the only one from Saxony. I reported about the action "Five for Leipzig". German information at: http://www.soziokultur-leipzig.de/fuenf-fuer-leipzig/die- kampagne.html Sociocultural institutions like the House Steinstrasse in Leipzig receive only 1.8% of the cultural budget, although about one million people visit our institutions. Also about one million people visit opera, theatre, the concert house etc. These cultural institutions receive 98% from the cultural budget, although just so many people use our sociocultural buildings. Therefore, we demand 5% of the cultural budget. - - - - - At the moment I am preparing the 13-th children youth art exhibition. The presentation and exhibition opening takes place on the 12th January 2008 in the Cafe of the Leipzig art museum. Glad Christmas wishes to you and to your family from Evelin Cervenkova in Leipzig in Germany Founder of the Lakota Oyate Information http://lakotaoyateinfo.gratishp.com/index.html Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer  [ send green star]
 
Welcome :) November 24, 2007 6:53 AM

Thanx for replying, friend! Glad to read it, very cool. I hope other members will reply also. Things are getting better, the medical model's reliance on technology, in all forms, including the use of psychiatry as a control tool for mechanizing, sociologically programming, and 'sorting out' people for society, is lessening; etc.. Thought and feeling : Envisioning the Beauty way, on the red road, as well, I'm listening to Orleans : Reach, Waking and Dreaming, and their wondrous anti-nuke song; bellisimo! Et tu? Flying with the light and life. Pour vous : An ancient/future Zen monk relayed that he dreamed he was a butterfly, and when he awakened he wondered if he was a butterfly dreaming he was a human being. Yes, and yet, as Dune relates, "the sleeper must awaken"; though, also, must the dreamer : When, "on the road to find out", as Cat Stevens sings, our visions do arise to, the "beacon in the sky meant to catch our eye", as Happy Rhodes evokes! So, too, we keep in mind that, you've paid for the extinction the corporate structure is dictating take place by collaborating in their plans, with your tax dollars at minimum, and by thinking you're abdicating your responsibility when you continually abdicate your power to politicians, although you can't. It's not too late to take back the day, by turning 360 degrees around, back to the evolution, dispelling the convolutions devolutionary direction; and getting back to the future, we'll only have if you do! Defend yourself by defending them, one for all, all for one! Remember the lessons of WWII, if you're not taking bullets, you're making them, etc.; I'm bleeding every moment, are you? What do you think? From the heart in the heart of the heartland. Some of the groups I moderate : Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group : http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ Abuse in Therapy, Group : http://www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 , Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action reality's 360 page and blog : http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund reality's My Space page, blog : http://myspace.com/jamesmnordlund Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities: United to Demand Justice and Social Change: http://rippdnycnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee Prison Abuse Social Network! Welcome to all Abolitionists: http://sdicks4msnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee reality's Windows Live Space : http://jamesmnordlundreality.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?owner=1&wa=wsignin1.0 reality's geocities website : http://www.geocities.com/jamesmnordlund/index.html Poets For Human Rights : http://groups.google.com/group/Poets-for-Human-Rights/web/realitys-twigs-of-poetree-pour-vous "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci. Enjoy an autumnal eve' as you can. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither, like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Viva la evolution! Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. For those interested : "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)". I look forward.... Copy, share, as you will. Ciao.  [ send green star]
 
I had a link to this message and since I am now a member of care2 because of some of you all November 22, 2007 7:22 PM

I signed in and am asking, how is this going is anything changing as far as these false labels and the way that all of this is being handled? What do those of you that think that you have this mental illness think about the way that you have been being treated as of late? Just asking, later Janie  [ send green star]  [ accepted]
 
NARPA '07/PASSING TORCH: New: Advocates, Skills, Alliances October 02, 2007 1:07 AM

NARPA 2007/PASSING THE TORCH: New Advocates, New Skills, New Alliances Hello, The NARPA conference this year has really shaped up and I wanted to get this information out to you before the early bird rate deadline of September 28th. The full registration brochure is available at http://psychrights.org/education/NARPA07/NARPA2007RegistrationBrochure-rev.pdf , which includes hotel information. In my experience (and not just 'cause I'm president) NARPA conferences are always great and this one looks to carry on with this great tradition. I hope to see you there. =========================================== NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY 2007 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE PASSING THE TORCH: New Advocates, New Skills, New Alliances November 14-17, 2007 Radisson LA Westside Los Angeles, CA 2007 Conference Keynoters Leonard Roy Frank, Transformational Spirituality Can Truong, Journey Toward Freedom: Rights and Empowerment Jim Gottstein, Ira Burnim and Professor Richard Zitrin The Zyprexa Papers: Speaking Truth to Power Young Activists Panel, In Our Hands: The Future of Advocacy and the Movement Side Effects A Play by Margaret Lunevitz, Activist and Playwright * CLEs Available * ** National Association of Social Workers & NARPA Co-Sponsor Social Work CEUs ** * Early Bird Registration Extended to September 28 * · Michele Magar, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities · Jennifer Mathis, J.D., New Developments in Voting Rights: What Advocates Need To Know for the Next Election · Celia Brown, United Nations Work with Diverse Populations · Susan Stefan, J.D., Significant Developments in Mental Health Law -- 2006 -2007 · Bill Stewart, Ron Bassman & Ann Rider, Teaching College as a Guerilla Activity · Ira Burnim, J.D., Using Olmstead To Transform Community Services · Leslie Morrison, Updates and New Initiatives in Reducing and Eliminating Behavioral Restraint and Seclusion · Dennis Feld, J.D., & Kim Darrow, J.D., Psychiatric Terrorism · Tom Behrendt, J.D , Guardianship and a New Model Law · Leonard Roy Frank, Dorothy Dundas & Ron Bassman, Bearing Witness AND MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING Judi Chamberlin, Nancy Arvold, Bob Fleischner, Jeannie Matulis, Ty Colbert, Melinda Byrd, Mort Cohen, Emmett Dwyer, Elyn Saks, Stacie Hiramoto, Delphine Brody, Laura Van Tosh More to come.please check NARPA's website at www.narpa.org for updates! Other information currently available follows. =========================================== Keynotes: Transformational Spirituality Leonard Roy Frank Leonard Roy Frank, electroshock and insulin shock survivor and long-time activist. Leonard has edited and contributed to books which include: The History of Shock Treatment, Influencing Minds, and Random House Webster's Quotationary. The above is what Leonard submitted, but it doesn't begin to properly credit him. Leonard is a giant in the movement and a personal hero of mine. So, in looking around for more to say about him, I found the following in Toxic Psychiatry, by Dr. Peter Breggin (1994): Leonard Frank also has debated shock doctors at their meetings and has written The History of Shock Treatment (1978) as well as the recently published comprehensive critique of ECT, Electroshock: Death, Brain Damage, Memory Loss, and Brainwashing. He was a founder of the national patients rights movement and remains a heartening example to hundreds of survivors. Shock advocates frequently suggest that the eloquence of survivors like Leonard Frank is evidence that shock is not permanently damaging. I have known Leonard, and several other eloquent survivors, for almost twenty years, and I can vouch for the struggles they have undergone to recover as much as possible from the damage. These individuals are living proof of the capacity of the human being to triumph over brain damage and dysfunction. It seems cruel and self-serving for shock promoters to deny both their suffering and their heroic efforts to live life to the fullest despite their iatrogenic [caused by the doctor] handicaps. In his book The History of Shock Treatment (1978) shock survivor Leonard Frank made probably the first public disclosure of the work of D. Ewen Cameron of Canada, who assaulted patients with massive drug doses, bizarre forms of conditioning and what he called depatterning treatment. . . . Cameron was one of the most revered and rewarded psychiatrists on the international scene. . . Around the time of Frank's disclosures about Cameron's treatments, Cameron's work suddenly became a major scandal. Journey Toward Freedom: Rights and Empowerment Can Truong Can Truong is a psychiatric survivor who experienced coerced treatment who, through participating in the consumer movement, is able to be in recovery and become whole again as a person. First diagnoed with depression and bipolar disorder in college, he was forced to leave school in 1993. Over a 12-year period, Can was hospitalzied six times, tried more than 20 different medications, entered several clinical drug trials, and underwent 15 electroconvulsive shock treatments. Through it also, Can became a mental health recovery advocate -- one of the few Asian Americans in the country to do so. In 2005, he represented the U.S. recovery movement at the World Federation for Mental Health Congress in Cairo, Egypt. Currently, he is a recovery, wellness and empowerment educator, advocate, trainer, speaker and consultant. He is the founder and director of the Center for Education Empowerment where he does advocacy, training and consultation to individuals and organizations on recovery: to live, to learn and to work. to work.  [ send green star]
 
S'more Linx + Welcome All New Members :)S'more Linx + Welcome All New Members :) September 04, 2007 3:14 PM

Cara All, Gutten hagen. I hope you and yours are well and will continue to be. Cool, thanx for the replies, et al :) Your posts and site are great. I've been an advocate/activist on all issues, et al, for 32 years of my 48; please, do what you can for humanity. Dylan Thomas' poem line comes to mind, "...and death (murder) shall have no dominion..."; as others might say, "we, the people...", can make it so! Some groups I moderate: Disabled Greens News and discussion, home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ , Abuse in Therapy: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ , Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action , reality's 360 page and blog :) http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund reality's My Space page, blog :) http://myspace.com/jamesmnordlund Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities: United to Demand Justice and Social Change :) http://rippdnycnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee Prison Abuse Social Network: Welcome to all Abolitionists :) http://sdicks4msnetwork.ning.com/profile/realiteee reality's Windows Live Space :) http://jamesmnordlundreality.spaces.live.com/default.aspx? owner=1&wa=wsignin1.0 "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci. Enjoy an estival eve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will. Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized, before its exercised. Viva la evolution, viva Green Party! Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) For those interested "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)" Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. I look forward to hearing from you. Goodbye.  [ send green star]
 
Special Discount for ICSPP Conference on Mental Health and the Law September 30, 2006 8:41 AM

This is going out to everyone on my Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) e-mail list and you are on it because I believe you are interested in PsychRights' work. If not, please let me know and I will remove you. The reason I am writing is because I have talked Dominick Riccio, the Executive Director of the International Center for Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP), into giving psychiatric survivors who can't afford to pay the full $300 or $325 registration fee for this year's conference on Mental Health and the Law a special $150 rate. So, if you are a psychiatric survivor and the reduction in the registration fee makes the difference between being able to attend and not being able to attend, just put that on the registration form and send it in. As you can see by the below description, this conference is going to be excellent (even if I do say so myself as co-chair of the conference and a speaker) and I encourage all of you others who haven't yet done so to register too (at the full price) and come if you possibly can. I unreservedly warrant it will be well worth it. We are trying to arrange an additional attraction, which I can't really reveal yet, and it my not come together, but I think many of you who don't come will regret it, whether or not the additional attraction is pulled off. The below conference information and registration form is also available on the Internet at http://psychrights.org/education/ICSPP06/ICSPP06Brochure.pdf ============================================= MENTAL HEALTH AND THE LAW Ninth Annual Conference of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc. (ICSPP) in collaboration with The American University Washington College of Law Washington, D.C., October, 7, 8, and 9, 2006 DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center of Bethesda, 8120 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20815, 301-652-2000 With a focus on 1. Adult, Child And Parental Rights, 2. "Science Of Psychiatry" In The Courts 3. Non-Drug Treatment Programs For more than three decades ICSPP (www.icspp.org), a nonprofit, 501 (c) research and educational network of professionals and lay persons that has been informing professionals, media, and the public about potential dangers of biological theories and treatments in psychiatry. The ICSPP Annual conferences serve as unique thought provoking forums to exchange critical ideas about the impact of contemporary mental health ideologies on personal and community values, and to disseminate models of therapeutic intervention that disavow all coercion and the compromise of ethics, rationality and scientific principles. Participants include mental health professionals, academics, and researchers from the educational, academic and legal communities, the medical and social sciences, and members of the public. It is no exaggeration to state that most attendees find the annual conferences the most stimulating, useful, intellectually challenging, and friendly meetings they ever attend. The Ninth Annual Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. (Bethesda) and promises to be the best ever. Graduate students receive a 50% discount on registration fees. Law students receive a 50% discount on registration fees. Course Purpose. This year's ICSPP Conference is focused on the real-life intersection between mental health and the law. The rights of children and adults will be presented as well as how these rights are honored or dishonored in practice. The role of science is included in the curriculum as is the role of alternatives to the traditional, coercive interventions against those diagnosed with mental illness. There will also be a two-session program on risk management and privacy for psychotherapists/counselors who work without drugging patients/clients: avoiding HIPPA. Learning Objectives. The participant will be able to: 1. More effectively assist people diagnosed with serious mental illness from being subjected to involuntary psychiatric procedures. 2 Reduce the risks associated with operating a non-coercive, non-forced drugging mental health program. 3 Incorporate the latest scientific findings regarding psychiatric treatments into their daily practices. Plenary Speakers: (There will be Discussion Group sessions with Plenary Speakers) Robert Dinerstein, JD, professor of law at co-host American University's Washington College of Law, specializing in the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rights of people labeled with mental illness, disability laws in general, homelessness, civil rights, criminal justice, and lawyer-client issues. Graham Dukes, M.D., L.L.M., of Oslo, Norway is the author, editor or co-author of ten principle books, including The Law and Ethics of the Pharmaceutical Industry, and has some 270 publications on national and international health and drug policies and pricing in the scientific, medical and legal literature He has numerous appointments, including being the Senior Consultant on Drug Policy for The World Bank Dr. Dukes will be speaking on "Pharmaceuticals and Drug Policy." Michael Perlin, JD, New York Law School professor and author of The Hidden Prejudice: Mental Disability on Trial, fourteen other books, and well over 175 scholarly articles on all aspects of mental health law. Professor Perlin will be speaking on "International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law: The Universal Factors." Stefan P Kruszewski M.D., psychiatrist of conscience, was fired by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Program Integrity after uncovering fiscal and pharmaceutical corruption and patient abuse, resulting in grievous harm to children and adults , including multiple deaths. LP of Psychiatric Rights Phone: (907) 274-7686) Fax: (907) 274-9493 jim@psychrights.org http://psychrights.org  [ send green star]
 
Rest :) Healers, heal thyself, first! (latest) April 26, 2006 6:20 AM

a very alarming devolutionary trend, which could cause the extinction of humanity and large mammals, itself, alone. All that isn't even taking into consideration global societies delusional constructs surrounding their god of war, mollock, based on the delusional definitions of destruction to murder as power, which alone, also, could cause the extinction of humanity and large mammals. Humanity must stand and be counted before the devolution determines it never was, as it will determine it never will be anymore, and thereby, determining the extinction of humanity and large mammals by force! Another example, the militarization of 'nation' states, and their "unending world war" on supposed terrorism (which is actually more like a globalization of the war against the middle to lower classes by the corporate structure), led by the military and gov't of the united suck of assassins, to enforce all devolutionary processes in general, yet, specifically to enforce the extinction processes, which humanity might rise evolutionarily to stop, otherwise. Dylan Thomas' poem line comes to mind, "...and death (murder) shall have no dominion...".; as others might say, "we, the people...", can make it so! What do you think? Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese twin sister, freedom, will wither like a muscle, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. As always, feel free to copy and share, as well. Viva la evolution! For those interested :) "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)". Enjoy a vernal eve' as you can. Au revoir. i look forward.... Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) What do you think? From the heart in the heart of the heartland. Some of the groups I moderate: Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ Abuse in Therapy, Group :) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action reality's webpage, blog :) http://360.yahoo.com/jamesmnordlund  [ send green star]
 
More :) Healers, heal thyself, first! (latest) April 26, 2006 6:12 AM

options is largely dependent on the financial preferences of the pharmaceutical industry. For example, the author argues that "randomized controlled trials" of drugs are favored by the pharmaceutical industry because they allow products to be marketed to a wide audience, but what is desperately needed is more research on the effects of medications on more specific types of patients. While this theme has certainly been sounded before (T.R. Luhrmann's Of Two Minds is an accessible discussion of the pitfalls of drug-based psychiatry), the detailed history of the development of psychiatric drugs and the "culture" surrounding them makes this book unique. For academic libraries. Mary Ann Hughes, Neill P.L., Pullman, WA. Another, Jonathan Cole's leadership of the Psychopharmacology Research Center within the National Institute of Mental Health, that multiple seminal meetings during the 1950's were held in France, the United States, Italy and elsewhere to grapple with the amazing clinical and scientific impact of chlorpromazine, that clinical rating scales become of validating importance, that there were vigorous disputes about lithium utility and the concept of panic disorder, that there was an unfortunate shift away from clinical significance to statistical significance, that the pharmaceutical industry dominates clinical research, that this is facilitated by the abdication by N.I.M.H. and academia of clinical psychopharmacological science in pursuit of the sub-synaptic, that industry's narrow, profit maximization focus on patent time limits and rapid approval by national regulatory agencies (for e.g., F.D.A.) dominates marketing strategies, dissemination of positive information, downplays side effects, limits research to acute efficacy studies, limits post-marketing surveillance, and promotes debatable, simplistic, theories of drug action to provide a persuasive veneer of scientific solidity to therapeutic claims, as well as having notable doctors certification placed on studies by pharmaceutical corporations when the doctors had nothing to do with it, etc.. This devolutionary global malignancy is irrefutable, with tons of evidence; in every field of human endeavor, though! While more to the point, more evolutionary pioneers like Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, the pre-eminent authority on mythology in the last century and perhaps ever, which he called the "universal-consciousness", by which he meant that the subconscious of our minds are somehow all connected or are part of a common `source' from which our "archetypal" motifs are drawn. He derived his belief in UC from his studies of the dream imagery of his patients, which contained alchemical motifs and symbols common to the alchemists of the Middle Ages but which had not been accessible to his 20th Century patients. Which the corporate structure ‘uses’ quite well in their playing technocracies populaces like a 5 dollar fiddle. As well, keeping Jung's analysis in mind, that 80 % of every action, thought, feeling we have is compensatory towards our past (especially nonintegrated experiences, etc.), this would bring light to the question, is this global racing towards our extinction we’ve planned, on the horizon, humanities’ fulfilling a mass collective unconscious form of what Freud called an individual’s “death wish”, or rather, a cleverly planned and executed sociological programming and processing of humanity, to maximize the uber-profits of the few; while dictating the premeditated mass-murder of 6 to 7 billion, with the ‘use’ of scarcity based economic systems, mainly ‘vacuum-up’ economics, which is destroying the reality of nature’s abundance based systems of all kinds, etc.. Cooperative empowering community based inclusive solutions to mental health issues, like Sotiera in the 70’s, Norman Cousin's studies, alternative medicines and health, and more recently, Dr. 'Patch' Adams, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Bernie Seigal, Dr. Weir, etc., have been proven to be much more productive and humane; as well as providing a hopeful direction for the future. When I speak of delusions, I don't think of anyone as deluded; I'm speaking in universal generalities. Freud, who I disagree a lot with, said, "the best of us are only healthy neurotics", all suffer from illusions, at least, if not some delusions. I don't make egoistic points on projecting holier than though formulas that are perceived as perfect, ergo, by association, making me look perfect, and compensatory, making me feel perfect. Rather, a mutually uplifting process, historically known as conversation, etc.. So, what I'm getting at is that the sociological spiritual vacuum that the illusions of possession, separation, matter as possibly devoid of spirit, of energy and matter not being the same, of spirituality being a choice only and not a reality, etc., are the bricks in the delusional constructed wall of materialism, which doesn't exist. Determining that most of humanity, at least sociologically, doesn't see the forest for the trees, and won‘t evolve; and, thereby, not exist, in the future. Thereby, mammon, the supposed god of greed has become the actual religion and science that most of supposed Muslims and supposed Christians and their denominations, supposed scientists, supposed artists, etc., as well as most others, practice under as denominations of it, this the actual unifying we're seeing going on now; determining real studies of any and all kinds will be mitigated at least. A prime example of this is how all gov't scientists have been actually political scientists first, for decades, just 'using' their supposed scientific disciplines to meet the market needs of the symbiotic half of the duopolies parties enthroned at the time, or that they represent, yet, under emperor Bush, they've been devolved to actually being theological supposed scientists before they're even political ones; literally taking actual science out of what the gov't projects is science-  [ send green star]
 
