MFNews: Al Galves, Hearing Voices, Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry, Pharmentalism, More

Fri Sep 14 18:50:14 CDT 2007

MindFreedom International News - 14 September 2007
United Independent Activism for Free Minds
http://www.mindfreedom.org - please forward

    Seven (7) *brief* news items:

1 - Next MF Web Radio: Al Galves on His New Book "Dance With Your  
Dark Side"!

2 - Today the 14th of September 2007 is "World Hearing Voices Day"!  
Celebrate!

3 - Mental Disability Rights International Shares $75,000 Human  
Rights Prize!

4 - It's Here: New Long-Awaited Book "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry"  
by 61 Authors!!

5 - Jim and Mary Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland Report on Terrence  
McLaughlin Memorial.

6 - David Oaks on the Global Threat of "Pharmentalism"!

7 - Volunteer Opportunities for D.C. Residents & Attendees of  
Alternatives 2007.

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    (1) Next on MindFreedom Free Live Web Radio:

        Psychologist-Activist Asks You to "Dance With Your Dark Side"

This Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 4 pm ET, "click and listen" to  
a free live web interview on MindFreedom Radio with Al Galves here:

http://prncomm.net/

Al is a psychologist and activist for more choices in the mental  
health system. He is also the author of a brand new book, "Lighten  
Up: Dance With Your Dark Side." Phone in with your questions &  
comments live. Host of the MindFreedom Live Free Internet Radio Hour  
is David Oaks.

Upcoming guests: 26 Sept. Ruth Ruth & Jeremiah Bach of Mad Pride  
Toronto; 3 Oct. Activist Dorothy Washburn Dundas, survivor of insulin  
coma shock.

More info on the shows:

http://mindfreedom.org/campaign/media/mfradio/al-galves-2

or go here: http://tinyurl.com/2fg7sq

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    (2) Happy "World Hearing Voices Day"! Celebrate!

Today, 14 September 2007 is "World Hearing Voices Day"!

Support humane alternatives for people who hear distressing or  
overwhelming voices, sounds, etc. Hearing Voices Network USA is now a  
sponsor group of MindFreedom International.

The International Network for Training Education and Research into  
Hearing Voices (INTERVOICE) announced:

"2007 marks the 20th year of achievement since the hearing voices  
movement took its first step, when in 1987, Dutch voice hearer Patsy  
Hage challenged Marius Romme, her psychiatrist, with her criticism of  
his clinical approach to her voices. She pointed out that rather than  
using voices only in order to make an illness diagnosis it would be  
more useful if he helped her learn to cope with the experience. He  
listened, acted and the rest is history. From this beginning  
INTERVOICE, has grown into an international network with 14  
participating countries." More info:

http://mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-alternatives/hearing-voices

or go to: http://tinyurl.com/2yvepl

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    (3) Sponsor Shares $75,000 Human Rights Prize!

The 2007 Thomas J. Dodd Prize hfor International Justice and Human  
Rights has been given to Mental Disability Rights International, a  
sponsor group of MindFreedom International. MDRI will share the  
$75,000 prize with The Center for Justice and Accountability. More  
info & photo:

http://mindfreedom.org/as/act/inter/mdri/thomas-j-dodd-2007

or go to: http://www.mdri.org

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    (4) It's here! New Book "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry" Is In  
The Office!

Today, the first big box of this eagerly-awaited book arrived from  
the printer at our USA office. Now you can have your copy.

Sixty-one authors from five continents address questions such as:

** What helps me if I go mad? How can I find trustworthy help for a  
relative or a friend in need?

** How can I protect myself from coercive treatment? As a family  
member or friend, how can I help?

** What should I do if I can no longer bear to work in the mental  
health field?

**  What are the alternatives to psychiatry, how can I get involved  
in creating alternatives?

** Assuming psychiatry would be abolished, what do you propose instead?

Shipping starts on Monday! You may now order this brand new book from  
MindFreedom which serves as the USA  branch office for the publisher.

More info, cover photo and how to buy the book in the MadMarket here:

http://mindfreedom.org/mad-market/alternatives-beyond/

or go to: http://tinyurl.com/yrrljv

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      (5) Maddocks Report on Memorial for Terence McLaughlin

Mary and Jim Maddock of MindFreedom Ireland attended the moving  
memorial in UK for Terence McLaughlin, long-time leader of revolution  
in the mental health system and editor of Asylum magazine. Their report:

http://mindfreedom.org/kb/in-memoriam/terence-mclaughlin-memorial

or go to: http://tinyurl.com/ywn4ek

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      (6) Beware of Pharmentalism

Combine the pharmaceutical industry with a fundamentalist belief in  
its myths and you get: PHARMENTALISM. Read an opinion piece by  
MindFreedom director David Oaks here:

http://mindfreedom.org/kb/psych-drug-corp/fraud/pharmentalism

or go to: http://tinyurl.com/2ggh56

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      (7) Volunteer Opportunities: Are You In Washington, D.C. Area?  
Or Are You Attending Alternatives?

If you support a nonviolent revolution in human rights and  
alternatives in the mental health system, and live in the general  
Washington, D.C. area, you are invited to e-mail to  
news at mindfreedom.org to inquire about several volunteer opportunities  
for networking, strategizing and nonviolent activism in early October.

Also, wherever you live, if you are attending Alternatives 2007 in  
St. Louis in October and would like to volunteer with MindFreedom  
activists, please also e-mail to news at mindfreedom.org

For more info on events in these areas see:

http://mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/mlk-iaacm/mlk

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