Healers, heal thyself, first! (latest) April 26, 2006 6:09 AM

The medical profession has devolved into 'bad' business, at best, and is trying to take 'us' all with it. While, the basis of all relations, including with self, and all studies, including activism and advocacy, are also environmental, spiritual, etc., yet, the delusional constructs of ‘materialism' have all but done away with most of those discernments. As has the marginalizing of issues of community, environment, sociology in the realms of the supposed medical and other professions, professional ethics, politics, et al. The patriarchal nature of technocratic societies, which are only becoming more so with the passage of time, has completely transferred to all professions, including medical, healthcare, social work, etc.. I feel the asking of the why "we" don't necessarily have spiritual human relationships is as interesting a question as the question of why it's not even possible for our health care systems to work; as they ignore the reality of the necessity for somatic, organic, and sociological and environmental solutions- readily available through alternative, preventative, and social medicines. You see, the individual aspects of humane being, uplifted by society, are the elemental aspects of any successful care-giving, or healthcare process; which is beyond the conception of modern society at large, at present. Even though the personal is the basis for the communal, global, et al, what becomes societal trend, and thereby market directed sociological programming of people, is of more far reaching causes and, sadly, effects; and thereby, the business of medicine in this country has become the business of not wellness. One of the problems is that the market forces don't adjust evolutionarily, or positively, in terms of growth that doesn't follow it's age old principles of ever-increasingly, cyclical and centralizing supposed garnering of delusional profits and delusional pleasures, in the shortest amount of time; usually along the lines of divide and conquer. For e.g., uplifting human rights has always been the direction of the evolution, which empowers community, neighborliness, family, relations with self and others, which all empower personal responsibility for health and one's, as well as all's, health itself. Also health related realisms, personal, communal, multi-media, national, global, environmental concerns, actions, time, money from all attempts by the spectrum of activists and advocates, et al, to do what they all could to prevent the destruction of global, local, eco-systems to the point where the ecological destruction was such that it would be irreversible, and catastrophic, altering the earth's rotation on its axis, etc., in the future, and thereby at least causing the extinction of humanity and large mammals, has to be considered seriously in the medical and healthcare professions; to mitigate the devolutionary part they play, especially through their disempowerment of humanity. Lest "we" forget, the recent societal history of the turning of the medical profession into a business, its current state, has also facilitated the corporate structure and its puppets, like gov'ts, organized supposed religions, supposed politics, other supposed sciences, and supposed arts, to stop those humanitarian individual to global evolutionary movements and trends, and/or at least subvert, co-opt, convert them into becoming as devolutionary as they can, mitigating the strength of the decentralizing, humanitarian, and evolutionary efforts of all kinds by all those who are, stopping the evolution in its tracks, making it and all life uplifting it easier targets, etc., for their worship as a denomination of the real religion of them all, greed! You see, the corporate structure figured out that a possible potential of democratic processes, for e.g., one man, one vote (what's needed in Iraq), would be those very evolutionary trends of saving humanity from itself, like switching to renewable and non-polluting sources of energy, non-fossil fuels, non-'bustible engines, etc., which were totally opposite of all their ends and most of their means; in two words, uber-greed and avarice. So, now, people protesting for environmental issues are conveniently being labeled 'terrorist', etc., because of the (anti-) Patriot Act, etc., paving the yellow brick road of the delusional constructs of materialism and destruction and murder as delusional profit and delusional pleasure (the 'ends' of the 'means' of divide and conquer), as societies' perfection of sociological organizing principles, determining all evolutionary growth will be at least mitigated; as far as the corporate structure's concerned. Yet, those delusional constructs, like materialism and destruction and murder as delusional profit and delusional pleasure, which all life are only more organized on as societal building blocks, aren't, wherein lies the epitome of individual and global problems of any and all kinds; and the basis for the extreme relevance of this topic to any and all. For e.g., in one of our main fields discussion here, counseling, therapy, et al, materialism and patriarchal determination of devolutionary behaviorism, the medical business' choice to replace the evolutionary movements of psychology, have made most psychiatrists runners for the street drug pushers, pharmacies, who are materially married to there drug gang, their hospital, who are all part of the larger drug cartels, all part of the pharmaceutical industries; determining the devolution of the people through almost forced drug use. In my field of mental health, early proofs of this follow :) Healy (The Antidepressant Era) claims that earlier psychiatry was also scientifically based and had some notable successes, such as the treatment of catatonia with shock therapy; though, I disagree with that conclusion and its use at all. Healy's second theme, and much more sound, is that because the success of psychiatric drugs, the choice of treatment  [ send green star]
 
Forward: [global] Free book about Thomas Szasz December 15, 2005 6:18 AM

For your information: You probably all know who psychiatrist Thomas Szasz (www.szasz.com) is. He became famous in 1961 for his book "The Myth of Mental Illness." The debate about what mental illness is has pretty much died out in the professional community, as nearly all psychiatrists and even psychologists today accept the paradigm of broken brain chemistry. However, heated discussions on the matter still sometimes rage forth in the community of users and survivors of psychiatry, whose opinions on the matter are much more diversif. Jan Pols is a Dutch psychiatrist who published a book (his thesis) about the writings and ideas of Thomas Szasz in 1984. His attitude towards Szasz is ambiguous. On the one hand he greatly admires him, on the other hand he rejects some of Szaszâ?Ts key arguments. In Polsâ?Ts view, compulsory hospitalization and treatment are unjustified precisely because mental illness *is* real illness, and thus subject to the same ethical standards as somatic illness. He ends his book with a suggestion for eliminating compulsory hospitalization in the Netherlands. When Pols's book appeared, his colleagues received it with a great deal of hostility, even though this was at the tail end of the â?oantipsychiatryâ? era. It was a book destined to be quickly forgotten, particularly as on a world scale, not many people read Dutch. But now he has collaborated with translating it into English, and you can read it too, for free, here: www.janpols.net . Both people who agree with Szasz and people who don't will find things to identify with in this book. Again, this message is for your information only. No endorsement is implied. Mira  [ send green star]
 
Rest :) July 13, 2005 7:58 AM

Mad Pride got its start in Londonwhen activists there saw a Gay Prideevent and got madly inspired. IS MAD PRIDE ONLY FOR PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVORS? This movement is open to ALL, whether ornot you have personally been labeled bythe psychiatric system. Mad Pride isreally about Human Pride. Yes, givenhumanity's track record, Human Pride mayseem daunting. Mad Pride celebrates howeach person's eccentricities, passion,uniqueness and freedom makes you trulyhuman. Do not allow our very humanity tobe pathologized by a corporate mentalhealth system that has gone out ofcontrol! Celebrate YOUR Mad Pride! IS USING "MAD" STIGMATIZING? About the use of the word "mad": Yes,when MindFreedom International's greatteam is in the United Nations -- as it hasbeen for four years -- we tend to usemore "widely-acceptable" language. Butonce in a while, we feel one has to do asGay Pride has done, and reclaim languagefor our own creative and fun use! Theorigin of the word mad is simply "changed."If you choose not to say "mad," that's okay. HOW CAN I BECOME A LEADER OF MAD PRIDE? YOU ARE INVITED to be part of helping tonetwork, promote and organize future MadPride events! It's easy. Just join the non-profitorganization MindFreedom International athttp://www.MindFreedom.org, and thenapply to be on the MindFreedom Mad PrideOrganizing Committee. Or e-mail for moreinfo to office@mindfreedom.org. Includeyour postal address if you'd like a sampleof MindFreedom's newsjournal. BUT WHAT CAN I DO RIGHT *NOW* FOR MAD PRIDE? You may celebrate in your own waywherever you are this month. PLEASE REMEMBER: One way to show yourMAD PRIDE right *now*, is simply toforward, copy and post this to appropriateplaces on and off the Internet! And please TALK ABOUT THIS, break thesilence with your friends, relatives,colleagues. Ask them, "Did you know thisis Mad Pride month"? Point them to theweb site http://www.MindFreedom.org.   - end - ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This news alert is a free public serviceof MindFreedom International. If youwould like to be on this occasional e-maillist of news about actions for human rightsand alternatives in mental health go here: http://www.intenex.net/lists/listinfo/mindfreedom-news To remove your e-mail address from this list,see the very bottom this alert. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Promotion of Mad Pride 2005 "in a spiritof mutual cooperation" is provided by: MindFreedom International454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA http://www.mindfreedom.orgemail: office@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights. join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml MindFreedom Support Coalition International is anindependent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groupsto win human rights & alternatives in mental health.Accredited by the United Nations as aNon-Governmental Organization (NGO) withConsultative Roster Status. "Human salvation lies in the hands of thecreatively maladjusted." - Martin Luther King, Jr._______________________________________________If you are not on the MindFreedom-News alert list already, sign up for this free non-profit public service here: http://www.intenex.net/lists/listinfo/mindfreedom-news  [ send green star]
 
More :) July 13, 2005 7:56 AM

Patient life at TheToronto Hospital for The Insane, 1870-1940" Geoffrey Reaume will lead awalking tour featuring the strengths andachievements of the psychiatric captiveswho built the wall, and lived and died init's shadow. A HAPPENING, on the site willfollow. For more information contact: Ruth Ruth.Phone: (416) 516-4740 or e-mailfriendlyspike@globalserve.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * OREGON MAD PRIDE 2005 Sunday, 10 July -- 3 pm, Veneta, Oregon, USA Since 2000, Mad Pride has been celebratedannually inside the enormous OregonCountry Fair near Veneta, Oregon, USA.You are invited to Mad Pride Oregon 2005on the intimate stage of the CommunityVillage. You also may find Mad Pridefolks during the fair in the Village atthe Doors of Expression Booth. Come by toMad Pride Oregon 2005 for music,sing-a-longs, "normality screenings" anda group photo. For information on how toattend Oregon Country Fair go tohttp://www.oregoncountryfair.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHICAGO MAD PRIDE 2005! MindFreedom once more is an officialparticipant in major Disability Prideevents in Chicago, USA. -- The 2005 Disability Pride Paradepresents The Community Open Mic. Friday,July 22, 2005, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.,University of Illinois at ChicagoAuditorium, 1640 West Roosevelt Road. Join parade organizers, Grand MarshalSteve Brown, participants and friends foran evening of essays, poetry and storiesthe day before the disability communitykicks-off Chicago's Second AnnualDisability Pride Parade. To reserve aspot on the program, e-mailmartinbeale70@yahoo.com or call (312)253-7000 ext 199 (voice), 312-253-7002(TTY). -- Disability Pride Parade; July 23, 2005, Chicago, Illinois, USA. MindFreedom will again have a contingentmarching in the Chicago's second annualDisability Pride Parade. The Mad Pridebrigade will be led by Krista Erickson,board member of MindFreedomInternational, and a blindcross-disability activist. Come celebrate Mad Pride and buildbridges between our movement and thedisability community. Parade step-off isat noon followed by a post-paradecelebration at Union Park -- 1:00-3:00.If you want to be in the MindFreedomDisability Pride Parade contingent,please e-mail krista@intenex.net by July22. General information about DisabilityPride (including a link to MindFreedom'spage on Mad Pride) can be found athttp://www.disabledandproud.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * VANCOUVER, CANADA - MAD PRIDE 2005! July 16, 2005 Mad Pride Cabaret! Gallery Gachet, located in Gastown at 88E. Cordova St. (at Columbia) inVancouver B.C., is hosting a Mad Pride Cabareton Saturday, July 16, from 7 to 10 pm.This informal cultural evening will bringtogether mental health survivors andfriends to share an open mic, music,spoken word, speakers, and video.Refreshments will be served, andadmission is by donation. Gallery Gachet is Canada's onlyartist-run centre operated by and formental health consumers. For more information -- Media Contact:Valerie Elchu, Promotions Director, ph:604.687.2468 (office) or visit thewebsite at http://www.gachet.org Francesca Allan of MindFreedom willalso attend, cover the event, and networkwith those who wish to start a newaffiliate MindFreedom British Columbia.E-mail Francesca at lunatics@shaw.ca. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ FREQUENTLY ASKED MAD PRIDE QUESTIONS! WHAT'S THE BACK STORY ABOUT MAD PRIDE! THE ABOVE MAD PRIDE EVENTS are just asample of the activities that have beenheld for these past decades to celebratethe human rights and spectacular cultureof people considered very different byour society. Mad Pride may be celebrated anytime butis most often observed in the month ofJuly, usually on or around July 14,Bastille Day. This year is the 25thanniversary of psychiatric survivorsusing Bastille Day to celebrate Mad Pride. The tradition of using Bastille Day asMad Pride Day was started in New York bythe Mental Patients Liberation Allianceand has since spread around the world.The 14th of July marks the anniversary ofthe storming of the Bastille in Paris,France in 1789. For over the past twocenturies, the storming of the Bastillehas been a universal symbol ofliberation. In addition, when theBastille was stormed, two prisoners withpsychiatric labels being detained therefor that reason were freed. The Mad Pride celebrations have growndirectly out of an historic but little-knowninternational social change movement ledby psychiatric survivors and mentalhealth consumers that began in about1970. MindFreedom International is oneof the groups in this movement  [ send green star]
 
More :) July 13, 2005 7:53 AM

great past events goto http://www.kissit.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PARIS, FRANCE MAD PRIDE 2005! July 14, 2005 - The Bastille, Paris,France. Activists from MindFreedom's sponsorgroup in Paris will once more gather atthe actual Bastille on Bastille Day. Asthey have done for years, they solemnlylay a wreath at the Paris Bastille toremember the uncountable number of peoplewho have been killed and harmed by humanrights violations in the psychiatricsystem. For more information contactAlain Wache at alainwache@hotmail.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * TORONTO, CANADA MAD PRIDE 2005! July 14 to 17, 2005 The Friendly Spike Arts and InformationFestival of Human Rights and Wrongs! In recognition of Psychiatric SurvivorPride Day and Mad Pride Worldwide! In 1993 Toronto Psychiatric Survivors andlocal community organizations beganholding a yearly event to educate thepublic, bring attention to PsychiatricSurvivor issues, and empower themselves. Beginning in the year 2000, PsychiatricSurvivor Pride Day aligned itself withMad Pride Day that is celebrated globallyon July 14th. The Friendly Spike TheatreBand proudly acknowledges localPsychiatric Survivor Pride andInternational Mad Pride day with anannual grassroots festival. This year's event has a decidedly "humanrights and wrongs" theme because humanrights and wrongs are something we allshare in. Friendly Spike is a sponsorgroup of MindFreedom International. An incredible array of creative eventswill take place this year in thisToronto. All events are FREE howeverdonations are accepted. All events arewheelchair accessible, however thetheatre is accessible via freightelevator and reservations are advised. -- THE OPENING!: Toronto City Hall, 100Queen Street West, Committee Room Two,July 14, 2005 - 1pm - 4pm. Greetings from Human Rights Activist AnnaWillats and Special Guest - Velma Demersonauthor of INCORRIGIBLE. Featuring: Poet and writer - Leah LakshmiPiepzna-Samarasinha, Writer and Director-Darren O'Donnell, Singers andsongwriters Honey Novick, Roger Ellis,and Mamma D. (Marchand). Presenters willdiscuss how various art forms anddisciplines may be used to strengthenhuman rights and bring attention to humanwrongs. Friendly Spike Hosts will paytribute to the activism of Bonnie Burstowand Don Weitz.   -- A PASSION FOR LIFE: Philosopher'sWalk, July 14th 2005 - 5pm - 6pm. (behindRoyal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St.West): Members of "Women Won't Forget" lead atour of the vigil site at Philosopher'sWalk. Through their own stories ofsurvival, through the stories of murderedwomen, and through poetry and music theywill demonstrate how art can keep alivethe spirit of women who have gone beforeus, and bring renewed energy and a strongvoice to those of us who truly want tochange the world. -- PATIO B.B.Q. : The Friendly SpikeWarehouse Theatre Patio - 2466 DundasStreet West; July 14th 2005 - 6:30 PM -8pm. Friendly Spike serves up FREEmouthwatering burgers, dogs, and veggiekabobs! -- HUMAN RIGHTS MATTER: The FriendlySpike Theatre Band - 2466 Dundas StreetWest - 210, Toronto; July 14th 2005 -July 16th 8pm - 9pm. Premiere of "Human Rights Matter," a newplay by The Friendly Spike Theatre Band!The play uses a make-believe Human RightsCommission to review complaints. The playis designed to encourage people to speakout against human wrongs. -- CABARET and Open Stage - The FriendlySpike Theatre Band - 2466 Dundas Streetwest, 210, Toronto, Ontario; July 14 toJuly 16, 2005; 9pm - 11:30 pm. Hosted by Mikel Renout, featuring thegroovy improv band Michael Holt and Kids,and Open Stage.   -- RIGHTS FORUM, Parkdale CommunityLegal services. July 15th 2005 - 2pm -5pm. (Contact Friendly Spike for locationinfo.) -- CAPA (Coalition Against PsychiatricAssault); July 16th 2005 -1pm - 4pm. CAPA PRESENTS ANTIPSYCHIATRY IN FILM ANDVIDEO: The Peace lounge, seventh floor,Ontario Institute for Studies inEducation (OISE). The afternoon will begin by a screeningof "Still Sane" made by Brenda Ingrattaand Lidia Patriasc featuring our very ownSheila Gilhooly and Persimmon Blackbridge. Next will be the premiere showing of avideo by Jeffrey Myers on "Inquiry intoPsychiatry 2005" - the public hearingsinto electroshock and drugs, which CAPAheld this April 2005. This video showsboth the planning that went into theinquiry and testimony itself. After theevent CAPA members will answer questionsabout the public hearings process. -- HISTORICAL PATIENT BUILT WALL TOUR -Queen and Shaw (outside Center forAddiction and Mental Health, 1001 QueenStreet West); July 17th 2005 6 pm- 8:00pm. Historian, and author of "Remembrance ofPatients Past  [ send green star]
 
Fwd: NEWS: Mad Pride 2005 in Four Nations- Spread the Word! July 13, 2005 7:51 AM

Fwd: NEWS: Mad Pride 2005 in Four Nations- Spread the Word! 1 July 2005 - MindFreedom Newshttp://www.MindFreedom - please forward       JULY IS MAD PRIDE MONTH!       Psychiatric Survivors Celebrate      Mad Pride 2005 in Four Nations.       by Krista Erickson and David Oaks      MindFreedom International A parade, vigil, theater, fasting, food,music, art and more create Mad Pride 2005. Mad Pride 2005 is in at least four nationsthis year! You are invited to join inwhere ever you are! Below you will findschedules for events in Canada, England,France and the USA. At the bottom findmore info about Mad Pride, MindFreedom,and how you are invited to participate. WHAT IS "MAD PRIDE"? Mad Pride celebrates the creativity,strength and resilience of the humanspirit and is open to ALL. Mad Prideprovides an opportunity to educate thepublic, empower psychiatric survivors andconsumers of mental health system, andraise consciousness through variousactivities such as art, theatre, music,poetry, protests, vigils and more. Mad Pride counteracts discrimination andprejudice towards people who haveexperienced mental distress or have beenlabeled by the mental health system. Mad Pride also promotes economic, social,environmental and cultural integration ofusers/survivors into mainstream society. Mad Pride is about celebrating "MadCulture." Observances of Mad Pride areoften used to call attention to past andongoing human rights violations in themental health system. YOUR MAD PRIDE 2005 UPDATED SCHEDULE! Below is the latest news we have of MadPride celebrations/events taking place infour countries this month, July 2005. Ifyou have an event to add, please contactthe MindFreedom office atoffice@mindfreedom.org. For more information, photos of past MadPride events and how to get your officialflying-brain Mad Pride t-shirt go to: http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/madpride/ AN EASY WAY to celebrate Mad Pride issimply to forward this news far and wide!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 2005 MAD PRIDECELEBRATIONS and EVENTS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * NEW YORK MAD PRIDE 2005 July 8 to 14, 2005 The Mental Patients Liberation Alliance25th Annual Bastille DayDemonstration/Celebration. Celebrate the Human Spirit, Break theSilence About Psychiatric Oppression! Join in a week of camping-out with ateach-in, vigil, and more! For 25 yearsthis wonderful group has been usingBastille Day -- July 14 -- to speak outabout human rights in mental health! Thelegendary psychiatric survivor and shocksurvivor George Ebert is one of the mainorganizers. This event is once again directly on theEast Lawn of the State Capitol Buildingin Albany, New York! Watch for thecamp-out vigil and their huge signs. Says George, "We are 'mental patients'setting up a temporary asylum in theState Capitol lawn. Some Alliance membersand supporters will begin a fast at theevent to call attention to and help stopforced shock treatment." George said the event will also opposePresident Bush's new "universal mentalhealth screening" of all Americans.George said, "President Bush has revealedhis mandate to have every American,starting with our 52 million students, toundergo 'mental health' tests.Pharmaceutical companies have beenactively involved in designing,implementing, and promoting the plan,tests, and evaluations." A special focus is to end a horrendouspractice that continues in New York Stateof forcing electroshock involuntarily overthe expressed wishes of the subject. Thisabuse is well documented, but --incredibly -- Governor George E. Patakivetoed a bill passed by the StateAssembly that would have begun to controlthis horrible violation. Mental Patients Liberation Alliance isone of the founding groups ofMindFreedom. For more info: PhoneThe Alliance at (315) 947-5888,1-800-654-7227 or e-mail:AllianceBastilleDay05@yahoogroups.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ENGLAND MAD PRIDE 2005 July 12 - 14, 2005 from Bradford toManchester, UK. Activists in England are pushing apsychiatric bed on wheels from Bradfordto Manchester -- a distance of approx.33 miles! On the psychiatric bed they arestrapping a manequin in four pointrestraints, to symbolize abuse bypsychiatry! Brilliant! This group is very effective in reachingthe public in visual ways, such as theirwonderful Valentine's Day protest marchof forced psychiatric drugging. They arelooking for people to join the bedpushteam -- you don't have to walk the wholedistance, only as far as you feelcomfortable walking. More details andphotos of their g  [ send green star]
 
"Fwd: Press release: Assoc/ Women in Psychology:Sex, Brains + Univs.: new info" March 20, 2005 6:46 PM

"Below is regarding a MindFreedom member, Paula Caplan,feel free to forward, that's all the info we have,for more info see the "from line" below:~~~~~~~~~~Begin forwarded message:> From: Associationforwomeninpsychology > <Associationforwomeninpsychology@yahoo.com>> Date: March 18, 2005 7:43:32 AM PST> To: p r e s s r e l e a s e 1 > <Associationforwomeninpsychology@yahoo.com>> Subject: Press release from Association for Women in Psychology -- > Sex, Brains, and Universities - new info!>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE> Contact: associationforwomeninpsychology@yahoo.com>    or 617 491-0962>>> SEX, BRAINS, AND UNIVERSITIES -- NEW ARTICLE JUST PUBLISHED>> Surprising though it may seem, much media coverage of the ongoing > uproar> about Harvard President Larry Summers's remarks about women in science > has> been based on studies that were discredited decades ago because they > were> poorly done and interpreted in unwarranted ways.>> In a just-published paper called "The Perseverative Search for Sex> Differences in Math,"* Jeremy B. Caplan and Paula J. Caplan have > written the> most up-to-date survey of the work on math. The paper is certain to > roil the> waters of the national debate about the topic and Summers's remarks. > Paula> Caplan, current Spokesperson of the Association for Women in Psychology> (AWP), has also published widely about sex differences in spatial > abilities,> the other primary research field that is relevant to science.>> The Caplans are the son-mother team who wrote the classic and > accessible> textbook called Thinking Critically about Research on Sex and Gender, > which> includes entire chapters devoted to critical examination of the work > on sex> differences in math and spatial abilities, as well as verbal abilities,> aggression, and emotions.>> Paula J. Caplan is also a graduate of Harvard University. As a current> Harvard employee as well, she is in an ideal position to provide > background> information and quotations about this topic.>> Jeremy B. Caplan is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto.>> *The paper appears in the new Cambridge University Press book, Gender> Differences in Mathematics, edited by Ann Gallagher & James Kaufman."  [ send green star]
 
MindFreedom Update: Action Conference Scholarship Info March 07, 2005 7:26 AM

NEWS: MindFreedom Action Conference - 2 March 2005http://www.MindFreedom.org - please forward LIMITED SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR"ACTION CONFERENCE" ON CHANGINGTHE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM The MindFreedom Action Conference is scheduled forApril 29 to May 2, 2005, and is co-sponsored byMindFreedom International and American UniversityWashington College of Law in Washington, DC, USA. The title is: "Activism for Human Rights in MentalHealth: How the Law Can Support Grassroots Actionfor Human Rights in the Mental Health System." There is a complete packet of information about theconference at http://www.MindFreedom.org, includinginvitation, housing, transportation. etc. The pricehas purposely been kept low to be affordable. A very limited amount of scholarship funding has beenraised for those who require assistance to attend. BELOWis the Scholarship Info & Application. Please forward widely. MORE DONATIONS are urgently needed for this scholarshipfund. Whether or not you plan on attending this event,please consider helping others go to this conference now!Your donation is tax-deductible under IRS 501(c)(3).You may donate via the web, please specify in the"comments" section that your donation is for SCHOLARSHIPS:http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MINDFREEDOM ACTION CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION Application Deadline: All conference scholarshipapplications must be received by e-mail in the MindFreedomoffice by 5:00 PM Pacific Time on Tuesday March 15, 2005. All applicants will be notified of MindFreedom'sdecision by Monday, March 21, 2005. Please request ONLY enough money to make itpossible for you to attend, so that scholarshipscan go to as many participants as possible. Scholarship funds available will go mainly toregistration fees, and will mainly be partial. Your application data will be kept confidential. Upon completion, please e-mail the belowapplication only to: office@mindfreedom.org,include the word "SCHOLARSHIP" in subject line.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MINDFREEDOM ACTION CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Name: Street Address: City/State/Postal Code: Country: E-mail Address: Home Phone: Cell Phone: Work Phone: PLEASE KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO BELOW *BRIEF*, THANKS. (1) What do you need assistance paying for toallow you to attend the Action Conference? PLEASE MARK ONLY EXPENSE(S) THAT APPLY TO YOU,IN USA DOLLARS: -- CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE Registration fee (including 5 meals): $145 Amount You Can Afford: Scholarship Amount Requested: -- TRAVEL: Air, train, bus, other? (please specify) Estimated Cost: Amount You Can Afford: Scholarship Amount Requested: -- LODGING (see web site for cost estimates) Estimated Cost: Amount You Can Afford: Scholarship Amount Requested: -- OTHER EXPENSES: Please specify. Estimated Cost: Amount You Can Afford: Scholarship Amount Requested: ~~~~~~~ TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP REQUEST: $ ~~~~~~(2) What other sources have you approachedfor funding? Please list source and results. (3) Please tell us: How will this scholarshiphelp you further your activism for human rightsand alternatives for people affected by the mentalhealth system? What about the Action Conferenceparticularly interests you? (4) If you are a member of MindFreedom International,please describe how have you been active inany MindFreedom campaigns, committees, activities orSponsor Groups? (5) Would you be available to volunteer before orduring the conference? If you have a skill orjob in mind, please list. (6) OPTIONAL: Are you a member of a very marginalizedand disempowered constituency (such as because ofpsychiatric label, race, disability, gender preference,etc.)? Please list. (7) Is there anything else you'd like theMindFreedom Scholarship Committee to know?(Please keep comments brief.)~~~~~~~More information about the conference, includinginvitation, housing and transportation is onthe web site http://www.MindFreedom.org. Please forward, thank you.  [ send green star]
 
What else are drug companies hiding from us? Act today January 20, 2005 6:07 AM

Hi James M, Just recently, the global pharmaceutical industry announced plans to "voluntarily disclose" information on clinical drug trials - but this plan falls far short of what's needed to ensure the safety of prescription drugs on the market. The risks of not knowing about these harmful side effects are too great.  And Congress is finally waking up to this crisis - Congress will be debating a bill soon to create a mandatory clinical trial registry, and we need to let themknow now that we're expecting them to do the right thing to protect our health and safety: http://www.care2.com/go/z/20620 By now I'm sure you've heard about the harmful risks of heavily marketed drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Paxil that have recently come to light. It seems that the makersof Paxil and Vioxx may have known about these risks from negative clinical trial results years ago - but did not make that information public! How can we make informed decisions about our health care without full information on the risks and side effects of the drugs we're prescribed? It's time for Congress to act. We can't just trust drug companies to voluntarily share negative information about their products. We need federal legislation to require drug manufacturers to publicly register all clinical drug trials and make the trial results public.  Please sign this petition to Congress today, and ask for amandatory clinical trial registry - our health may depend on it!  http://www.care2.com/go/z/20620 Thank you for acting today, - Rebecca,Care2 and ThePetitionSite teamhttp://www.care2.com/go/z/rebecca___________________________________________Thank you for signing up to receive Health Alerts via ThePetitionSite or Care2 website! Your email address has not been bought from other sources. If you learned something interesting from this newsletter, please forward it to your friends, family and colleagues.  Care2.com, Inc. - 275 Shoreline Drive, Suite 150 - Redwood City, CA 94065  [ send green star]
 
Sci-global Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7 January 18, 2005 7:56 AM

Sci-global Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7Today's Topics:   1. UK protest has great web site (David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org)   2. Ingeborg-Drewitz-Price for the Runaway-House Berlin      (Peter Lehmann)----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 12:31:55 -0800From: "David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org" <oaks@mindfreedom.org>Subject: [global] UK protest has great web siteTo: sci-global@efn.orgMessage-ID: <DD073CF9-4C7C-11D9-BA7C-000A95C0B960@mindfreedom.org>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowedHi SCI-GLOBAL folks,This may be repeat for some of you, but a beautiful simpleclever web site has been put up for the 14 February 2005protest against forced drugging in UK.Seewww.kissit.org/Feel free to forward.I've also posted to noforce.DavidDavid Oaks, DirectorMindFreedom International454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USAhttp://www.mindfreedom.orgemail: oaks@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDEMIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights.join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtmlMindFreedom Support Coalition International is anindependent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groupsto win human rights & alternatives in mental health.Accredited by the United Nations as aNon-Governmental Organization (NGO) withConsultative Roster Status.------------------------------Message: 2Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:30:10 +0100From: plehmann@t-online.de (Peter Lehmann)Subject: [global] Ingeborg-Drewitz-Price for the Runaway-House BerlinTo: Sci-global@efn.orgMessage-ID: <41BDDFB2.4050107@t-online.de>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowedDear friends,the Runaway-House Berlin won this year's Ingeborg-Drewitz-Price for itsspecial efforts to save human rights in Berlin. Yesterday, as the "greatold man of antipsychiatry", I had the honour to speak the eulogy. Evenif you do not read German, enjoy the pictures, especially of therunaway-house's representative Ludger Bruckmann, beaming with delightwhen receiving the price - seehttp://www.peter-lehmann.de/laudatio.htm#delight - and representing thealternative Santa Claus in my Christmas mail.Best wishes and Merry ChristmasPeter LehmannP.S. Please do not send yoour gratulations to me, but to therunaway-house. mailto:weglaufhaus@web.de_______________________________________________Sci-global mailing listSci-global@efn.orghttp://mailman.efn.org/mailman/listinfo/sci-globalEnd of Sci-global Digest, Vol 9, Issue 7  [ send green star]
 
DIVERSEGRAD-L Digest - 11 Jan 2005 to 12 Jan 2005 (#2005-10) January 18, 2005 7:34 AM

There is one message totalling 611 lines in this issue.Topics of the day:  1. Florida Workshops on Co-Occurring Disorders & HIV/AIDS----------------------------------------------------------------------Date:    Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:02:07 -0500From:    Kathy Powell <kpowell5@GMU.EDU>Subject: Florida Workshops on Co-Occurring Disorders & HIV/AIDS Friends, see attachment for details on conference opportunity. sorry for late notice.Kathy PowellCounseling Graduate StudentGeorge Mason University From: Mark HamiltonSent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:40 PMTo: AMHCASubject: FW: Florida Workshops on Co-Occurring Disorders -----Original Message-----From: AMHCA [mailto:AMHCA@mail.vresp.com]Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:01 PMTo: katyog@aol.comSubject: Florida Workshops on Co-Occurring Disorders NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals,American Mental Health Counselors Association <http://www.cphins.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/amhcalogo.gif>and Florida NAADAC and Florida MHCA Present Co-Occurring Disorders: Coordinating Treatment for Substance AbuseDisorders and Mental Health IllnessesandCoping with HIV/AIDS and Stress and Violence Management January 27 and 28, 2005 Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, FloridaEarn up to 12.5 Continuing Education Hours Register now: Call 1-800-548-0497 or e-mail dkuehn@naadac.org.   _____         AGENDA         January 27        Co-Occurring Disorders: Coordinating Treatment for SubstanceAbuse Disorders and Mental Health Illnesses         *       Introduction by J. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH        *       Mark McGovern, Ph. D.                Overview of Co-Occurring Disorders Principles ofSuccessful Treatment and the Coordinated Disease and Recovery Model ofCare        *       Paul Potter, MSW, MAC and Mary Woods, RNC, LADC, MSHS                Practical Treatment Experience        *       Breakout group work and presentations on solutions topractice implementation barriers.         January 28        Coping with HIV/AIDS and Stress and Violence Management         *       Jay Lee, Ph.D.                Stress and Violence Management        *       John Bonnage, Ph.D.                Strategies for Coping with HIV/AIDS        *       Plus Florida NAADAC Lunch and open Membership Meeting   _____         REGISTRATION--attend one or both days.         January 27        $40 NAADAC or AMHCA members        $55 Non-members         January 28        $40 NAADAC or AMHCA members        $55 Non-members         Register for both sessions        $70 NAADAC or AMHCA members        $100 Non-members         Call 1-800-548-0497 or e-mail dkuehn@naadac.org.         HOTEL INFORMATION        Rooms are available at the Wyndham Orlando Resort, 8001International Drive, Orlando, Florida.        $139.00 room rate (double or king)        For reservations, call 407-351-2420 (mention NAADAC when youcall) or Click Here to reserve online.   _____<http://www.cphins.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/amhcalogo.gif> Thank you for your membership and support of the AmericanMental Health Counselors Association, the ONLY organization workingexclusively for the mental health counseling profession.  _____ This message has been sent by AMHCA to association members. If you donot wish to recieve news and special offers from AMHCA via e-mail,simply click the "Unsubscribe" link. Unsubscribe<http://unsub.vresp.com/u.html?50003954b9/f7c74ae2d7/7a363d7>   _____ This message was sent by AMHCA using VerticalResponse's iBuilder<http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/?mm/50003954b9> (r)  <http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/?mm/50003954b9> American Mental Health Counselors Association801 N. Fairfax St. Ste. 304Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Read <http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html>  theVerticalResponse marketing policy.  <http://i.verticalresponse.com/blank.gif?50003954b9/f7c74ae2d7/7a363d7> ------------------------------End of DIVERSEGRAD-L Digest - 11 Jan 2005 to 12 Jan 2005 (#2005-10)  [ send green star]
 
Good day. Sci-global Digest, Vol 8, Issue 9 (Australia) December 05, 2004 7:36 PM

Good day.  Sci-global Digest, Vol 8, Issue 9     (Australia)Today's Topics:   1. CTO's in Australia (Don Weitz)   2. To Australian members of SCI (Kat E)----------------------------------------------------------------------Message: 1Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:45:28 -0500From: Don Weitz <dweitz@pathcom.com>Subject: [global] CTO's in AustraliaTo: sci-global@efn.orgMessage-ID: <l03102808bdd172e4044e@[216.249.9.245]>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"Australia gears up to pass its outpatient committal/forced drugging lawsimilar to Canada's community treatment order - more psychiatric-staterepression under the guise "treatment"DonThis article is from the WNUSP ( Wold Network of Me4ntal Health Users ofPsychiatry) listserv.============================================================>The joint Parliamentary "Scrutiny" committee looking at changes in the UK>Mental>Health Act is undoubtedly going down the route of compulsory treatment in>the>community, as it seems is Australia ->>http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11482395%5E3462,00.html>Law to enforce mental drugs>By DANNY ROSE>November 24, 2004>>HOSPITAL patients being treated for mental illness will soon be required by>law>to continue taking their medication on their release.>Yesterday, Health Minister David Llewellyn told State Parliament the>required>laws were being drafted "as we speak" to add new enforceability clauses to>the>Mental Health Act. He was replying to a question from Opposition Leader>Rene>Hidding, who said the Mental Health Tribunal had been calling for>enforceable>Community Treatment Orders for five years, along with many families of>those>with mental illness. Last weekend, The Sunday Tasmanian revealed the tragic>story of Hobart's Jacobson family, whose son David, who suffered>schizophrenia,>committed suicide in March this year. "I am well aware of the urgency of>this>particular issue and the difficulties we have had in respect to dealing>with>this matter for some time," Mr Llewellyn said. "I hope to have the>legislation>introduced to Parliament at the first opportunity in the new session, and>we>will be dealing with it then." Accusing the Government of callousness for>not>acting sooner, Mr Hidding said: "For five years, the St!>  ate Labor Government has known about a loophole in the Mental Health Act>that>has needed closing." Without the reforms, he said, the mentally ill faced a>"revolving door of requiring treatment, not taking it, and having to get>sick>enough to be re-admitted to hospital before these treatment orders can be>enforced".>>================>>transcripts of written and oral evidence given so far to the Scrutiny>Committee>can be found at>http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdmhb.cfm>Click on (Reports and Publications).>>Click on "Press Notices" for details of next oral evidence sessions.  As at>today there is no information who will be called next.  The "Future>Meetings">page just says that the next session will be Wednesday 1 December.>>>posted by Rosemary>Surrey UK>www.mentalmagazine.co.uk>"Campaigning for good health & social care...it's for everyone"-------------- next part --------------<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR><STYLE></STYLE></HEAD><BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The joint Parliamentary "Scrutiny" committeelooking at changes in the UK Mental Health Act is undoubtedly going down theroute of compulsory treatment in the community, as it seems isAustralia&nbsp;-&nbsp;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Ahref="http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11482395%5E3462,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11482395%5E3462,00.html</A></FONT><BR><FONTface=Arial size=2>Law to enforce mental drugs<BR>By DANNY ROSE<BR>November24,2004<BR><BR>HOSPITAL patients being treated for mental illness will soon berequired by law to continue taking their medication on theirrelease.<BR>Yesterday, Health Minister David Llewellyn told StateParliament therequired laws were being drafted "as we speak" to add new enforceabilityclausesto the Mental Health Act. He was replying to a question from OppositionLeaderRene Hidding, who said the Mental Health Tribunal had been calling forenforceable Community Treatment Orders for five years, along with manyfamiliesof those with mental illness. Last weekend, The Sunday Tasmanian revealedthetragic story of Hobart's Jacobson family, whose son David, who sufferedschizophrenia, committed suicide in March this year. "I am well aware of theurgency of this particular issue and the difficulties we have had in respecttodealing with this matter for some time," Mr Llewellyn said. "I hope to havethelegislation introduced to Parliament at the first opportunity in the newsession, and we will be dealing with it then." Accusing the Government ofcallousness for not acting sooner, Mr Hidding said: "For five years, theStateLabor Government has known about a loophole in the Mental Health Act thathasneeded closing." Without the reforms, he said, the mentally ill faced a"revolving door of requiring treatment, not taking it, and having to getsickenough to be re-admitted to hospital before these treatment orders can beenforced". </FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>================</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>transcripts of written and oral evidence givensofar to the Scrutiny Committee can be found at </FONT><FONT face=Arialsize=2><Ahref="http://w">http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdmhb.cfm">http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdmhb.cfm</A></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Click on (Reports and Publications).&nbsp;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Click on "Press Notices" for details of nextoralevidence sessions.&nbsp; As at today there is no information who will becallednext.&nbsp; The "Future Meetings" page just says that the next session willbeWednesday 1 December.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>posted by Rosemary</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Surrey UK</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><Ahref="www.mentalmagazine.co.ukhttp://www.mentalmagazine.co.uk">www.mentalmagazine.co.uk</A></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Campaigning for good health &amp; socialcare...it's foreveryone"</FONT></DIV><PRE>--^^---------------------------------------------------------------This email was sent to: efinkler@dal.caEASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: <AHREF="http://topica.com/u/?b1db">http://topica.com/u/?b1dbX5.bOcwml.ZWZpbmts">http://topica.com/u/?b1dbX5.bOcwml.ZWZpbmts</A>Or send an email to: wnusp-unsubscribe@topica.comFor Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit:<AHREF="http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER">http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER">http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER</A>--^^---------------------------------------------------------------</PRE></BODY></HTML>------------------------------Message: 2Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:56:25 +1100From: "Kat E" <paperwheel@hotmail.com>Subject: [global] To Australian members of SCITo: sci-global@efn.orgMessage-ID: <BAY13-F6F6283FC8D9E6E7C7FE67CABE0@phx.gbl>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowedDear AllI understand that there is no longer any SCI group in Australia. If you arean Australian member, please mail to this list or to me atpaperwheel@hotmail.com . I think it would be a good idea to begin somediscussion. Perhaps we could begin with specific issues/concerns you havewith regard to psychiatry in Australia? It would also be great to exchangeknowledge about psychiatric practice and mental health legislation inAustralia.Thank you,Kat._________________________________________________________________Click here for the latest chart ringtones:http://ringtones.com.au/ninemsn/control?page=/ninemsn/main.jsp_______________________________________________Sci-global mailing listSci-global@efn.orghttp://mailman.efn.org/mailman/listinfo/sci-globalEnd of Sci-global Digest, Vol 8, Issue 9  No worries  [ send green star]
 
[MeTZelf-English] Digest Number 15 December 05, 2004 5:32 PM

[MeTZelf-English] Digest Number 15There is 1 message in this issue.  Topics in this digest:      1. New article           From: mira <mirah@dds.nl>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 1   Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:06:04 +0100   From: mira <mirah@dds.nl>Subject: New articleMeTZelf has received permission to reprint an article by Sheldon Richmanabout privacy in health care. It is available at:http://www.metzelf.info/articles/Privacy.htmlPlease direct any comments at me privately, mirah@dds.nlMirahttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/MeTZelf-English/To visit your group on the web, go to:  [ send green star]
 
Fw:[CSI] Free Video: Inside Outside: Building Meaningful Life Outside November 23, 2004 7:52 AM

Fw:[CSI] Free Video: Inside Outside: Building Meaningful Life OutsideHospitalFw: [CSI] Free Video: "Inside Outside: Building a Meaningful Life Outsidethe Hospital"----- Original Message -----From: JaymeTo: Consumer/Survivor IssuesSent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:14 AMSubject: [CSI] Free Video: "Inside Outside: Building a Meaningful LifeOutsidethe Hospital"My Groups | consumer_survivor_issues Main PageFrom David Oaks:FREE DVD OR VHS!Several members have raved -- no pun intended --about this film regarding psychiatric survivorsand social change and getting outside of apsychiatric institution and on with one's life,partly created by amazing MindFreedom member,historian and psychiatric survivor Pat Deeganusing a government grant.Again, the member says it's free.Here's how to order:The member says that the followingwebsite offers the film, "Inside Outside: Building a MeaningfulLife Outside the Hospital" @ no cost. The homepage has adownloadable order form.The links to download either a PDF or MS word orderform are in the lower right hand side of the screen at:http://www.olmsteadcommunity.orgFeel free to forward.I do not know if this offer only extends to USA, etc.For more information best to contact the folks at thatweb site.~~~~~forwarded by: http://www.MindFreedom.org  [ send green star]
 
Freenami Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1 October 30, 2004 3:25 AM

Freenami Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1  Today's Topics:    1. hi, is this list working okay? (David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org)   2. RE: hi, is this list working okay? (Michael Haan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:29:20 -0700From: "David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org" <oaks@mindfreedom.org>Subject: [Freenami] hi, is this list working okay?To: freenami@efn.orgMessage-ID: <06E09079-2870-11D9-86AC-000A95C0B960@mindfreedom.org>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hi FREENAMI e-mail list, I'm just testing this e-mail list. Earlier this year a lot of lists crashed, and some didn'tcome back. I hope this one is still working okay. It's our FREE NAMI list, about changing NAMI andhelping  to bring values about human rights,empowerment, and self-determination to theforefront in that organization. In support, David David Oaks, DirectorMindFreedom International454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA http://www.mindfreedom.orgemail: oaks@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights. join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml MindFreedom Support Coalition International is anindependent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groupsto win human rights & alternatives in mental health.Accredited by the United Nations as aNon-Governmental Organization (NGO) withConsultative Roster Status.   ------------------------------ Message: 2Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:51:47 -0700From: "Michael Haan" <michaelhaan@msn.com>Subject: RE: [Freenami] hi, is this list working okay?To: oaks@mindfreedom.org, freenami@efn.orgMessage-ID: <BAY4-F10RH9HWP5RvIT00024b1a@hotmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Seems to be working but mostly silent. >From: "David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org" <oaks@mindfreedom.org>>To: freenami@efn.org>Subject: [Freenami] hi, is this list working okay?>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 16:29:20 -0700>>Hi FREENAMI e-mail list,>>I'm just testing this e-mail list.>>Earlier this year a lot of lists crashed, and some didn't>come back.>>I hope this one is still working okay.>>It's our FREE NAMI list, about changing NAMI and>helping  to bring values about human rights,>empowerment, and self-determination to the>forefront in that organization.>>In support,>>David>>David Oaks, Director>MindFreedom International>454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284>Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA>>http://www.mindfreedom.org>email: oaks@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737>phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE>>MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights.>>join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml>>MindFreedom Support Coalition International is an>independent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groups>to win human rights & alternatives in mental health.>Accredited by the United Nations as a>Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with>Consultative Roster Status.>>_______________________________________________>Freenami mailing list>Freenami@efn.org>http://mailman.efn.org/mailman/listinfo/freenami _________________________________________________________________Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/Freenami mailing listFreenami@efn.orghttp://mailman.efn.org/mailman/listinfo/freenami End of Freenami Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1  [ send green star]
 
"USA youth inmate abuse" October 27, 2004 9:34 PM

"USA youth inmate abuse""From: "Cat >^. .^<" <nopsychiatry@yahoo.com>Subject: Re: [Sci-psych] forward: USA youth inmate abuseTo: members-sci-psych list <sci-psych@efn.org>Message-ID: <20041023055050.26687.qmail@web20709.mail.yahoo.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiTwo of my best friends had this happen to them. One was taken toSamoa, the other to Utah. They both endured most of the thingsdescribed below... and more. Rape, forced abortions, no access toneeded medical care, watching animals being tortured to death, notbeing told who the kidnappers are after being thrown in the back of avan... These places are truly horror shows.Cat--- "David Oaks - www.MindFreedom.org" <dendron@efn.org> wrote:> Below is forwarded, feel free to forward:>> ~~~~~~>>  From:    mysticoutkast@hotmail.com>  Subject:  American parents pay to put kids in prison camps!>  Date:  October 22, 2004 8:42:48 PM PDT>> PLEASE FORWARD WIDE AND FAR!!!>> I received permission from the author to reprint this account.>>________________________________________________________________________>> _______> Sunday - 10/18/04>> Yesterday I attended a meeting that left me stunned.>> It was a meeting of former prison camp inmates. There were people> who> had been in about 7 different camps throughout the United States> and> other countries who, while listening in rapt attention to the> stories> each told, often looked to each other to say, "Wow. That happened> at my> camp too!" Those present had not known each other, but had heard> about> the different camps. They shared information about what they had> been> told. Some said that they had "wished" they could have been in the>> other camp, as the rumors were that conditions were better over> there.> They were not. They learned, yesterday, that talk of better> conditions> were all lies.>> These prison camps were all under a single authority. Sanctioned by>> their government, these camps operate without any regard for human>> rights. Here is what I learned.>> There were "rule books" given to the inmates upon their arrival at> the> camp. Rules that included severe punishment for minor infractions,> such> as moving your little finger, or scratching your hand. There were> punishments meted out for engaging in normal conduct such as> talking to> others. You were not allowed to talk to other prisoners or "staff"> at> any time without permission. On the other hand, talking and certain>> statements were required in the mandatory meetings. At those> meetings,> one person sat in the middle of a circle and led by the staff> "forced"> to admit to having been a victim or perpetrator of various acts> including abuse, drug use, and other criminal behaviors. Whether or> not> these were part of the prisoner's experience made no difference,> you> had to say they were> or else.>> Capture was reported to have been carried out by 2 or 3 captors> (large> males and females) in the dead of night who at the hands of another>> were allowed into your bedroom, usually in a middle or upper class>> neighborhood. You were taken - duct tape over the mouth, forced> into a> vehicle and transported, some handcuffed, to a remote location.> Some> locales were in remote areas within the USA while others were in> other> countries or territories. These include Samoa, Jamaica, Mexico,> Costa> Rica, and the Cayman Islands.>> Intake included a brief interview, removal of all clothing and> jewelry,> and a humiliating de-lousing procedure. After this, you were given>> prison garb to wear. All personal belongings were taken away. No> shoes> were allowed. The request for shoes was said to signal a plan to> attempt an escape.>> All camps were surrounded by 12 or 15 foot fences, or by natural> barriers such as crocodile filled lakes observed by 24 hour guards.>> Besides these conditions, all inmates reported that there was filth> and> unhealthy and inhumane conditions, including cockroaches, other> bugs> and rodents as constant companions. Scabies were rampant.>> Sleeping quarters were barren. Steel 3 tiered bunks, with 4 to a> bunk> making 12 to a room plus a guard. Use of toilets was regimented,> controlled, and observed by staff. Showering was infrequent, also> observed by staff. Food was sparse as well. Small portions of cold> rice> and beans, with water to drink. Yet, daily activities were long and>> rigorous> and meaningless.>> One panel (prior inmates of each camp were grouped according to the>> camp) spoke of being forced to move many huge rocks from the bottom> of> a hill or mountain to the top> then back down to the bottom then back to the top. The> meaninglessness> of the activity was almost as spirit breaking as the task was> physically exhausting. A daily exercise in futility. The work> continued> for 14-16 hours per day, in blistering heat, no shoes, little food.>> There were many physical injuries, as no protective wear was> provided> .no gloves, no sunglasses, no protection from the heat, no shoes to>> protect the feet. Many scars were shown to us on the hands, arms> and> feet. Injuries would turn to infections due to lack of hygiene,> showers> and medical attention.>> Others at another camp had more meaningful work. They reported that>> upon arrival at the camp, there were no buildings or facilities. It>> would be their job to build their own prison. Again, no shoes, no> protective equipment, no protection from the elements. Chiseling> rocks> and cement, moving heavy materials, using saws, hammer and nails.> Again, injuries went unattended, no medical or hygienic treatment> was> made available. Injuries turned into painful infections, yet there> was> no reprieve from work detail. Work was 14-16 hours per day.> Prisoners> suffered severe weight loss, anemia, sickness, wounds not treated> became infected, yet they were forced to continue to work. These> were> in areas of hot temperatures (jungles and deserts), so each step> was> painful on dirt with no shoes that was hot and filled with> construction> materials.>> Others reported on how the "program" worked. There were levels or> classes. One "graduated" from one level to the next by compliance> with> the rules, which changed serendipitously and often had nothing to> do> with improved behavior or any lesson or goal.>> These reminded me of tactics used against Prisoners of War that> were> reported after the World Wars, Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War.>> Mind and body numbing cruelty carrying out the orders of> Administrative> authority by sadistic and cruel guards and "staff".>> Rules that were essentially meaningless and strictly enforced by> cruel> punishments if broken, only to change to other meaningless rules a> day> or week later.>> Not only that, was the familiar ring of those revelations. That> various> "staff" or "guards" meted out the consequences - or favors- based> upon> "favorites" they had among the inmates. Some would not be punished> at> all for a particular infraction while another was severely> punished.> What were the punishments? These included, for both males and> females,> tortured physical positions that had to be maintained for hours or>> days. Being "hog tied" (the hands tied behind the back tied to the> feet> bent up to them), face down in the hot desert sand for many hours> or> days. Skin was burnt off. Eyes swollen. If there was resistance,> guards> weighting about 300 pounds would sit on the resistant inmate, for> hours. Shoulders were twisted out of the socket by this method.> Bones> were broken ("I heard a couple of "pops" when this happened, and I> knew> my bones were broken", said one former inmate".)>> No medical attention was provided for any of these injuries or> conditions. One recalled that an injured and later infected> prisoner> became so ill that she was finally taken to a hospital, where the> medical staff said that without treatment, she'd have been dead> within> 30 minutes.>> Was there sexual abuse? The women reported that they personally> were> raped or knew of others who were. Gang raped by staff, single> repeated> rapes, forced sexual behavior. All accompanied by threats of severe>> consequences if they told anyone about the rapes. Public> humiliations> and seductions were commonplace.>> While I listened to each person speak of the horrors they had> endured,> the words that have been recently splattered repeatedly on our news>> programs and print media rang in my head: terrorism, terrorists,> War on> Terrorism, Homeland Security, Abu Ghraib.>> The US President's words, "We're gonna find the terrorists and> bring> them to justice"; "We're gonna rid the world of terrorism", "We> have> declared war on terrorism"; "We want people around the world to be>> safe, to enjoy the freedoms we enjoy here in America". "We want to>> spread the freedoms we have to other countries". "We're gonna hunt> down> the evil-doers and do away with them.">> Well guess what, Mr. President. These prison camps are operating> right> here in Indiana, Utah, Iowa, Montana, Florida, and other states.> Some,> after kidnapping the prisoners, send them to camps they operate in>> Mexico, Costa Rica, Samoa, Jamaica and other countries. These camps> are> under your authority. They operate with impunity under your> jurisdiction. You have the power to close them down. You want to> "hunt> down the terrorists"? You have their addresses! You have the> complete> power of whether the abuses described stop or continue. What do you>> choose?>> As FDR said, as President, "the buck stops here". At the> President's> desk. You are the President. There are records that show that you> have> been given and chosen to accept money from the owner/operators of> these> terrorist camps.>> I am asking you, as President, all members of Congress, all those> in> the Department of Justice to immediately Stop Trafficking in> Abducted> Teens. All of the prisoners described above, are American children,>> ranging from 9-19 years of age. Stop Terrorism in our Homeland.> When> you say, "the freedoms we enjoy right here in America", I want all>> Americans to enjoy the freedoms, but as you can see, the children> in> these terrorist camps do not enjoy the freedoms you assert. Don't'> you?>> The terrorism, permitted and supported by loopholes in legislation>> could be closed off if you cared. If we really cared about human> rights, these camps would be closed immediately. You could do it in> one> day, if you wanted. If you cared. There is no difficulty in> locating> these terrorist camps> their addresses, staff members are easily located> just go there! I'm sure that as President, they would let you in.>> Who are the prisoners? They are our nations children. CHILDREN!!!> Children as young as 9 and kept prisoners after their 18th> birthday. So> long as their parents continue paying (about $4,00 per month) for> the> capture and imprisonment of their children, the children are forced> to> stay. How do the kids escape?>> 1. Parents run out of money> then the child is released.> 2. They turn 18. If parents can still pay, then,> a. They stay until the "complete the program", meaning until> parents> can no longer pay or> b. They are allowed to leave and given an "exit plan". An example> of> the exit plan is> i. that the child is given a bus ticket to a location far from the>> parental home;> ii. A nominal amount of money ($5 to $40)> iii. Told not to contact their parents> c. At the same time, the parents are contacted and told that under> no> circumstances should they allow the child back into the home or be>> given money, or else all of the progress the child has made will be>> undone. They are told to use a perverted "Tough Love" approach,> which> has nothing to do with love, or even the "Tough Love" program and> philosophy.>> Thus, the child is left on the streets of an unknown city, with no>> money and no resources. A terrifying experience for a person of any>> age.>> And what are the physical, social, emotional, psychological and> spiritual outcomes? All reported being damaged, severely, in each> of> these spheres.>> 1. an impaired physical growth and development, due to severe> malnutrition during the developmental years;> 2. the natural physical scars and malfunctions due to the effects> of> malnutrition, torture, injury and untreated infections> 3. mental confusion due to constant exposure to systematic mental> torture> 4. poor academics and educational achievement due to a complete> lack> of, or inadequate exposure to education. One girl reported that as> a> gifted student prior to her incarceration, the use of remedial> texts by> uneducated, unqualified "teachers" was intellectually demeaning,> draining and damaging. She was left completely unprepared for adult>> life as well as intellectually debilitated during the process. She> was> required to "dumb down" and was punished, humiliated and ridiculed> for> using words natural to her. Being academically prepared was "a big>> no-no" (using the approved dumbing down vernacular that would have> been> approved in the prison camp). WHAT HAPPENED TO "NO CHILD LEFT> BEHIND"???> 5. Because no radio, TV or print media was allowed, the inmates> were> left completely unaware of world events. Or any events for that> matter.> For those who were incarcerated prior to 9/11 and who exited some> time> after, none of that world-changing information was known> they all have to learn now, the important changes that have> occurred,,,for example, that there was a war in Afghanistan, a war> in> Iraq was begun and continues.> 6. All described symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, severe>> depression, severe anxiety. Symptoms such as frequent night> terrors,> nightmares, severe anxiety every day, an anxiety whenever around> other> adults, being in a room (always surveying for an exit option),> feelings> of continued brainwashing, not being able to think straight, self> doubt> self-loathing, lack of purpose, needing permission for everything,>> thought control, lack of social skills, personal skills, skills> needed> for independent living, difficulty in intimate relationships. And> without funds, unable to acquire proper therapy> along with fear of therapists, as "staff" purporting to be> therapists> had worked with them extensively. None of these survivors have a> sense> of trust, either of others, themselves, or their environments. None> of> what they experienced and survived has been charged against their> perpetrators as crimes, so they cannot qualify for assistance from> the> Victims of Crime Assistance Act.> 7. Family relations are bankrupt. Many of the survivors reported> that> their parents do not believe the conditions they describe. The> parents> continue to believe the perpetrators.>> The industry of trafficking in children is a 100 million dollar a> year> industry. The parents are told that their children are being sent> to a> luxury "boarding school" with wonderful amenities, therapists, a> fine> educational program, recreation including beach trips, horseback> riding. The truth is the exact opposite. For the parents not to> believe> their own children, is a huge betrayal for the children. What is> more> important in life than our family, our children? Do we really> revere> children? Do we honor our children? No, we place our trust in> strangers> who take our money, and deny our love and trust in our children.> Why?> Well, to be the parent of a tortured child would be heartbreaking,> of> course, and one would of course feel great guilt and remorse for> putting one's child in a terrorist camp. But to admit to having> done so> is at this time beyond the emotional capability of many parents.> So,> the survivors of these camps have also lost what is most important> to> them. Their parents and immediate family.>> Survivors are left on their own, abandoned and rejected by their> family, to survive economically, socially, psychologically and> spiritually. There is no "Veteran's Hospital" to which they can go> for> recovery. There is no program to assist them as they make their way>> into adulthood.>> Who will stop this practice? Who will stand up for the rights of> children to be loved and treated with respect? Who will stop the> possibility of continuing or new terrorist camps for kids? Who?>> I was involved in the rescue of one child who was kidnapped and> hidden> away in one of these camps in Montana. The local sheriff and other>> local authorities are in bed with the camp. I have personal> knowledge> that their "medical staff" is not qualified to practice in the> state.> They have no qualified teachers, although they advertise themselves> to> be a "boarding school". Their mental health director and staff have> no> degrees or qualifications in mental health. They probably walk in> off> the street, having been cashiers somewhere and get a job as a> therapist, teacher, guard or staff.>> Who will step up to close these terrorist camps for kids? Who will> pull> back the curtain of the lies they tell parents and the public to> get> their money, then torture their children? Who will close the> loophole> of education for these children, so they can get a proper education> to> prepare them for adulthood? Who will allow them conversations with> each> other, so needed for building proper social skills? Who will say> that> torturing children is bad for America? Will you?>> N.D.>>>> More info here:> http://www.isaccorp.org>> This organization is collecting testimonies and evidence including>> video footage for presentation to Congress.>> Help out by contacting congresspeople here> http://www.isaccorp.org/action.html>> there is also a petition to sign.>> WASHINGTON -- A California congressman urged Secretary of State> Colin> Powell on Thursday to apply additional scrutiny of several overseas>> schools for troubled teens run by a southern Utah company.> "I am very concerned about the adequacy of existing policies of the>> U.S. State Department for assessing serious allegations of improper>> conduct towards American children in overseas facilities," wrote> Rep.> George Miller, the senior Democrat on the House Education> Committee.>> Rep. Miller has focused attention on this issue because hundreds of>> American children were dropped off in San Diego by the Mexican> authorities.> It is an American governed facility housing American citizens,> teenagers!> Read on>>> 2 U.S.-Affiliated Academies Abroad Are Shut Down> By TIM WEINER> Published: September 13, 2004> New York Times>> The overseas programs of one of America's largest behavior> modification> associations for teenagers were shuttered yesterday after> authorities> closed one program in Mexico holding more than 500 youths and> Hurricane> Ivan struck a second in Jamaica, with 300 youths.>> The Casa by the Sea program in Ensenada, Mexico, and Tranquility> Bay,> in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, were two of the largest and most> profitable> programs of the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and> Schools, or Wwasps, of St. George, Utah.>> Mexican immigration officials said teenagers at Casa by the Sea> showed> signs of mistreatment> in an inspection on Friday. Teenagers at Tranquility Bay, on> Jamaica's> southern coast, were sent to a hotel nearby after the guests had> been> evacuated as the hurricane approached.>> In interviews with The New York Times last year, scores of> teenagers> and many of their parents said the techniques Wwasps used in Mexico> and> Jamaica included physical abuse, long solitary confinement and> little> professional treatment.> Program officials in Mexico and Jamaica, who could not be reached> for> comment over the weekend, said last year that the programs were> tough> but not abusive.>> Casa by the Sea, which opened in 1998, and Tranquility Bay, founded> in> 1996, were the overseas flagships of Wwasps. A program in Costa> Rica> closed last year after a government> inspection led to a revolt by teenagers against the administration.>> The Wwasps overseas programs paid less, charged lower fees -> roughly> $35,000 a year - and faced lower licensing and legal hurdles than> similar programs in the United States. Several thousand American> teenagers had been enrolled in the overseas programs in the last> eight> years.>> Wwasps says it is one of the fastest-growing groups of its kind.> Casa> by the Sea, which is housed in a hotel 60 miles south of San Diego,> had> nearly 600 youths enrolled last year. Mexican officials who closed> it> after a surprise inspection on Friday could not be reached by> telephone.>> Some children were picked up by their parents in Ensenada and> Tijuana,> Mexico, and others were being taken to a hotel in San Diego,> parents> said. Many may be transferred to Wwasps affiliates in Utah,> Montana,> New York, California, Iowa and South Carolina, which have a total> of> about 1,500 youths.>> Tranquility Bay, also housed in an old hotel by the sea, was struck> by> Hurricane Ivan hours after the raid in Mexico. Parents said they> were> told that the 300 children there would be moved to another hotel> nearby.>>> Robert Lichfield, founder of Wwasps, the network of schools for> troubled teens, contributed $60,000 to Republican Jon Huntsman Jr.,>> who's running for Governor of Utah.>> There are more articles such as the one below, here:> http://www.isaccorp.org/articles.html>>> More sexual abuse allegations lead to boys' removal from camp> Web Posted: 08/13/2004 04:41 PM CDT> Joseph S. Stroud and Guillermo Garcia> Express-News Staff Writer> SMITHVILLE -- Weeping boys were driven away in vans from the> Woodside> Trails wilderness> camp today after new allegations of sexual abuse against children> prompted state officials to> remove 22 children from the Bastrop County facility.> The new allegations led to the arrest within the last month of two>> former staffers at the therapeutic> camp on charges of sexually assaulting children. And Geoff Wool,> spokesman for the Texas> Department of Family and Protective Services, said the agency had> received two new calls on its> abuse and neglect hotline related to other staffers at the camp> within> the last two weeks.> Wool declined to say whether those calls involved abuse or neglect>> allegations or who made the> complaints about the facility, which has been the target of intense>> media and legislative scrutiny> since Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn criticized> conditions> there in "Forgotten> Children," a report she issued in April.> But he said officials decided they couldn't wait any longer."We> have 22> kids that are placed there,> and with recent allegations that we have received, what we have> seen> there, law enforcement> involvement, we felt like it was the appropriate thing," Wool said.> "We> were concerned about the> safety of the kids."> The agency stopped short of taking emergency action to suspend the>> facility's operating license,> and the possibility remains that other agencies and private> individuals> responsible for boys at the> camp will leave them there. Woodside Trails, founded in 1982, takes> in> male juvenile sex> offenders and other boys with serious emotional issues.> Along with the 22 boys sent there by Child Protective Services, the>> state agency's child-placement> entity, the facility housed 10 juvenile probation clients and three>> "private pay"> residents. Wool said the state notified county juvenile probation> officials and others responsible> for those residents of its decision but did not move to suspend or>> revoke the facility's operating> license.> Under Texas law, the state licensing division may invoke a 10-day> emergency suspension or> close a facility altogether if officials feel conditions there pose> a> serious threat to the health and> safety of children. But Wool said the agency would wait until the> allegations have been> investigated further before taking that step.> That prompted criticism from Lee Spiller of the Citizens Commission> on> Human Ri ghts, an> organization that has raised concerns about the quality of care at>> Woodside Trails."The bottom> line is keeping children safe, and I don't think it's enough that> they> removed the agency's> children," Spi ller said. "If it's not safe for the agency's> children,> what makes it safer for anybody> else's children?"> The boys wept and sobbed openly as they were escorted into about a>> dozen vans and sport utility> vehicles lined up near the camp office today. State officials> planned> to take them to the Austin> Child Protective Services offices to begin the process of placing> them> elsewhere.>>> ISAC Watch List>> ISAC has received credible complaints about the following facilites>> alleging child abuse, criminal activity and/or ties to known cults.>> Victory Christian Academy, also called Genesis Ministries - Jay,> Florida> New Beginnings Rebekah Academy - Pace, Florida> The Elan School - Maine> CEDU High School - California> CEDU Middle School - California> Bethel Boys/Girls Academy - Mississippi> Thayer Learning Center - Missouri> Kids Helping Kids - Ohio> Growing Together - Florida> Second Chance - Tennessee> Phoenix Institute - Georgia> Devereux Foundation - multiple centers nationwide> Operation Par - Florida> Tranquility Bay - Jamaica> Carolina Springs Academy - South Carolina> Academy at Ivy Ridge - New York> Casa By The Sea - Mexico CLOSED By Mexican Authorities> Majestic Ranch Academy - Utah> Cross Creek Schools - Utah> Spring Creek Lodge - Montana> Browning Academy - Does not physically exist!!!> Midwest Academy - Iowa> Provo Canyon School - Utah> Ascent Therapeutic Adventure Program - Idaho> Boulder Creek Academy - Idaho> King George School - Vermont> Northwest Academy - Idaho> Rocky Mountain Academy - Idaho> Milestones Transitional Living Program - Idaho> Pathway Family Center - Indiana and Michigan> SAFE (Substance Abuse and Family Education) - Florida> AARC (Alberta Adolescent Recovery Center) - Canada>>> The following facilities were on our watch list and have since> closed> following investigations into possible child abuse. They are listed>> here because ISAC believes they may re-open in another location.>> Mountain Park Academy - Missouri> Palm Lane Academy - Florida> DeSisto School - Massachusetts - Students moved to Mexico facility.>> News reports indicate that the facility may attempt to reopen in> Vermont.>> ____________________________>>> David Oaks, Director> MindFreedom International> 454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284> Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA>> http://www.mindfreedom.org> email: oaks@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737> phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE>> MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights.>> join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml>> MindFreedom Support Coalition International is an> independent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groups> to win human rights & alternatives in mental health.> Accredited by the United Nations as a> Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with> Consultative Roster Status.>> _______________________________________________> This list is for current MindFreedom members. Please only copy and> forward posts off list with the explicit permission of the poster.> Thanks. http://www.MindFreedom.org.>> Sci-psych mailing list> Sci-psych@efn.org> http://mailman.efn.org/mailman/listinfo/sci-psych>=====Can't sleep...   psychiatrists will eat me."  [ send green star]
 
Digest for enusp@topica.com, issue 386 October 17, 2004 8:40 PM

Digest for enusp@topica.com, issue 386 -- Topica Digest --  Re: Mental Health Bill in England By biuro@braterstwo.org.pl  Re: Mental Health Bill in England By simon.heyes@btinternet.com  Dominique  LAURENT (FRANCE) By destinationavenir@free.fr  Mental Health Bill in England By jngmdp@ybb.ne.jpFrom: "Braterstwo Serc" <biuro@braterstwo.org.pl>Subject: Re: [ENUSP Disc.] Mental Health Bill in England  Dear All,   I am also shocked, but who is to make the draft of such a protest?   yours   Piotr Iwaneyko  ----- Original Message -----  From: "Bandol Stefan" <stefan_bandol@yahoo.com>  To: <enusp@topica.com>  Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 5:39 AM  Subject: [ENUSP Disc.] Mental Health Bill in England   > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  > Save up to 67% on Omaha Steaks + Get 6 FREE Burgers and a  > FREE Cutlery Set + Cutting Board!  > http://click.topica.com/caacBBEa2iXc9a3jKAFa/OmahaSteaks  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  >  > Dear all,  >  > It's outrageus what is happening in Englang. I propose  > as all of us to sign a peticion in order to support  > users in England.  >  >  Stefan Bandol  >  >  >  > _______________________________  > Do you Yahoo!?  > Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping.  > http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool  >  > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  > Amazing Diet Patch  > The fastest - Easiest way to lose weight! Try it now FREE!  > http://click.topica.com/caacBBBa2iXc9a3jKAFf/MyDietPatches  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  >  >  >     ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:04:54 +0100From: "SIMON HEYES" <simon.heyes@btinternet.com>Subject: Re: [ENUSP Disc.] Mental Health Bill in England   It would be much appreciated if people did support a petition against theEnglish Draft Mental Health Bill. Not sure how to do this but if you wantedto know who to send it, you could email the Joint Committee on the DraftMental Health Bill at scrutiny@parliament.uk Website address:http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/jcdmhb.cfm SimonFrom: "Braterstwo Serc" <biuro@braterstwo.org.pl>To: <enusp@topica.com>Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:39 PMSubject: Re: [ENUSP Disc.] Mental Health Bill in England Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:-------------------------------------------------------------------Click here and walk away with your free Chevy collectible.http://click.topica.com/caacDvMa2iXc9a3y87ga/PermissionData-------------------------------------------------------------------   Dear All,   I am also shocked, but who is to make the draft of such a protest?   yours   Piotr Iwaneyko  ----- Original Message -----  From: "Bandol Stefan" <stefan_bandol@yahoo.com>  To: <enusp@topica.com>  Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 5:39 AM  Subject: [ENUSP Disc.] Mental Health Bill in England   > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  > Save up to 67% on Omaha Steaks + Get 6 FREE Burgers and a  > FREE Cutlery Set + Cutting Board!  > http://click.topica.com/caacBBEa2iXc9a3jKAFa/OmahaSteaks  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  >  > Dear all,  >  > It's outrageus what is happening in Englang. I propose  > as all of us to sign a peticion in order to support  > users in England.  >  >  Stefan Bandol  >  >  >  > _______________________________  > Do you Yahoo!?  > Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping.  > http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool  >  > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  > Amazing Diet Patch  > The fastest - Easiest way to lose weight! Try it now FREE!  > http://click.topica.com/caacBBBa2iXc9a3jKAFf/MyDietPatches  > -------------------------------------------------------------------  >  >  > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor:-------------------------------------------------------------------Save up to 67% on Omaha Steaks + Get 6 FREE Burgers and aFREE Cutlery Set + Cutting Board!http://click.topica.com/caacBBEa2iXc9a3y87gf/OmahaSteaks Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 03:25:13 +0200From: "Destination Avenir" <destinationavenir@free.fr>Subject: Dominique  LAURENT (FRANCE)Lastly, I reconsider the messages:  I could not to any more serve me as my transport, my material was defective.  Today all is repaired...;  I am sorry for this technical absence.  I have much reading of message late (750!)  the next week all will be ok.  Thank you for your comprehension and your indulgence for my material problems.  My best greetings  Dominique LAURENT, Présidente de DESTINATION AVENIR Association des usagers en santé mentale des P O15 rue de l'Egalité66700 ARGELES/MERFRANCE[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]   ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:11:07 +0900From: mari yamamoto <jngmdp@ybb.ne.jp>Subject: Mental Health Bill in England   Hello friendsI am a survivor in Japan.I have a question about the Bill in England.Mr. Foster the lawyer of the MIND explained this summer in Japan that the Bill will allow forced psycho surgeries. How about the  psycho surgeries in the Bill ? In Japan the government is preparing the new preventive detention Law and we are now fighting to stop it. In 2002 NO FORCE campaign against the Bill in England  encouraged us very much and information from England helps us in the discussion in the Diet. Now Japanese government is making the guide line of the new law, and in it there is a procedure of the forced treatments.We are afraid of forced psycho surgeries under the new law, and there is a possibilities in the new law and in its guide line. Please send me any information about psycho surgeries in England or in other countries. Mari End of enusp@topica.com digest, issue 386  [ send green star]
 
Re: PeacePsych Alerts: Education against Dehumanization, etc.. October 14, 2004 4:13 PM

Dear Olek Netzer, Ph.D., et al Hola.  I must give you a clue.   As "a crusader for taking the clinicalapproach to  sociopolitical epidemics. He is the author of "The Virus ofDehumanization...", you're fully aware of the republican conspiracies'decades long premeditated sociological and societal plan to replace thestudy, applications and sciences of psychology with the directive 'clinical'and 'medical' approaches of behaviorism; yet, you seem to think that if youextrapolate that approach onto children and education, as well as society,no one will notice that you're doing just that.  For, you coach it in theindividual, communal, societal need for security.  Yes, it's easy to play onour fears and real losses, as humanity, communities and individuals, as therepublican conspiracy has done well globally, yet, that you're doing sowould suggest to the discerning mind that yours is just another band-aidapproach to easing individuals, communities, societies into their role ofschizophrenic like hypocrisy in their totally supporting the roots of thatextreme violence they disdain, by supporting their 'sides' doing the same orworse; which they've manufactured and modeled for the world for decades inorder to supposedly garner the exponentially increased delusional profitsand delusional pleasures that war seems to provide over peace.  Though, tothose with acuity of vision, your approach is seen as even worse, for, itapplies the sociological programming and soft brainwashing techniques thathave been coached in the practices of the elite of the medical professionfor decades, namely psychiatry, and goes even farther in doing away with thepsychological aspects of psychiatry, and further cements it in itspatriarchal'medical' model orientation; which, as is well known, doesn't even allow fordiffering interpretation, let alone differing cultural, ethnic, religious,realisms which make up most Western societies populations.  To give you thebenefit of the doubt, and not suggest that yours is one of the new approaches that a Bush styled regime would 'use' (after they've given every child inAmerica a mental health examination as he well publicized he plans on doing)to articulate reasoning and purported 'symptomology' for the furtherpervasive 'legal' drugging of much more than the 30 % of children who areprescribed, some forced, pharmaceuticals at this time; in order to give himand his co-investors in that industry, exponentially more profits whilefurther devolving the populace by permanently altering their brainchemistry, etc..  Because of that doubt, I'll suggest to you that the onlyevolutionary application of such 'clinically based observations would be incommunicating them to parents only, passing on no records, and keeping norecords after the child has left the particular school (they being destroyedthen); allowing the stewards of children's upbringings valuable informationthey can incorporate into their usual rearing practices.  Needless to say,it shouldn't increase the 'use' of, nor time of psychiatric interveners.  Aswell, the dangers of abuse of the potential classification of children bythose processes, and the actual potential for 'clinical' or psychiatricabuse of those children, far outweigh any possible benefits to individuals,communities, or societies at large; i.m.h.o..  "Painting is poetry which isseen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~Leonardo da Vinci Goodbye. Enjoy an autumnal eve' as you can.  Copy, share,as you will.  Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, itsSiamese sister, freedom, will wither, as well.  Sadly, now, it first needsto be exorcized be fore its exercised. Viva la evolution! Matutinally Yours,         james m nordlund    reality (aja) :) thanx for all your participation too.  My groups :)   VotingforNader · Voting for Nader       Homepage :)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VotingforNader/Subscribe :) VotingforNader-subscribe@yahoogroups.comDisabled Greens News and discussion, Group home page :)http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ ,Abuse in Therapy, Group homepage :)http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals:Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880      Homepage:http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action  For those interested :) "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating toor happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal),(Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of thedawn.)"  Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring.  Ilook forward to hearing from you.  [ send green star]
 
PeacePsych Alerts: Education against Dehumanization, etc.. October 14, 2004 4:10 PM

Subject:   Education against DehumanizationI am passing my presentation at the PJSA conference in San Francisco on Ocrober 15; welcome feedback.  APPLICATION OF THE DEHUMANIZATION THEORY IN (CLASSROOM) EDUCATIONPresented at the PJSA Annual Conference; San Francisco, October 15, 2004         by Olek Netzer  o_nezer@barkai.org.ilINTRODUCTORY NOTE: This presentation introduces a new method in teaching about wars and conflicts, organized violence, prejudice, oppression, etc. It can be readily applied by even a single individual classroom teacher with no need for any institutionalized decision and for no extra cost. The claim attached to it is, that by its application even a single educator could effectively prevent or arrest the development of dehumanized orientation in her or his students.  As I know not of any other method that could claim that, I see my primary responsibility in addressing schoolteachers directly on a practical application level even before the Theory of Dehumanization has been recognized or accepted by the mainstream of academic research.   I invite all who have interest in the evolution of the theory, the underlying approach, methodology, research processes and results, references, etc., to contact me. I promise to respond; there is nothing more urgent in my life.Introducing Dehumanization to self awarenessDehumanization is a system of orientation in one's world by which people of other groups or categories are not perceived as human as one's own. When children are old enough to learn that there are, and always have been, WE and THEM, wars, villains and heroes, slavers and slaves, perpetrators and victims of genocide, etc., they'd be probably old enough to learn that there has always been, and still is, Dehumanization (you could help suggesting an appropriately simple English word that is not normally applied to individual crimes and misdemeanors, perhaps "Evil").  Learners should learn the truth-- relative to the best knowledge of their teachers=97about politically-ideologically-religiously motivated human irrational and destructive behavior, by the same logic they learn the truth about sex, evolution, history, and whatever is considered to be the truth to be passed on to the next generation. They should be alerted to the danger that we could become unfair when we judge, hate, condemn and fight people of other groups, or could do unto others that which we hate to be done to us (Private Lynndie England had her schoolteachers too=85). Children as adults should become actively aware of the inherent dangers of patriotism.Posing the Problem in a classroomIt has been universally ascertained, that no matter how absurd and evil in my or your view their cause is, the willing perpetrators of violence in conflict must feel being right in what they believe and what they do, same as you and I.  The 9/11 guys did it in absolute faith that they are doing the right thing with God on their side. They would not have done it otherwise, would they? How exactly does it happen, that normal human beings like us, endowed with conscience and awareness of their individual responsibility for their judgment and choice of truth over untruth, reason over irrationality, justice over injustice and morality over sin, =96 manage to justify in their own eyes even the most inhuman atrocities and acts of self and others mass-destruction they either perpetrate or support or don=92t care about? How are they different from us? What exactly, if anything, is wrong with them? What mental devices allow them to do wrong and feel right? How does it happen? When?The Theory of Dehumanization embodies answers to all these questions. It would allow teachers to pose the problem, provide satisfactory answers, and apply it in the classroom toward preventing and healing dehumanized feeling and thinking patterns.     The Rationale for doing itPosing the above questions implies that the causes of wars and of any irrational and destructive intergroup behavior are in people who do it consciously and believe in doing it. These are the direct causes. The Theory of Dehumanization applies to the direct causes that make it possible for normal people to think and feel inhumanly. It provides teachers with ways to interfere directly with the mental devices that justify inhuman orientation (comparable to virus or germs inside us). Interfering with their Orientation System would be analogous to immunization and healing; whilst all other known methods of prevention of intergroup prejudice and enmity (improving political, geopolitical, social, economic, or educational conditions) manipulate factors that indirectly affect the beliefs and actions of people and therefore could have, at best, the effect of preventive hygiene and sanitation measures.The inner mechanism of DehumanizationThe "virus" of dehumanization is a mental bug that people catch while learning the language of their social universe.  It forms a conceptual map, a tightly integrated belief-system that, no matter what, represents political reality as "WE ALWAYS GOOD/RIGHT=97THEM ALWAYS BAD/GUILTY". It manages to guide people in face of contrary evidence by using two mental mechanisms: censorship that blocks perception and forms "Blind Areas" of the orientation system ("cognitive map"); and an automatic mechanism of "Patterned Beliefs" that molds whatever reaches awareness into patterns that agree with dehumanized orientation. Between them, the two mechanisms would normally iron out any "cognitive dissonance".The mental mechanism of Blind Areas should be seen as the deadly "virus" of Dehumanization, its elimination as the most important goal of healing. It effectively neutralizes morality and conscience in otherwise normally moral people, as became evident with terrible regularity and consistency in analysis of texts by political leaders and common people in arenas of conflict all over the world, past and present.The tool to work withThe Theory of Dehumanization organizes the identified Blind Areas and Patterned Beliefs in the Dehumanization Syndrome, a list of symptoms representing dehumanized responses to various aspects of any political conflict.  The Syndrome would be the point of reference in teaching and learning, the most simple classroom activity being an analysis of a historical or contemporary text (or of what students had written or said) with the goal of identifying in it dehumanized Patterned Beliefs and, in higher grades, identifying evidence of awareness of any of the Blind Areas.  Please introduce yourself to the Dehumanization Syndrome now, and then this text will continue the presentation of methods of educational application.      [THE DEHUMANIZATION SYNDROME]     Application     1. In teaching historical, literary, and relevant contemporary texts at schools, an analysis with the purpose of identifying the Patterned Beliefs may be introduced.  For example, students may be asked to identify the expressions that fit the pattern "THEM Are the Cause of Our Troubles"; or the racist "THEM Are Inferior/Bad by Nature".  The teacher could move gradually from analyzing texts of other cultures to one's own, to contemporary texts, and to students' own opinions and beliefs. The goal of content-analyzing texts, using items of the Dehumanization Syndrome, would be to make the students aware of each one's personal relation to the Blind Areas and the Patterned Beliefs common in their culture.     2. When responding to personal views one of the strongest habits of personal politics, disagreeing and arguing, must be avoided at the first symptom of Dehumanization.  The same applies   to one of the strongest habits of teaching, "teaching him/her a lesson". We need to keep in mind, that when it comes to issues involving WE and THEM, the dehumanized mind is not free to respond to reason and to form its  views on the basis of own perception of truth and own application  of values in any given situation.  It is captive of its orientation system, blindfolded by its Blind Areas and programmed to mold all that reaches awareness into a Patterned Belief.  Reasoning with a person affected with Dehumanization would be like arguing with a well-programmed computer.  The result is fully predictable: the person's responses will be limited to any of the Patterned Beliefs of the Dehumanization Syndrome.     3. Rather than disagreeing, judging, or evaluating the student, educators may provide feedback about the student's specific behavior or expression by fitting the behavior into the corresponding Patterned Belief.  The Patterned Beliefs would serve as the common evaluating measure once the students had learned to identify them in language. For example, the child had learnt in his or her history lessons that one symptomatic belief of dehumanized people about the conflict is =93They Understand Nothing but Force=94 (Blind Area no.1 in STRATEGY an Patterned Belief no.5 in the THEM heading of the Syndrome). If the student has expressed an idea in conformity to that Patterned Belief, the educator would respond, "What you just said fits the dehumanized pattern =91They Understand Nothing but Force=92.  Would you like to respond to that?" - Such feedback suffices for making the person aware of her or his personal attitude to a known aspect of Dehumanization. The potential effectiveness of this teaching technique is viewed in light of two findings: that unawareness is the food of Dehumanization and that, in psychological counseling and Applied Behavioral Science, personal feedback here-and-now is considered a most powerful tool of personal growth and change.     4. Bringing Blind Areas to awarenessKeep in mind, that the main problem is Blind Areas. It is not what people argue, but what they do not see, perceive or think of, that molds their thinking and feeling. Bringing the reality buried in Blind Areas to the person's awareness is, in our view, the single most important and useful technique for helping heal Dehumanization. This technique circumvents resistance, since we do not challenge the dehumanized beliefs directly. Instead, we intentionally guide persons to see the realities that they do not see, because on their mental maps of social orientation those realities are buried in Blind Areas.Confronted with an opinion that seems to conform to one of the Patterned Beliefs, we avoid communicating a message that would be decoded as a disagreement, we avoid as much as we can talking back our mind. Instead, we bring to attention something we point at in the Territory in terms as free of judgment as possible, and on the lowest level of abstraction. The open question technique follows the pattern of, "Look out there... what you make of it?" - When we direct dehumanized persons to look into the realities hidden in one of their Blind Areas=97first and foremost areas of blindness about themselves--we provide them with the opportunity to fill in the human void on the conceptual maps of their social orientation.     PROGNOSISIf, beginning at the age of identity-forming, Dehumanization were integrated into the basic coordinates of people's identity   and social orientation -- to what extent the society would be freed from prejudices and ethnic discrimination?  To what extent would war be regarded as an option for resolving conflicts in a society well informed and used to detect the characteristic Blind Areas and Patterned Beliefs of dehumanized irrationality? - For now we can only claim, that if our description of the organic inner structure and function Dehumanization is true, bringing it to the awareness of humanity will make a significant difference.  Would application of the Dehumanization Theory in education affect politics and society? =96 The claim that a significant change would follow needs to be validated by teachers and educators who would go ahead and apply it.Olek Netzer, Ph.D. is a crusader for taking the clinical approach to sociopolitical epidemics. He is the author of "The Virus of Dehumanization: Deciphering the Political Code on the background of Israel 1979-1999".   Contact   o_nezer@barkai.org.il   phone +972-4-638-7226=20Subject: Re: [DIV28SUPER] PETA petitions EPA to abolish developmental   neurotoxThank you for sending this around; Division 48 is discussing the new division that is being proposed and this news makes one think.Ethel Tobach, Past President, Division 48; former President Division 6.At 03:51 PM 10/8/2004, Wood, Ronald wrote: >>PETA Petitions the EPAOn September 30, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a formal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding that the agency end developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) research with animals. PETA's rationale for the petition is that the animal data is invalid and therefore, does not adequately protect children. The EPA is required to respond to the formal petition within 90 days and based on the response PETA "will decide if further legal action is necessary."Please visit my web page: <http://www.comppsy.com/>http://www.comppsy.comIn my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.--Mahatma GandhiThey that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."~Ben Franklin"Your silence will not protect you." Audrey LordeCautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform....Those who are really in earnest are willing to... bear the consequences." Susan B. AnthonyPower concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.   Frederick DouglassThe good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.Jane Addams, 1892"When spiders unite,they can tie down a lion."-- Ethiopian Proverb, Courtesy of Strider, via Inez  Matus Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade." Constance Baker MotleyI think the key is for women not to set any limits."  Martina NavratilovaAs a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." Virginia Woolf"First they came for the communists but I was not a communist so I keptquiet.  Then they came for the socialists and the trade unionists but I was neither, so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew, so I did not speak out.  And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me."--Martin Niemoller, after being released from Dachau, 1945Subject: author question (conflict resolution for women)I am writing a book on conflict resolution for women and need to locate stats and facts on  interpersonal conflict -- e.g., how many times a day the average person gets into conflicts; how much time is drained from work by conflicts? Does anyone have this kind of information or anything related?  Can anyone direct me to a source where I might find what I am looking for?Thanks very much,Naomi DrewWin47win@aol.comPeacePsych is a moderated discussion list for those interested in peacepsychology owned by the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, andViolence: Peace Psychology Division of the American PsychologicalAssociation (http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology) and hosted byWebster University, St. Louis, MissouriLIST Moderator: Linda M. Woolf <woolflm@webster.edu>  [ send green star]
 
mandatory mental-health screening for everyone by bush September 30, 2004 5:34 AM

mandatory mental-health screening for everyone by bushACTION ALERT© 2004 Rich MartinPermission to repost in full, or in part, is granted.In other words, please forward to a friend or list. From: csrs2003 <csrs2003@y...> To: <bushlied@yahoogroups.com>Subject: [bushlied] ACTION ALERT ACTION ALERT September 7, 2004 The American tradition of parents deciding what isbest for their children is, yet again, under attack. Thepharmaceutical industry has convinced President Bushto support mandatory mental-health screening for everychild in America, including preschool children, andthe industry is now working to convince Congress aswell. But mandatory screening alone is not what thepharmaceutical industry wants. The real payoff for thedrug companies is the forced drugging of children thatwill result -- as we learned tragically with Ritalin --even when parents refuse. Congressman Ron Paul, an OB/GYN physician for over 30years, is desperately trying to keep the drugcompanies, politicians and federal bureaucrats from becomingparents to your children. Dr. Paul will introduce onWednesday afternoon or Thursday morning (whenever thefloor schedule allows) an amendment to the Labor, HHS,and Education Appropriations Act for FY 2005 that willwithhold funds for this new federalmental-health-screening program. He will urge his congressionalcolleagues to support his effort in a letter to bedistributed tomorrow morning. Dr. Paul's letter says in part: "As you know,psychotropic drugs are increasingly prescribed for childrenwho show nothing more than children's typicalrambunctious behavior. Many children have suffered harmfuleffects from these drugs. Yet some parents have evenbeen charged with child abuse for refusing to drug theirchildren. The federal government should not promotenational mental health screening programs that willforce the use of these psychotropic drugs such asRitalin." If you think this action alert is about something that"can't happen here," think again. In 1995, the stateof Texas launched the Texas Medication AlgorithmProject. (WorldNetDaily.com, June 21, 2004) The state of Illinois has also approved a mentalhealth screening program. The Illinois legislature passedthe Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 which willprovide screening for "all children ages 0-18" and"ensure appropriate and culturally relevant assessment ofyour children's social and emotional development withthe use of standardized tools." In addition, allpregnant women in Illinois are to be screened fordepression. Dr. Karen R. Effrem, another physician and leadingopponent of mandatory screening recently stated,"Universal mental health screening and the drugging ofchildren, as recommended by the New Freedom Commission[presidential commission], needs to be stopped so that manythousands if not millions of children will be savedfrom receiving stigmatizing diagnoses that would followthem for the rest of their lives. America's schoolchildren should not be medicated by expensive,ineffective, and dangerous medications based on vague anddubious diagnoses." Dr. Effrem warns of the following: 1. Parental rights are unclear or non-existent underthese screening programs.2. Parents are already being coerced to put theirchildren on psychiatric medications and some children aredying because of it.3. Mental health screening does not prevent suicide.4. Mental health diagnoses are "subjective" and"social constructions" as admitted by the authors of thediagnostic manuals themselves.5. Most psychiatric medications do not work inchildren.6. The side effects of these medications in childrenare severe.7. The untoward influence by the pharmaceuticalindustry, or at least the impropriety, is abundantly clearin two important aspects of this issue.8. Merging screening with the academic standardsrequired by No Child Left Behind, as is happening inIllinois, will lead to diagnosis for political reasons.School mental health and violence prevention programsfunded by NCLB and government counterterrorismoperations are already using such criteria as "homophobia" and"defenders of the US Constitution against federalgovernment and the UN" to label school children and UScitizens as mentally unstable and violent. Texas first...Illinois second...and the rest ofAmerica to follow if we aren't successful within the next 24to 36 hours. We'll be calling on House members'offices tomorrow asking for votes in favor of Dr. Paul'samendment to stop this forced, federal mental-healthscreening. Join concerned citizens from Eagle Forum, Gun Ownersof America, the Association of American Physicians andSurgeons, Concerned Women of America, Freedom 21, theAlliance for Human Research Protection, and theInternational Center for the Study of Psychiatry andPsychology to get Dr. Paul's amendment passed. One last note...if mental-health screening for everyAmerican child isn't bad enough, how about mandatorymental-health screening for every American adult? Yes,that's coming too. The final report of thePresident's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health states,"Both children and adults will be screened for mentalillnesses during their routine physical exams." Please help. Urge your U.S. representative to supportthe Paul amendment and ask family and friends to dothe same. To send your message, go tohttp://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=6333001&type=CO After you've sent your message, forward to your familyand friends the following page:http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/update09.07.04.htm Kent SnyderThe Liberty Committee Details of Dr. Effrem's Points:http://edaction.org/2004/082704.htm- To join/quit this list,send a blank email tojoin-SlickMisc@l...  [ send green star]
 
Posts on aspects of...: psychiatric diagnosis September 27, 2004 6:05 AM

labeling initiative Hi Paula Caplan sends the following, which is a request toco-endorse a call for Congressional Hearings aboutpsychiatric diagnosis.  The document "Coalition forInformed Patients and Doctors" is available online athttp://batstar.net/drama/rfscongr.htm "First and foremost, the purpose of a Call for CongressionalHearings is to put psychiatric diagnosis, with its problemsand possible solutions, on the national, public agenda." Personal or organizational endorsements should be directedto Paula at <paula_caplan@brown.edu>.  See the document formore details. Andrew PhelpsBerkeley, CA           psychiatric diagnosis Hi This is from the document "Coalition for Informed Patients and Doctors," see http://batstar.net/drama/rfscongr.htm >The problem>>Few laypeople or even therapists realize that psychiatric >diagnosis is not a scientific endeavor, although some of >the most powerful people and organizations in the mental >health field assert that it is. As a result, millions of >people who seek help because they are suffering have no idea >that they are not being diagnosed in scientific ways and >thus that their treatment largely lacks a scientific basis; >nor do they know that in important ways their treatment may >be experimental because they are given labels that may not >stand for anything that has been proven to exist. Furthermore, >although drugs can be helpful for some people, it is important >for the public and their therapists to know that they are >often prescribed to treat diagnostic "entities" that may not >even exist. Patients have a right to try anything that might >help them, including medication, but it is essential that >they do so after being fully informed of the limitations of >the diagnostic labels that are usually the rationale for >therapists’ treatment recommendations. >>The absence of science creates a vacuum, and biases and >distortions rush in. This happens in three ways: >>Such biases as racism, sexism, ageism, classism, and >"homophobia" [my quotes] powerfully affect psychiatric >diagnosis, becoming partial determinants of who gets a >psychiatric label and the seriousness of the label that is >chosen. >Serious problems such as depression are overlooked as >people are diagnosed with unproven "mental illnesses" >such as Compulsive Shopping Disorder or Premenstrual >Dysphoric Disorder. >Many people who are suffering because of social problems >like poverty or because they are victims of hate speech >or violence are wrongly treated as though the problems >come from within themselves.     Andrew Phelps "What good would it do to present a shadowy image of myselfby means of a definition when you can see me with your owneyes, standing here before you face to face?" Erasmus, _Encomium moriae_, 1509  [ send green star]
 
"DSM V: Leveling the playing field" August 16, 2004 11:06 AM

"DSM V: Leveling the playing field Hmmn. I was thinking some more about the implications of the name-calling, status function of labeling. What about "fighting fire with fire." Though this may seem to involve lowering oneself to the same level as those guilty of psychiatric abuse, it also can be a good political tool; by completely reframing the labels, the baseless nature of the current system can be exposed. For example, how about a new DSM, one that is truly evidence-based? Consider how paying attention to the evidence would transform a "diagnostic manual." It struck me---as I recalled the horror stories of psychiatric abuse that I have read, heard, or witnessed---that the stories fall into different categories in regard to the perpetrators: those who refuse to look or listen, those who are extremely righteous and grandiose, those who are clearly into power and control, those who seem to take (sadistic) pleasure in their exercise of power and control, etc. Each of these abuser "types" qualify for a different descriptive category or "diagnosis." So, this proposed DSM V could also be an invitation to transform memories of actual abuse into accurate "diagnostic" descriptions of the abusers. Given the wealth of detail and the extraordinary events that characterize the incidents of abuse, such a "DSM" could be a powerful, fascinating indictment of the current system. I can easily imagine such a "diagnostic manual" developing into a truly interesting document, full of insight and exposing the danger of the existing DSM. If it grew into such a work, it could be published as a pamphlet or, if interesting enough, even marketed as a book (all proceeds to go to Freedom Center?). So, I invite you all to participate in the development of DSM V. I set up a Twiki page that everyone can easily edit and add to. (You can login anonymously as user "TWikiGuest" with password "guest." Capitalization counts.) This Twiki can be found at http://twiki.yoism.org/twiki/bin/edit/Main/DsmV?topicparent=Main.WebHome For an example of what it could look like, DSM V could include diagnoses such as: Biopsychiatry Delusional Disorder (BDD), which can be found at: http://twiki.yoism.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/BiopsychiatryDelusionalDisorder Please take a look at it and let me know what you think. Dan PS. It's grandiose (I like to call it "visionary") thinking like this (i.e., that such a project will lead to a publishable book[let])that got me into the Zuzu's Place project without thinking through the details. Oh, well. At least this does not involve the investment of money and it could truly be an interesting community project that could be used to create some political impact. Will Hall wrote: > > Dan, interesting post, thanks for your insights. > > -- will > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 16:35:07 EDT, Daniel Kriegman > wrote: > > > Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Get a Great Credit Card for You Today > > You can find a credit card to fit your credit needs. > > All types of credit cards -- 0% APRs, Rewards, & Bad Credit. > > http://click.topica.com/caacvgua84HjIbd5Gl5a/411Web > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > As an evolutionary psychologist, I take a different tack on this issue: > > Labels are for control and power. Yes they sometimes convey > > information, but when > > referring to the social, human world, the packaging of that information > > is > > almost always biased toward the speaker's advantage, if any exists. > > This is as > > one would expect in a world in which more advantageous predispositions > > out-survived/reproduced those who did not act to promote their own > > advantage. And > > the packaging/bias we see (when labeling events/people in the social > > world) is > > often far more important than the content. In a competitive social > > world where > > status often makes a profound difference, the "packaging [labeling] is > > often > > the message" (to paraphrase Marshal McLuhan). > > > > Years ago (1995, to be exact), I started to write a paper about this. > > It > > began thusly (Being a latecomer to this discussion, I beg your > > forgiveness if I'm > > repeating what others have said and/or restating something everyone on > > this > > list knows well. Points in brackets [ ] were meant to be developed > > further.): > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Thomas Szasz noted that: > > > > "Labeling someone mentally ill is a special kind of name-calling. In > > other > > fields name-calling may constitute libel, but calling someone "mentally > > sick" > > does not. ... Since the consequences of being labeled mentally ill > > include such > > penalties as personal degradation, loss of employment, loss of the right > > > > to > > drive a car, to vote, to make valid contracts or to stand trial—and > > last, but > > not least, incarceration in a mental hospital, possibly for life—the > > expansion > > of the category of people who can be so designated is useful for the > > increased > > employment of psychiatric methods of social control." > > > > At the time Szasz wrote this, 750,000 people were incarcerated in mental > > hospitals, 90 per cent of them against their will. Szasz noted that > > this was > > "about three times the number of persons imprisoned in jail [and that > > the] mental > > hospital is [quite] important for psychiatrists" as about half of the > > nation's > > 15 thousand psychiatrists were in institutional practice. The interests > > > > of > > patients and therapists often diverge, widely. > > > > [Find the famous example of the doctor who diagnosed certain blacks > > (prior > > to the civil war) with a special "slave condition" the main symptom of > > which > > was "chronic running away."] > > > > But, if diagnoses are just complex, sophisticated name calling, then > > what > > about real medical diagnoses? Categorizing is a basic way humans have > > of > > usefully understanding the world: there is no attempt to shame or > > coerce gases, > > liquids, and solids when we name them. Nor is there an attempt to shame > > > > the > > patient with "appendicitis." Yet, we ARE, in fact, ashamed of our > > physical > > illnesses. > > > > [Develop this point: People surely want to avoid contagious disease, > > but > > this goes further. People also place a higher value on vigorous healthy > > > > friends > > who can be allies in the future. Being associated with health, vigor, > > vitality (in oneself and/or one's friends) makes one more popular. > > People do not > > generally like to talk about their even purely physical > > infirmities/afflictions.] > > > > This is why the Hippocratic Oath contains the clause: "Whatsoever > > things I > > see or hear concerning the life of men, in my attendance on the sick or > > even > > apart therefrom, which ought not to be noised abroad, I will keep > > silence > > thereon, counting such things to be as sacred secrets." > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > That's as far as I got. The point I was going to develop is that > > labeling is > > a universal human process that can convey great power on the labeler. > > The > > power to name things was given by God to Adam in the Bible. The authors > > > > of that > > book knew how much in awe people are of words/labels. People held > > medical > > doctors in high esteem, even though, until the middle of the last > > century, all > > they could do was name/describe things (it was more dangerous to go to a > > > > doctor > > than to let nature take its course). When I was a kid, the guy who gave > > people the nicknames that stuck had enormous power. Regardless of the > > damage that > > can be wrought with sticks and stones, names can kill. Indeed, the > > primary > > cause of death from non-natural causes has been labeling, as one group > > justifies the murder of others because to whom they do not apply their > > ingroup label. > > > > I do a lot of couple therapy. The universal pattern I am confronted > > with is > > two people with labels and counter labels for each other. They > > literally beat > > each other over the head with their labels. In fact, actual physical > > abuse > > most often occurs when one party feels helpless "to hit" the other one > > back > > with an equally powerful label. > > > > Two days ago, I heard a woman on the radio talking about "fat pride." > > She > > claimed the word is just descriptive and therefore it is OK to call her > > "fat." > > I don't know that many people would agree with her as the word is both a > > description and a weapon, since describing someone in that manner > > commonly leads to > > a sense of unworthiness, less than, unattractive, etc. > > > > The point is that there is an evolved, inherent human predisposition, > > behavioral tendency to use words in the social struggle for > > status/power. This > > understanding doesn't answer the question at hand. But keeping in mind > > the evolved > > function of labeling does frame it differently for me. > > > > Dan > > > > In a message dated 8/3/2004 10:46:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > jim@psychrights.org writes: > > Hi David, > > > > You may be right about the word psychotic. I know people who hate the > > words mad and crazy too. I have said I have been psychotic, but I > > could > > look at it another way, I suppose. It is definitely a different form > > of > > consciousness and it (or what I did) brought me to the attention of > > authorities, but is psychotic a useful term. Perhaps not. I have > > thought > > so in the past. Ultimately, though, while I think the language we use > > is > > critically important, some how we need to move past all of these > > disagreements and address the common enemy. These arguments have been > > going on for years without resolution. > > > > > > > > At 06:26 AM 8/3/2004, you wrote: > >> I am Mad and perhaps crazy but psychotic, schizophrenic, mentally ill - > >> those terms are abusive, demeaning, disempowering - legal labels that > >> are not only hate-filled but wrong. > > James B. Gottstein, Esq. > > > > Law Project for Psychiatric Rights > > 406 G Street, Suite 206 > > Anchorage, Alaska 99501 > > Phone: (907) 274-7686) Fax: (907) 274-9493 > > jim@psychrights.org > > http://psychrights.org/ "Daniel Kriegman "  [ send green star]
 
[DENDRITE] Psychiatry Captures MindFreedom Canada Artist/Activist August 14, 2004 4:46 AM

[DENDRITE] Psychiatry Captures MindFreedom Canada Artist/Activist MindFreedom Shield Alert - 13 August 2004 http://www.MindFreedom.org - please forward FREE SARA! Sara Arenson, 25-year-old artist & activist, has been captured by a Canadian psychiatric institution where she is coercively drugged. Sara is a member of MindFreedom International, which is issuing this MindFreedom Shield Alert. ACTION: Please forward below statement. At BOTTOM find 3 e-mail addresses of Canadian officials you are encouraged to e-mail, plus more info. A photo of Sara and this alert are also on web: http://www.livejournal.com/users/laan. ----------------- Statement from Network to Free Sara Arenson August 13, 2004 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ST. BONIFACE HOSPITAL, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA On the evening of Wed., August 4, 2004 Sara Arenson, a twenty-five year old performing artist, student and activist, was involuntarily detained in the psychiatric ward of the St. Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg. Sara was supposedly suffering a "mixed manic" episode, according to an examining psychiatrist, although she believes that "mental illness" is simply a label for spontaneous personal expression that those in power in our society find disturbing. At the time of her confinement, Sara had been out walking in downtown Winnipeg dreaming up unusual ideas about science and spirituality, asking questions of everyone she met, and laughing, crying, and chatting with the hungry and the poor. Because she is a naturally spontaneous, frank, emotionally expressive and articulate person, and had decided that evening to start asserting herself in ways she never had before, friends and a psychiatrist thought she was in trouble and in need of "treatment". The "treatment" that Sara has received has consisted of incarceration in a psychiatric facility, where she is being coercively drugged with Risperidone, a powerful "atypical antipsychotic" whose common side effects include weight gain, dizziness, sleeplessness, racing heartbeat, restlessness, and anxiety. Sara is afraid to refuse this "medication," despite the fact that when she was brought in no blood tests were performed indicating any sort of biochemical abnormality in her brain or elsewhere (since then, blood work has been performed and she has been deemed physically healthy except for some systemic yeast). Sara is afraid to refuse "medication" because after her initial psychiatric interview, she was not allowed to go home, but forcibly restrained with an injection and brought into the psychiatric ward. Now she does not want to risk being injected with slower releasing forms of antipsychotic drugs, because she has a fear of needles and wants to minimize the amount of drug in her bloodstream. WHO IS SARA? Sara is a highly intelligent, charming, high-energy, by turns sweet and sarcastic, sometimes sad and sometimes happy person -- in other words, just like everyone else on this planet. She is a writer with a Winnipeg Arts Council Grant and her first amateur production contract under her belt, an actor studying theatre at the University of Winnipeg, a vocal and vociferous vegan, an occasional gardener, and she is interested in yoga, meditation, science, music, natural healing, and anti-capitalist social activism. Although she is young and her arts career is only beginning, she is willing to risk her good name by publicly announcing the conditions of her detainment if this is the only way that she can end a practice that she finds absolutely immoral and unjustifiable in a democracy. Sara is not an atypical psychiatric patient. Many are emotionally expressive and intelligent, with a belief in a spiritual realm that our dominant "rationalistic" society dismisses as fantasy and delusion. In fact, this is the second time that Sara has been locked up in the past two and a half years, indicating just how easy it is for this kind of situation to arise. The first time, March/April 2002, she was under extreme stress because her father was in hospital dying from congestive heart failure, and the doctors failed to recognize her father's illness as a precipitating factor in her desperate journey for meaning. Since then, her father has passed away, and she has had to come to terms with his loss while coping with the trauma inflicted by her initial "treatment" at the Health Sciences Centre. Yoga, meditation, healthful eating, close friendships, acting classes, a writing mentorship and intensive journal-writing have saved her from the terrible loss of hope and self-esteem that followed her first incarceration. "I absolutely, positively did not feel helped by that experience," says Sara. "I was bullied as a child, and it was actually reminiscent of the same process, basically being called a name -- 'bipolar' -- just means that someone else thinks that you get too happy and too sad. Well, my emotions are my emotions, and I have every right to feel and express them in all their intensity!" Sara is a passionate person who refuses to give up the full spectrum of feeling, from joy to agony. Involuntary psychiatric detainment is a form of incarceration. Sara is not allowed to leave the psychiatric facility and its outdoor patio unless accompanied by a member of staff or her family, and she has had to be "well-behaved," i.e. not to argue too vehemently, not to be rude or say swear words to staff members, and not to threaten violence, in order to earn this "pass" time. She is unable to concentrate on her playwriting due to duress and the effects of the psychotropic drugs she is taking. Sara does not feel that she deserves the type of "treatment" she is receiving. Although doctors and nurses continually argue with her that she is mentally ill and that her denial of her illness indicates a "lack of insight", she has thoroughly researched the subject of mental illness in the past two years and believes it to be an elaborate myth or social ritual (see, for example, books by Eliott Valenstein and Peter Breggin). She believes that her sin is simply daring to be herself in public, and that she is being called medically deviant because our society no longer condones the concept of treatment for moral deviance. According to the Manitoba Mental Health Act, a person may legally be treated against his or her will in a psychiatric ward for up to three weeks, for the simple crime of being strange around others. No psychiatrist can predict with any certainty who will be dangerous and who won't be. Studies have shown how ineffective such predictions have proven in the past. Furthermore, it does not seem constitutional to lock someone up for a potential crime; we know that we are living in a sham democracy when dissidents are medicalized for speaking their minds, or, in Sara's case, laughing and crying their minds without the aid of illegal drugs or alcohol. Since when has creative emotional expression and getting to know people constituted mental disease? For as long as the medical establishment has been in cahoots with the powers of oppression and injustice. EVERY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MUST TAKE AN IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN SARA'S CASE, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS US ALL. Remember what happened in the Second World War to the insane and disabled, and recall that the first step in extermination of differences is isolating and marginalizing certain people for their skin color, beliefs or behaviour. Sara is also Jewish, and as a child she used to spend time imagining what she would have said to the SS to try to convince them that she was a human being before they shot her. Her present situation is not entirely dissimilar to that terrible fantasy. Evil is evil, even when cloaked in the shiniest rhetoric of health and fitness. What does Sara have to say about her situation? SARA SPEAKS OUT! "It's hard for me to not feel personally persecuted right now, but I'm just trying to persevere, trying to be myself as best I can with the drugs and confinement and everything," said Sara. "These aren't bad people. They honestly think that they're helping me and the other patients, who, I've discovered, are awfully hurt, sensitive, and perceptive people who are being turned into zombies by all the drugs that are being forced into them. "Several men have even told me about dizziness and fainting from the so-called 'medications,' and one slightly overweight woman said she was taunted for wanting a second piece of veal for dinner. "Is this the right way to help people in trouble? We need to let the rest of society know that the mental health system is rife with such human rights abuses, they are just built right into the system that defines people as either 'normal' or 'sick'?" Sara does not know when she will be leaving the St. Boniface General Hospital, since she will not admit under any circumstances to having a "mental illness", although she does tell us that she is being treated well enough considering the situation. The staff are kind within the limits of their orders, and she is receiving proper vegan meals and her B12 supplements. Sara does not intend to give up her battle against forced psychiatric treatment, although she would never dream of taking psychiatric drugs away from those who genuinely do feel helped by them. Her battle is solely against coercive and forced "treatment" such as the kind she is enduring. "This is a political struggle, and it's on the level of the law and administration, not individuals," says Sara, whose father Murray, now-deceased, was a lawyer who prided himself on helping working class people get the kind of legal assistance they needed. "It's the draconian nature of the Manitoba Mental Health Act that we must challenge here. That's the law that allows a person to be detained without trial or consent for up to three weeks in a psychiatric facility, just on the word of doctors who are unfamiliar with the individual's personality or temperament." She reminds us once again that she is only taking her drugs under coercion, and that they impair her thinking in a small but perceptible way (she is on a low dose of Risperidone, once in the morning and once before bed). We ask that all concerned activists contact the people below to demand that the Manitoba Mental Health Act be radically revised. Help Sara in her battle for freedom from psychiatric oppression! If you would like to contact Sara, please call Michael Nerman at (204) 775-2684. He will forward all messages to her. ~~~~~~~~~~~ * ACTION * ACTION * ACTION * ACTION 1) Please forward this alert to potentially interested people, media, etc. 2) Please e-mail to these three Canadian officials' e-mail addresses with a civil message to let them know exactly how you feel about this situation: premier@leg.gov.mb.ca, minhlt@leg.gov.mb.ca, lperrin@sbgh.mb.ca Also, please copy your e-mail message to the Network to Free Sara, and they will try to get that to Sara, here: reality_namer@yahoo.com 3) If you are able to do more, please also write, fax or phone the three Canadian officials with a civil message: The Hon. Gary Doer Premier of Manitoba Room 204, Legislature Building 450 Broadway Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8 CANADA Phone: (204) 945-3714 Fax: (204) 949-1484 E-mail: premier@leg.gov.mb.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hon. David Chomiuk Minister of Health Province of Manitoba Room 302, Legislature Building 450 Broadway Winnipeg, MB R3C 0V8 CANADA Telephone: (204) 945-3731 Fax: (204) 945-0441 E-mail: minhlt@leg.gov.mb.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~ Patient Relations Officer Room A1153 St. Boniface General Hospital 409 Tache Ave. Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Telephone: (204) 237-2306 E-mail: lperrin@sbgh.mb.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~ - end of alert - Forwarded by: MindFreedom Shield MindFreedom Support Coalition International 454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284 Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA http://www.mindfreedom.org email: office@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737 phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights. join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml MindFreedom Support Coalition International is an independent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groups to win human rights & alternatives in mental health. Accredited by the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with Consultative Roster Status. David Oaks, Executive Director MindFreedom Support Coalition International 454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284 Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA http://www.mindfreedom.org email: oaks@mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737 phone: (541) 345-9106 toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE MIND YOUR FREEDOM: United Action for Human Rights. join here: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml MindFreedom Support Coalition International is an independent non-profit uniting 100 sponsor groups to win human rights & alternatives in mental health. Accredited by the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with Consultative Roster Status.  [ send green star]
 
WORKSHOP: Criminal Law of Genocide: CURRENT ISSUES August 12, 2004 3:20 AM

WORKSHOP: CURRENT ISSUES IN THE LAW OF GENOCIDE This event, part of the research initiative "The Criminal Law of Genocide – International, Comparative and Contextual Aspects", will provide the opportunity for presentations and debates on a crime that has attracted the attention of the international community from the massacres in Armenia in 1915 to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan in 2004. The workshop aims at an examination of genocide primarily in view of its legal treatment, but it also allows a consideration of its social, political and historical repercussions. We welcome proposals for presentations in these subject areas. The project also offers opportunities for publication and the chance to meet other researchers and experts in the field. Workshop details: "Current Issues in the Law of Genocide" 23/ 24 September 2004 Chaucer Building, Room 470, Nottingham Trent University Nottingham, England. Further information is available on http://www.nls.ntu.ac.uk/clr/ictp/genocide/genocidepage.htm. The deadline for proposals, which should be no longer than one A4 page, is 31 August 2004. The deadline for registration for all participants is 10 September 2004. Contact: Paul Kim paul.kim@n... Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham NG1 4 BU With best regards, Paul Kim ********************* PeacePsych is a moderated discussion list for those interested in peace psychology owned by the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association (http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology) and hosted by Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri LIST Moderator: Linda M. Woolf  [ send green star]
 
September 2004 the decision of the European Committee of Ministers August 12, 2004 3:06 AM

Dear friends, in a reply to a protesting member the German organisation BPE the German foreign ministery announced, that the European Committee of Ministers will decide (and probably adopt) the ugly *"Draft Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States to ensure the protection of the human rights and dignity of people with mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment" *in September 2004. Read the letter of the German foreign ministery on http://www.bpe- online.de/infopool/recht/initiativen/white_paper/mueller-fischer- reply.pdf Find background information on http://www.bpe- online.de/infopool/recht/initiativen/white_paper/history.htm Best wishes Peter Lehmann -- ENUSP Desk Peter Lehmann, (leaving) Interim Secretary Zabel-Krueger-Damm 183 D-13469 Berlin / Germany Tel. +49 - (0)30 - 8596 3706 (Mo - Fr, 10 - 12 a.m.) Fax: +49 - (0)30 - 4039 8752 European Network of (ex-)Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Website in English see http://www.enusp.org Website in other languages see http://www.enusp.org/languages/surview.htm  [ send green star]
 
Societal determined clarity, going sane or in... August 10, 2004 5:10 AM

Dear All, Ola! Very cool group and posts, thanx! By way of intro., here's a recent post of mine, on self-study, et al :) Yes, the more we learn, the more we're able to perceive what we don't yet know, and its vastness is larger, though, it's not accurate to say, "the more we learn, the less we know"; i.m.h.o.. Known and unknown are, as all words, paths of studies, not objects; yet, usually are defined by their subjective sense, with the speakers perception being described, not reality. For, literally, there are no such antithesis, dualities, dichotomies, etc., all being delusional constructs of our mind's; poorly informed by our limited abilities to perceive and perceptions. Admittedly, all delusions are only parts of walls of delusional constructs, yet, are made of bricks of illusions and our subjective aspects of mind; therefore, don't exist. Though, the commonality of illusions lends them to their universal acceptance, and aids in our ability to be compassionate towards those who aren't able to discern reality from them. Yes, those astrophysical actions occur, yet, can we say we know, because we perceive patterns that most mistake for repetition? Real science states that all its laws are just variegated probabilities, to varying degrees reality, in any moment in time, space. Therefore, real science can only claim to discern realisms, while supposed science claims that 'science' is the only knowledge and is complete paridigmally; which of course is not true, and allows us to know that they propagate those lies for greed, market, sociological and societal imperatives. The same can be said for most religions, spiritualities, cosmologies, worldviews, etc.. So, the question of known and unknown has a proprietary basis, in its common usage. As the ever increasing supposed garnering of delusional profits and delusional pleasures in ever increasingly more cyclical and centralizing patterns, societies actual raison d'etre, is based on the purported better knowing and its better 'use', even though it's actually just based on the better access to, processing of information, and denial of the same to others. The mirroring of the scarcity based economic systems is evident in it, as well. Whereas, in reality, abundance is natural, and any systems based on it, economic or otherwise, evolve all life towards the realization of its potential, ones based on scarcity, don't; instead. So, for e.g., there's the information processing called, "the sun rises", which everyone seems to 'know', and the knowledge of "the sun also rises", which few can actually fathom in its entirety, even if reality weren't ever evolving. Which brings me to the pointless point that knowing id temporary at best, ultimately, as reality is ever evolving, and ever changing, etc.. Talking about classifications of knowledge and knowing fall within the purview of the previous communication. Yet, what doesn't are studies of the evolution, per se, one being self-study. Towards that direction, and not in societies' direction of devolution, I post a twig of poetree and a previous post on it :) clarity Sword that cuts all ways, Without, for, there's no cutting; And a pointless point. Yes, indeed, the self we talk about to others in various circumstances, and with varying length of knowing of the person, and dependent on the nature of those relations, plays key roles in our communications. Yet, while we all have that multitude of masks, isn't the self becoming, like a snake sheds its skin, shedding those masks? To what we've all been referring to as the more genuine, real, original self? Also, how about the self before birth, totally non-sociological self's beginnings? So much for the intro., here's a dialogue which can facilitate myriad communications :) Anna, ~Bonjour! "And yes, I think we can modify the way people perceive the world, not from biological point of view but from therapeutical one." I appreciate the Adlerian approach just as much as the next ..., yet, as I counsel, I don't want to allow countertransference to be involved, to the extent that I'm capable; and the situation allows. "You may change the way somebody thinks or feels only when you touch somebody's heart. A revolution may change things externally but will not solve internal problems." Yes, one can do that, yet, for me that would be exactly when I would avoid that countertranseferential slip and navigate the rougher waters of empowering a clients self- actuation, natural ability to desire to change themselves. That independence of awareness that we could foster would be preferable to the shorterm gains a client might make knowing another's in their corner; as there are no corners or sides, only ones of our making, intellectually speaking. ~Diane, "We seek to change the systems and institutions that are in place to support and promote a society of have sand have-nots, of privilege and disenfranchisement. It's not about the individual. It's about collective thought and action and how society shapes mores, values and beliefs that lead individuals to believe, consciously or subconsciously, some groups of people are more deserving than others or that divisiveness between groups is necessary." Similarly, I appreciate your perspective, yet, to the degree this is possible, keeping the goals of counseling and my wish to avoid countertransference, in mind. For, as you're well aware, our society, and in all likelihood global society, are becoming more divisive by the minute. So, we don't want to project our thoughts, mores, morals onto our clients, especially in this area, for, their survival, not just quality of life, may be at stake; which is in the realm of their choice and not mine. ~Kevin, "I agree with Dianne. "Accepting ourselves and accepting and loving others" sounds like a cliché to me. So easy to say it easily becomes "lipservice." ". Yes, I agree with this aspect of your and her analysis too, yet, the way accepting and loving are "used" in our field has become cliché, as it has in society. Though, to the degree we can keep it real with our clients, for i.e., Carl Rogers, person-centered therapy, is the degree to which that accepting of clients can realize the space for their desire to work on oneself and to grow, possible. ~Very good insights, thanx! So true, people don't only dislike what they can't understand, they tend to ostracize it. This is compensatory because, if it's not in their life, then they won't have to think or feel more to relate to the genuine person; which makes them "feel and think" of themselves as together. They also, thereby, hope to not "have to" actually think about their lives, feel their feelings; the going along to get along game they play on themselves. They also do this because, their conformity, a mirror image of themselves, is all they allow themselves to see, which assuages their fears that relate to acceptance and control; i.e., being liked, surviving, succeeding, fitting in, etc.. I've had difficulty, yet, kept struggling, the growth potential, alone, makes being more real well worth it; i.m.h.o. Yet, I think there's, at least, a step further one can take your line of inquiry. For, yes, the questioners have their own agendas they want us to play into, yet, the labelers aren't the only ones. What about ourselves and our agendas? What, with keeping Jung's analysis in mind that 80 % of every action, thought, feeling we have is compensatory towards our past, this would bring light to the question, why would we label ourselves; even as "being ourselves"? It brings to mind the whole how could we possibly say who we are, because, as we're evolving, we are no longer that person we were, or were referring to, question. I'll address that later. First, for i.e., I don't refer to myself as anything. Let me explain. Since, for e.g., most people that call themselves Christians are only make believe Christians who continually defile Jesus Christ's teachings in his name, I won't call myself a Christian. Not to forget the abominations done by so-called Christians, in Jesus Christ's name. As well, I won't call myself a Buddhist or Christian because the label is usually used by the make believe ones to garner delusional profits and delusional pleasures from controlling that "group". They use it to differentiate in order to control, etc; usually. Another reason I don't use the labels is because the labels are also used to illude and delude ourselves, like the make believe students of religion do. How could I say I'm a Hindu, Jew, or Muslim, have I encompassed all that those great teachings have to offer. Don't we tend to do less when we think we've "accomplished" something, like being a "Christian"? Isn't the study of Native American Cosmology, for i.e., of such great breadth and depth that to fathom it is impossible? So, why would I assert I'm a Christian, am I really being all that that assertion would entail in that moment; or, even, any moment? As well, because, I was brought up in a militaristic style household where feeling wasn't, nor any religion, I've had a good initial course in questioning instead of believing. This took me a time to adjust, and experientially uplift myself and all with. For, feeling is power, and its denial or lack of insight on can have powerfully negative effects. Yet, since I've always discarded boxes, labels, and those who would, or do pigeon hole, experience has enlightened much of life. I used to say, in order to believe in sides, you have to be a square. Yet, I amended it to, not all those that believe in sides are squares. I stopped studying any belief system since 16 years old, choosing to study reality, instead, for the past 27 years, it serves me well, and reality too. This is based in experience and its fathomless well of knowledge. This is also the way I study religions, spiritualities, sciences, arts, et al. Cool! The good thing is that square or round pegs can fit into the one that they're not. Yet, what potential growth is lost with this miss fitting can be calculated. So, we continue to search, seek, grow, move, learn, teach, be, as we can; while we can. How do we even relate? I think using evolution as a common language, as it's the thread that links every, in the fabric of life, is a good place to start. In that direction :) Have you also discarded the labels of, stereotypes associated with, box of "being oneself"? For, since, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese sister, freedom, will wither as well, can we allow ourselves the delusional pleasures of being satisfied with our thinking that we are being ourselves; even when we endeavor to? Don't we have to let go of the projection that we want to be ourselves inorder to be evolutionarily on the path to find out what that might be? I look forward to hearing your thoughts on these important matters. All, what do you think? Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese sister, freedom, will wither, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Viva la evolution! Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. I look forward to hearing from you. Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :) For those interested :) "of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.)" Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group home page :) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ , Abuse in Therapy, Group homepage :) http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Homepage: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/Diffabled_MentalHealth_Action "Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen." ~ Leonardo da Vinci Goodbye. Enjoy an estival eve' as you can. Copy, share, as you will.  [ send green star]
 
DMH Citizen Advisory Boards & Consumer Leadership Council (CLC, in MA) August 09, 2004 1:39 AM

To all MA constituents, > > As you may or may not know, the Dept. of Mental Health is required to > formally involve people who are consumer/survivors, family members and > representative of the general public on Citizen Advisory Boards. > > Are you an advocate who is interested in an appointment to serve on these > Boards, *OR* > Are you a consuemr/sruvivor who is interested in networking with fellow > consumer/survivors who serve on Boards? > If yes, read on... > > The Dept. is divided into 6 geographic areas: > Northeast > Metro Boston > Metro Suburban > Southeastern > Central > Western > In addition to a Central Office which oversees all 6 Areas. > > The Western MA Area, for instance, serves people living in towns and > cities > west of Worcester, all to the western state border, from the south to the > north*. > > Each Area is in turn divided into several Sites. > > Western MA is divided into 6 Sites: > Berkshires, > Franklin/No. Quabbin, > Hampshre, > Holyoke/Chicopee, > Springfield, and > Westfield > In addition to a local Area Office (Western MA Area Office) in > Northampton > that overseas them. > > As such, DMH-Western MA is required to have 6 Citizen Advisory Boards > (one > for each of its Sites) and one Citizen Advisory Board for the Area for a > total of 7 Citizen Advisory Boards (6 Site Boards + 1 Area Board). > > Each of these Boards must be comprised of 15 members. Of these, 5 must be > consumer/survivors, 5 must be family members, and 5 must be community > members. > > If you do the math, you will see that this allows for 5 > consumer/survivors > on 7 Boards in Western MA to have a powerful voice in DMH, or about 35 > slots > for consumer/survivor advocates interested in serving on DMH Area or Site > Boards in Western MA. > > This does not include people who are primarily family members or > community > members who may also be consumer/survivors themselves. > > You might ask, "How do we network with one another?" > > Statewide, the consumer/survivors who serve on DMH Site and Area Boards > and > the Statewide Planning Council have organized into one powerful entity > called the Consumer Leadership Council or CLC. M*POWER provides > technical > assistance statewide to this group. > > The co-chairs of the CLC (Consumer Leadership Council) are Linda Fountas, > (617-929-4111, ext. 303; toll-free 877-769-7693, or email: > lfountas@yahoo.com) and Linda Rost (413-442-7047; email l@nycap.rr.com or > lstein@adlibcil.com). > > Linda Fountas is both Vice-President of the Southwest Site Board in the > Metro Suburban Area and has a seat on the Metro Suburban Area Board. > Linda > Rost is Vice-President of the Western MA Area Board. > > In Western MA, EACH OF THE CONSUMER/SURVIVORS who serve on Western MA DMH > Citizen Advisory Boards (potentially up to 35 people) meets monthly at > the > Western MA Area Office on 1 Prince St in Northampton as the "Western MA > Caucus of the CLC (Consumer Leadership Council)". > > These meetings happen every last Wednesday of the month from 1 - 3:30 PM > and > are now interpreted for the Deaf. The next meeting is on Wed Aug. 25, > 2004. > For more information or to request permission to attend (witness), call > Linda Rost at 413-442-7047 > > You might ask, "How do I go about learning more about getting involved > on a > Board?" > > You would first contact your local Site and/or Area Director. They will > talk to you about your interest and whether or not it would be a good > match > for you to serve on a Citizen Advisory board (e.g., there are > restrictions > on individuals who work for DMH-contracted or funded agencies). > > If they think that you might be a candidate, they will mail you a > brochure > and 2 forms to fill out: An application and a CORI release. > > After returning your completed application and signed CORI release, you > will > be contacted by your Site and/or Area Director. It will be up to them to > approve/recommend your appointment to serve on a Citizen Advisory Board. > > If you are interested in serving on a Site Board in Western MA, I advise > you > to contact the following people according to Site: > > Berkshires - Nick Simms 413-395-4000 > Franklin/No. Quabbin Gail Haggerty 413-772-5600 > Hampshire - Mark Leibowitz 413-587-5300 > Holyoke/Chicopee - Martha Sabin 413-493-8000 > Springfield - Jose Tosado 413-452-2300 > Westfield - Diane Versace 413-564-2200 > > If you are interested in serving on the Area Board, which covers all of > Western MA, then contact the Area Director, Liz Sullivan at 413-587-6200. > > You can contact any of these people toll-free at 1-888-967-6622. > > You may ask, "What if I am not ready to take that step?" > > You might call Linda Rost (413-442-7047) and ask about attending the next > CLC-Western MA meeting on Aug. 25 at 1 PM. > > You might read about the role, composition and powers of Citizen Advisory > Boards, by going to > http://www.mass.gov/dmh/regs/104_26.pdf > > Or, you can call my office (413-587-6238 or 888-967-6622). > > Thanks for your interest, > Cheryl > Cheryl Stevens, MD > Consumer Affairs > DMH-Western MA Area Office > PO Box 389 > Northampton, MA 01061-0389 > 1-888-967-6622 MA only > 413-587-6238 > 413-587-6240 fax > cheryl.stevens@dmh.state.ma.us > > *Western MA Area DMH serves the following towns and cities: > Adams Florida Monson Sheffield > Agawam Gill Montague Shelburne > Alford Goshen Monterey Shutesbury > Amherst Granby Montgomery South Hadley > Ashfield Granville Mt. Washington Southampton > Athol Great Barrington New Ashford Southwick > Becket Greenfield New Marlborough Springfield > Belchertown Hadley New Salem Stockbridge > Bernardston Hampden North Adams Sunderland > Blandford Hancock Northampton Tolland > Buckland Hatfield Northfield Turners Falls > Charlemont Hawley Orange Tyringham > Cheshire Heath Otis Ware > Chester Hinsdale Palmer Wendell > Chesterfield Holyoke Pelham Whately > Chicopee Huntington Petersham Washington > Clarksburg Lanesborough Phillipston Westfield > Colrain Lee Pittsfield Westhampton > Conway Lenox Plainfield West Springfield > Cummington Leverett Richmond West Stockbridge > Dalton Leyden Rowe Wilbraham > Deerfield Longmeadow Royalston Williamsburg > East Longmeadow Ludlow Russell Williamstown > Egremont Middlefield Sandisfield Windsor > Erving Monroe Savoy Worthington Freedom Center P.O. Box 623 Northampton, MA 01061 (413) 582-9948 Freedom Center is the only Pioneer Valley group run by and for people labeled with severe 'mental illnesses.' We work for human rights, true informed consent, and holistic alternatives, and we believe all treatments should be voluntary. email info@freedom-center.org website http://www.freedom-center.org discussion board http://www.freedom-center.org/discussionboard/ email discussion list www.topica.com/lists/massfreedomcenter or sign up by emailing massfreedomcenter-subscribe@topica.com  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest reply :) July 28, 2004 2:06 AM

But, they inspired more than a dozen similar residential centers in Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Italy and other parts of Europe. In his later years, Dr. Mosher wrote and spoke widely about his cynicism toward the pharmaceutical industry's influence on physicians. He resigned from the American Psychiatric Association in 1998, citing an "unholy alliance" between psychiatrists and drug makers. > Born in 1933 in Monterrey, Calif., Loren Richard Mosher earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford and his medical degree from Harvard. In the 1960's, he did early research at the mental health institute, studying sets of identical twins in which one had schizophrenia and the other did not. He focused on their family lives and upbringing, seeking to identify psychosocial factors that might have brought on mental illness. > > Dr. Mosher was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the > University of California at San Diego medical school. > Throughout his career, he wrote more than 100 scientific > articles and reviews. In 1989, he published a book, > "Community Mental Health: Principles and Practice," which > has since been translated into five languages. > > His first marriage to Irene Mosher, ended in divorce in the early 70's. > > In addition to his wife of 16 years, Judith, who lives in > San Diego, he is survived by two sons, Hal, of Fairfax, > Calif., and Tim, of Los Angeles; a daughter, Missy Galanida > of Los Angeles; two brothers, Roger, of San Francisco, and > Harold, of Casper, Wyo.; and one granddaughter. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/national/18mosher.html? > ex=1091126009&ei=1&en=d24badc0612d4d1c > PsychRights has "remembrance page" on web you may add to: http://psychrights.org/InMemoriam/LorenMosher/Loren.htm > Laing Society also has a remembrance page you may add to, with an obit: > http://laingsociety.org/ The San Diego Weekly Reader on Loren Mosher is here: http://www.antipsychiatrie.berlinet.de/artikel/foreign/mosher_2003.htm Loren preface to Peter Lehmann's new book "Coming off Psychiatric Drugs": > http://www.p.lehmann.berlinet.de/withdraw.htm#loren > bio: http://www.moshersoteria.com/bio.htm > Loren's work: http://www.moshersoteria.com/ Info about Soteria: http://www.moshersoteria.com/soteri.htm Psychology Today article: >http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1175/is_5_32/ai_55625499 > Letter of resignation from American Psychiatric Association > http://adhd-report.com/biopsychiatry/bio_12.html > Original message from MindFreedom: http://psychrights.org/InMemoriam/LorenMosher/Loren.htm > To join, renew or donate to MindFreedom: http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml Please forward, thanks.Freedom Center, P.O. Box 623, Northampton, MA 01061, (413) 582-9948, Freedom Center is the only Pioneer Valley group run by and for people labeled with severe 'mental illnesses.' email: info@freedom-center.org website: http://www.freedom-center.org disc.board:http://www.freedom-center.org"  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest reply :) July 28, 2004 1:58 AM

Dr. Loren R. Mosher, a former National Institute of Mental > Health official who developed a drug-free approach to > treating schizophrenia and argued that psychiatrists should > rely less heavily on antipsychotic medications, died on > July 10 at a clinic in Berlin. He was 70. > > The cause was liver disease, his wife, Judith Schreiber, said. > > In the 1960's and 70's, as psychiatrists were beginning to > prescribe powerful new antipsychotic drugs to treat > schizophrenia, Dr. Mosher advocated using little-known > alternative therapies instead. From 1968 to 1980, while > chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia at the > mental health institute, he began a long-term study that > compared drug-free treatments with conventional > hospitalization. > > Through decades of research, he found that patients who > were randomly assigned to live in a psychotherapeutic, > residential setting with few medications did just as well > as patients given drugs. In some cases, when the person had > never taken any medication, he found the outcome was even > better. > > "Loren believed that you couldn't just give drugs to > someone who is in deep distress and ignore them," said Dr. > David Cohen, a professor of social work at the School of > Social Work at Florida International University and a > former colleague of Dr. Mosher. "He said that there was > therapeutic value in just being with someone and bearing > the discomfort of it. Just giving the patients drugs would > only distance yourself from them." > > The centerpiece of Dr. Mosher's research project was a > 12-room house in San Jose, where one psychiatrist and a > live-in staff cared for a group of about half a dozen young > schizophrenics. The center, called Soteria, or > "deliverance" in Greek, had a no-drugs rule unless patients > became violent or suicidal. Staff members shared cooking > and normal household chores with the patients and were > encouraged to view them as their peers. > > The goal, Dr. Mosher later wrote, "was to provide a simple, > home-like, safe, warm, supportive, unhurried, tolerant and > nonintrusive environment." > > Dr. Mosher was convinced that supportive, social > relationships could help his patients rebound from > psychosis. He viewed the illness as a coping mechanism, a > response to years of various traumatic events that caused > the person to retreat from reality. > > "Basically what they're saying is: 'Hey, folks, I'm out of > here. I'm constructing this world as it pleases me, and I > don't need to pay attention to that world out there. I'm > going to live in this one because that one out there > hurts,' " he said in a 2003 interview with the San Diego > Weekly Reader. > > By 1974, Dr. Mosher had opened a second residential > treatment center in San Jose called Emanon. Both centers > lasted until the early 90's, when financing dried up. Continued in my next post :)  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest reply :) July 28, 2004 1:56 AM

At this point in history, in my view, psychiatry > has been almost completely bought out by the drug companies." > > Loren Richard Mosher was born in Monterey, Calif., and > lived with various relatives after his mother's > death from breast cancer when he was 9. He worked > in oil fields in the American West as a young man > to earn money for medical school, or so he told his > employers. What was then a lie, he said, soon > became truth as his co-workers came to the allegedly > aspiring doctor with complaints about colds and sexual > diseases. > > After graduating from Stanford University and Harvard > University medical school, he arrived at NIMH in 1964. > His early schizophrenia research involved identical > twins, one with schizophrenia and the other without > the psychotic disorder. His research emphasized > the "psychosocial" factors that he felt led one > toward exhibiting symptoms but left the other one > apparently normal. > > Creating Soteria House in the early 1970s, he said, > caused lasting trouble with the psychiatric community. > After showing studies of patient recovery that matched > traditional treatment with medication, the project > lost its funding amid a strong peer backlash. So > did a second residential treatment center in San Jose. > > "By 1980, I was removed from my [NIMH] post altogether," > he wrote. "All of this occurred because of my strong > stand against the overuse of medication and disregard > for drug-free, psychological interventions to treat > psychological disorders." > > He then taught psychiatry at the Uniformed Services > University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda and > became head of the public mental health system in > Montgomery County. He started a crisis house in > Rockville, McAuliffe House, based on Soteria principles. > > He was a prolific contributor to scientific journals > and co-wrote several books, including "Community Mental > Health: A Practical Guide" (1994). During the Ritalin > phenomenon of the 1990s, he was often featured as a > dissenting view in scores of articles. "If you tell > a lie long enough, it becomes the truth," he said of > the medication. > > Dr. Mosher moved to San Diego from Washington in 1996. > At his death, he was a clinical professor of psychiatry > at the University of California at San Diego medical > school and was in Berlin for experimental cancer treatment. > > His marriage to Irene Carleton Mosher ended in divorce. > > Survivors include his wife of 16 years, Judy Schreiber > of San Diego; three children from the first marriage, > Hal Mosher of Fairfax, Calif., and Tim Mosher and Heather > "Missy" Galanida, both of Los Angeles; two brothers; and a > granddaughter. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63107-2004Jul19.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > _NEW YORK TIMES_, L.R. Mosher, Innovator at Mental Health Institute, Dies at 70, July 18, 2004, By ANAHAD O'CONNOR > Continued next post  [ send green star]
 
"More Loren Mosher info: NYT, WP Obituaries" July 28, 2004 1:53 AM

"More Loren Mosher info: NYT, WP Obituaries UPDATED NEWS about death of Loren Mosher, hero to the > psychiatric survivors human rights movement, and board > member of MindFreedom International. > > BELOW find obituaries in both _Washington Post_ and > _New York Times_. At bottom are links to more news, > remembrance pages you may add to, and more information. [Administrative note to dendrite list: A technical problem > allowed spam to get on this list yesterday. We are taking > all urgent steps to stop this. This is our main human rights > alert list, so please stay on!! If you have any complaints, > or praise, please let us know at office@mindfreedom.org. Thanks. > -- David Oaks, Director, MindFreedom International] > _WASHINGTON POST_ Contrarian Psychiatrist Loren Mosher, 70, By Adam Bernstein Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, July 20, 2004; Page B06 > > Loren R. Mosher, 70, who died of liver cancer July 10 > at a clinic in Berlin, was a contrarian psychiatrist > and schizophrenia expert who was dismissed from the > National Institute of Mental Health for his > controversial theories on treatment. > > While chief of NIMH's Center for the Study of > Schizophrenia from 1968 to 1980, Dr. Mosher decried > excess drugging of the mentally ill; large treatment > facilities like St. Elizabeths Hospital that he would > have preferred to raze; and the sway pharmaceutical > companies had over professional groups. > > He advocated a largely drug-free treatment regimen > for schizophrenics, which still runs counter to a p > revailing opinion for using antipsychotic drugs for > schizophrenics in the United States. > > His position was based on a view that schizophrenics > are tormented souls who needed emotionally nourishing > environments in which to recover. He said drugs were > almost always unnecessary, except in the event of a > violent or suicidal episode. > > He eventually established small, drug-free treatment > facilities that were more akin to homes than hospitals. > His young care providers in one center, Soteria House > in San Jose, lived and performed household chores with > the handful of patients. > > "The idea was that schizophrenia can often be overcome > with the help of meaningful relationships, rather than > with drugs, and that such treatment would eventually > lead to unquestionably healthier lives," Dr. Mosher once > wrote. > > As late as 2002, he claimed that 85 percent to 90 percent > of his clients returned to the community without > conventional hospital treatment. > > In 1998, Dr. Mosher resigned from the American Psychiatric > Association, which he called a "drug company patsy." > > "The major reason for this action is my belief that > I am actually resigning from the American > Psychopharmacological Association," he wrote in his > resignation letter. "Luckily, the organization's > true identity requires no change in the acronym. Continued next post  [ send green star]
 
(Loren) "Mosher Memories" July 25, 2004 2:55 PM

"Mosher Memories "Hi Everyone, I just thought I would let you know that there is a web page that has been put up as a tribute to Loren where one can leave remembrances: http://psychrights.org/InMemoriam/LorenMosher/Loren.htm, James B. Gottstein, Esq. Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, 406 G Street, Suite 206 Anchorage, Alaska 99501, Phone: (907) 274-7686) Fax: (907) 274-9493 jim@psychrights.org, http://psychrights.org/ PsychRights, Law Project for Psychiatric Rights The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm devoted to the defense of people facing the horrors of unwarranted forced psychiatric drugging. We are further dedicated to exposing the truth about these drugs and the duping of the courts into ordering people to be drugged and subjected to brain and body damaging procedures against their will. Extensive information about this is available on our web site, http://psychrights.org/. Please donate generously. Our work is fueled with your IRS 501(c) tax deductible donations. Thank you for your ongoing help and support."  [ send green star]
 
"Did you know about a new book "Szasz Under Fire"?" July 24, 2004 4:44 AM

"Hello everybody! Did you know about a new book "Szasz Under Fire"? See description at http://www.schaler.net/suf.html -- Best regards, Igor Girich, "Help for Victims of Psychiatrists", Russia http://hvp.org.ru ( http://hvp.by.ru ) mailto:hvp@alt.ru "  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest reply :) July 23, 2004 8:34 PM

"A 30-year career National Guardsman with eighteen years as a prison guard, Ford says that within twelve hours after the confrontation between Artiga and Madera, medics strapped him to a gurney against his will. He was flown by C-130 to Kuwait and then on to Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center in Germany. The scenario Ford presents is not altogether unfamiliar. A United Press International story on May 25, 2004, told the story of another whistleblower who was allegedly locked in a psychiatric ward as punishment for speaking out against the Army. That case involved Julian Goodrum, a decorated lieutenant in the US Army Reserves. Goodrum, a veteran of the Persian Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, had filed a complaint last summer over the death of a soldier in his command. He had also testified before Congress about the poor medical care reserve component soldiers were receiving at Fort Knox, KY upon returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Ford, who refers to the ordeal as a "kidnapping," said that he filed complaints with the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) upon his return to the US last summer, but that so far nothing has come of them. The CID has made no comments on the matter. Sacramento FBI Agent Tom Reynolds has acknowledged receipt of a complaint and says his office took a report from Ford and is awaiting instructions from Washington. Freedom Center P.O. Box 623 Northampton, MA 01061 (413) 582-9948 Freedom Center is the only Pioneer Valley group run by and for people labeled with severe 'mental illnesses.' We work for human rights, true informed consent, and holistic alternatives, and we believe all treatments should be voluntary. email info@freedom-center.org website http://www.freedom-center.org discussion board http://www.freedom-center.org/discussionboard/ email discussion list www.topica.com/lists/massfreedomcenter or sign up by emailing massfreedomcenter-subscribe@topica.com" All, what do you think? Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese sister, freedom, will wither, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Copy, share, as you will. Viva la evolution! Music is life's song accompanying the abundance of joy's Spring. Enjoy an estival eve' as you can. I look forward to hearing from you. For those interested: of or pertaining to the morning, day: relating to or happening in the morning or in the early part of the day (formal), (Mid-16th century, from late Latin matutinalis, from Matuta, goddess of the dawn.). Disabled Greens News and discussion, Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/ , Abuse in Therapy, Group homepage: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Group name: Diffabled, Mental Health, all related issues, advocacy, and professionals: Invite link: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Matutinally Yours, james m nordlund reality (aja) :)  [ send green star]
 
"Army Uses Psych Diagnosis to Discredit Whistelblower" July 23, 2004 8:21 PM

"Army Uses Psych Diagnosis to Discredit Whistelblower http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=658&printmode=true Jul 8 New Standard- A US Army counterintelligence agent who accused fellow National Guardsmen of abusing Iraqi detainees says that his own commander coerced an Army psychiatrist into diagnosing him as "delusional.". According to Sergeant Greg Ford, his commanding officer confronted psychiatrist Angelina Madera, a captain with the 30th Medical Support Element, after she had initially assessed Ford to be mentally stable. Sgt. Ford says Captain Victor Artiga, a company commander in the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, told Dr. Madera she was to reclassify the whistleblower Ford as unfit for duty so he could be transferred out of Iraq immediately. Reached at his home in California, Ford said that Captain Artiga rushed over to Dr. Madera's office as soon as he received her written evaluation and confronted her with the results. Ford says that Artiga told Madera that Ford was "delusional" and that her initial report "could not stay that way." He verbally intimidated her, according to Ford, and told her to change the report to reflect Ford's "delusions" because this was a "military intelligence" matter and Artiga wanted to get Ford out of Iraq "right away". This exchange was witnessed by Sergeant First Class Michael Marciello, a counterintelligence team leader, who says he was ordered by Artiga to seize Ford's weapon and ammunition right after the torture allegations were made and to guard him 24 hours a day until Ford left Iraq after a second session with Madera. Sgt. Marciello confirmed that he witnessed Artiga confronting Madera and said the commander made it very clear to Dr. Madera that she had to change her report and make sure Ford was sent to Landstuhl, Germany for a mental health evaluation. Marciello said that Dr. Madera appeared to be "shaken" by the exchange and eventually agreed to assist Artiga in evacuating Ford to Germany. Ford had alleged having witnessed three fellow counterintelligence team members "torture" Iraqi detainees that were in their custody in Samarra, Iraq. "I walked in once right after an interrogation and saw a prisoner that was handcuffed and slumped against a wall," Ford recounted. "He was comatose. When I looked closer, I noticed a cigarette sticking out of each ear. When I removed them I saw that they were still lit." Ford went on to relate other such scenes that he described as "war crimes." He said, "On several occasions I walked in and saw agents literally pulling prisoners' arms out of their sockets while they were tied behind their backs with flexcuffs. I had to push [one] idot off [a] detainee and pop the guy's arms back in place." The Army has denied all of Ford's allegations about prisoner mistreatment." Continued in my next post :)  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest reply :) July 23, 2004 10:23 AM

Thereby, it flies in the face of sciences own determinations of its main criteria for veracity. Namely, that the unknown isn't determined to be what it's not. Our common humanity draws strength for study as well as advancement from such meaningful work. Also, studies like Professor Seth Lerer of Stanford University, in his unique work, "The Language of Science: The Changing Nature of Twentieth-Century English, in which he categorily agrees with many of Dr. Szasz's premises, as well as details historical scientific fact to make his points. For e.g., and I quote from it: "I. A new scientific .... vocabulary rises. A. 2. Whole classes of words for affect and emotional response originated in scientific language. [snip] D. Freudian Analysis Enters the Fray 1. Freud originally used, in his German, everyday German words for psychoanalytic concepts. 2. Only in his English translations were his German words (e.g. ich and es) transformed into Latinate, pseudo-scientific vocabulary (ego and id, respectively). 3. This habit of transforming Freud bequeathed to English a language of psychology as a language of science: Latinate, newly coined, and seemingly learned. II. Extension-in-lexis, the ways in which terms of technical origin take on metaphorical or social contexts, was another important development. A. Psychology: words such as complex, schizophrenic, egocentric, fixate, and so on are words that are now used almost wholly apart from their original technical and Freudian / psychoanalytic context. They describe general conditions not specific disorders, in every day speech." Which I feel lends even further insight into Dr. Szasz's article. Yet, how can we forget one of Dr. Jung's most central perceptions on human behavior, his analysis that 80 % of every action, thought, feeling we have are compensatory towards our past. Would this not bring light to the question, why would psychiatry be so dependent on labels they've determined are strict and accurate definitions of someone's psyches and potential behaviors, for e,g., diagnoses; by which they deem they can remove anyone's civil, nay human rights?. So, that's why I'm doing what I can for the counter-psychiatry movement, and have distributed many copies of Dr. Szasz's fine books to friends and relatives, as well as my peers; as a mental health counseling supervisor by profession. Will you give humanities' evolutionary growth in the mental health field a chance? Will you read fine works like Dr. Szasz's article I'm responding to, and others works on these subjects, and pass them on? Will you actively work to advocate for those changes he has cited, as well as others; or at least will you do what you can? Compassion is calling. Diffabled, Mental Health, issues: http://passport.care2.net/invite.html?g=880 Abuse in Therapy: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AbuseinTherapy/ Disabled Greens News and discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisabledGreensNews/  [ send green star]
 
Continued from my latest post :) July 23, 2004 10:14 AM

As well, we wouldn't want to allow our vital energy to go into the blame game, when it's better focused through advocacy and activism to keep clients and hope alive! Why communicating as a priority? "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free...it expects what never was and never will be." ~Thomas Jefferson If "we" the people can't know it's broken, because the markets control of multi-media, they won't figure it needs fixing. Still, injustices, addressing and not addressing them have costs, the former is individual, the later is global. If "we" continue to not address them in our personal lives through ignorance of them, then they become global injustices that need global solutions! That's why it's so important that each one reaches one, each one teaches one. For, "All it takes for evil to rule a land is for good men to remain silent." ~Daniel Webster! Lest "we" forget, if you don't exercise responsibility, its Siamese sister, freedom, will wither, as well. Sadly, now, it first needs to be exorcized before its exercised. Exorcized of ignorance in the form of sloganistic definitions of what life is and simplistic worldviews, etc.; like, "having it like that" and "convenience furthers". Still, we must remember, ~Lao-Tzu, "A journey of a 1000 miles begins with the first step." "Know thyself." ~Socrates! For, "Few men have enough virtue to withstand the highest bidder." ~George Washington! Like doctors have succumb to greed and avarice, in our struggles we don't want to follow their faulty lead. For, devil's advocacy usually only gets you in a very hot seat. As well, ~Mahatma Gandhi, "we must be the changes we wish to see in the world." I feel, objectively, that his work is seminal to our field and the cause of uplifting humanity. I'm not suggesting that objectivity exists, as that would indicate to me a purely logical human mind, which is a myth in my personal opinion. Ideas are perceived within social and cultural contexts as to the logical meaning of that idea. Emotional meanings may be quite another matter. "Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, the pre-eminent authority on mythology in the last century and perhaps ever, which he called the "universal-consciousness", by which he meant that the subconscious of our minds are somehow all connected or are part of a common `source' from which our "archetypal" motifs are drawn. He derived his belief in UC from his studies of the dream imagery of his patients, which contained alchemical motifs and symbols common to the alchemists of the Middle Ages but which had not been accessible to his 20th Century patients." It's many of those common archetypes that draw us together as a species, e.g., 'Madonna", mother with child, etc.. Yet, the medical models ultimate judge of human behavior, psychiatry, has incredulous projections of being a finite and closed science, when it comes to sociological interpretations of human psyches and behaviors, etc.. Continued in my next post :)  [ send green star]
 
Concerning BMJ article by Szasz's, "Psychiatric Protection Order", + u can reply July 23, 2004 10:07 AM

Hello! Thanks for all you do! I appreciate your posts. In BMJ read Szasz's "Psychiatric Protection Order" article, and reply if you want; it's still not too late. This is the link if you are interested :) http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7429/1449?maxtoshow=&a One of my replies :) "Doesn't the depth of needed improvement demand our minds be open?" :) Dr. Thomas Szasz's article is insightful, informative, timely, and of utmost import to the Mental Health field as a whole, and individuals who find themselves to be 'consumers' in it, specifically. As it is a well known fact that the existence and reoccurrence of mental health issues in people of the "1 st " world is exponentially greater than that of the "3 rd and 4 th". Sociological determinants, like segregation and stigmatizing, are obviously key to restoring the natural and curative value of progressing society! He sets the tone for present and future investigations in these vital areas, well. The fact that our medical modeled mental health business is being run into the ground by the dictatorial rule of its elite, hospital's staffs and the doctors that congregate to them, their absolute power in the field corrupting them absolutely, is the main root of that disparity; the cause in a nutshell being greed! Of course the less intrusive, less dependence determining interventions are more efficacious and humane; so, the less technologically advanced societies, who are not being dictated to by supposed science and supposed medicine, do better by their people who are in need of mental health support! Why have "we" the people allowed A.P.A., etc., to determine the loss of civil and human rights of mental health clients, through their removing the clients rights to the least intrusive intervention in the least restrictive environment possible? The same reasons that our populace has allowed the erosion of all civil liberties and restrictions on excess use of power, we've been numbed and dumbed down by consumerism and other sociologically programming addictions; also by the panacea of technology. So, how can we struggle with the convenience of being disempowered by authoritarian psychiatrists who dictate that the convenience of taking supposed cure all medication should be swallowed whole by us, through struggling to empower by networking and communicating what's real! "How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." ~From Black Hawk (Makataimeshekiakiak) (1767-1838) Sauk war chief Real counseling and therapy, natural remedies, alternative medicines, mutual support would all be preferable to life long consumers umbilically connected to the pharmaceutical companies! The tongues of psychiatrists are the smoothest in the land, especially when they don't even have to give lip service to using them, psychiatry through pharmacology; legal drug pushing. Continued in my next post :)  [ send green star]
 
Rest of the previous article :) July 19, 2004 11:04 PM

Rest of the previous article :) R D Laing, who died in 1989, has been the subject of several biographies, one of the most informative being by his son, Adrian, published in 1994. Every biography quotes from Clancy Sigal's 'Zone of the Interior' which Adrian Laing describes as 'hilarious'. In 1997, the University of Glasgow purchased material from the estate and there are now extensive archives. Information at http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/laing.html Apart from a film made with him in the last year of his life ('Did You Used to be R D Laing') which was shown on Channel 4 in 1989 after he had died, there have been no tv or radio programmes assessing Laing's life and work. However, the current chief media doc in the UK, Dr Raj Persaud, has an item about Laing in the next of his current series of 'All in the Mind' BBC Radio 4, to be broadcast on Tuesday/Wednesday 20/21 July 9pm/4.30pm. This can be heard on the net at the time or later. go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/allinthemind.shtml As it is only a 30 minute programme and it also has items on the private Priory hospital and riot control, there won't time to cover a great deal on Laing. The Radio Times listing mentions Laing's use of LSD in therapy and Dr Persaud said in his trailer at the end of this week's programme, that it is an assessment of Laing's life and work based on "research into newly released private papers". posted by Rosemary Surrey UK www.mentalmagazine.co.uk "Campaigning for good health & social care...it's for everyone""  [ send green star]
 
"Anti-psychiatry - how it began and R D Laing" (UK) July 19, 2004 11:02 PM

"Today is an anniversary of the birth of 'anti-psychiatry'. 15 July 1967 was the first day of a two-week Congress on the "Dialectics of Liberation" held at the Roundhouse in London. Dr David Cooper, edited a compilation of some of the principal speeches, and in his Introduction to the volume (published 1968) he said: 'The organizing group consisted of four psychiatrists who were very much concerned with radical innovation in their own field - to the extent of their counter-labelling their discipline as anti-psychiatry. The four were R D Laing and myself, also Dr Joseph Berke and Dr Leon Redler. Our experience orginated in studies into that predominant form of socially stigmatized madness that is called schizophrenia. Most people who are called mad and who are socially stigmatized by virtue of that attribution (by being 'put away', being subjected to electric shocks, tranquillizing drugs, and brain-slicing operations, and so on) come from family situations in which there is a desperate need to find a scapegoat, someone who will consent at a certain point of intensity in the whole transaction of the family group to take on the disturbance of each of the others and, in some sense, suffer for them. In this way the scapegoated person would become a diseased object in the family system and the family system would involve medical accomplices in its machinations. The doctors would be used to attach the label 'schizophrenia' to the diseased object and then systematically set about the destruction of that object by the physical and social processes that are termed 'psychiatric treatment'. The full text of this Introduction can be found at http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/DialectLibIntro677.htm which is part of the website set up by the Marcuse family. Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was one of the main speakers at the Congress and the full text of his speech, found on the site. Dr Cooper has been successful in causing great disruption in the 'labelling' of schizophrenics, he was equally successful in 'labelling' R D Laing an anti-psychiatrist, which Laing himself bitterly resented. Laing continues to be viewed and designated an anti-psychiatrist. For example, he is described as such in the piece Clancy Sigal has written about his previously 'banned' book 'Zone of the Interior', to be published in the UK for the first time next year. This novel is a supposedly fictional account of Sigal's involvement in the 1960's with David Cooper's Villa 21 at Shenley Hospital and Laing's Kingsley Hall, and his work with them setting up the Philadelphia Association. Information about the book can be found on the Pomona books website at http://www.pomonauk.com/news/index.htm and http://www.pomonauk.com/books/clancysigal/index.htm Unfortunately, no one has written a biography of Dr David Cooper and general information about him is limited to facts that he lived in Paris for his last years, was alcoholic, died 1986.  [ send green star]
 
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