MFI 4 news briefs: Academy Award, Forced Electroshock & WHO

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MindFreedom International - 6 February 2009
Mind Your Freedom in Mental Health
http://www.mindfreedom.org - please forward

Four (4) very brief MindFreedom news items for a nonviolent  
revolution in mental health:

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1) Academy Award and Forced Electroshock

Ray Sandford of Minnesota has now had as many or more forced  
electroshocks as the fictional character portrayed in the Academy  
Award-nominated film _Revolutionary Road_:

Thirty-seven (37).

Ray Sandford, though, is a real human being.

Involuntary outpatient electroshock re-started for Ray Sandford, and  
is slated to continue indefinitely.

Unless everyone acts.

Last week MindFreedom reported that Ray Sandford postponed one of his  
series of forced maintenance outpatient electroshocks because of a  
health problem.

Ray phoned the MindFreedom office with the sad news that his doctor  
approved him for another involuntary electroshock, and Ray received  
it yesterday morning, 5 February 2009.

It looks like thousands upon thousands of united people are needed to  
unite to stop involuntary electroshock for Ray, and many others. Let  
that include you!

For more info on the Ray Campaign to Stop Forced Outpatient  
Electroshock, see this gateway:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/ray

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2) "Have a Heart - End Forced Electroshock" Show!

Next Guest on MindFreedom Mad Pride Free Live Web Radio:

Mary Maddock of Ireland -- Electroshock survivor, author, and  
community organizer.

On Valentine's, Saturday, 14 February 2009, tune in for live free  
Internet radio with MindFreedom, and guests that include Mary  
Maddock, co-author of the book _Soul Survivor_. Mary is a MindFreedom  
International board member who survived forced electroshock.

You can call in live using either your computer or telephone. We'll  
have the latest news about the Ray Sandford campaign.

Time: 11 am Pacific USA, 2 pm Eastern USA, 7 pm [1900] London UTC/GMT

More info on how to tune in every "Second Saturday" in 2009:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/radio

Get Mary's book at MindFreedom's Mad Market at http://www.madmarket.org

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3) Australia Electroshocking Toddlers

Australia is now electroshocking toddlers, including 55 children aged  
four and younger, and two kids under the age of four, according to  
news reports.

Read essays and news items here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock

In that folder you will find:

a) Essay by dissident psychologist Bruce Levine on Australia  
electroshocking young children:

http://tinyurl.com/kid-shock
or
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock/ 
electroshocking-toddlers

b) Essay by dissident psychiatrist Peter Breggin on same:

http://tinyurl.com/breggin-australia
or
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock/ 
breggin-australia-electroshock

c) Australian news story on electroshocking kids, with statistics:

http://tinyurl.com/child-shock
or
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock/child- 
shock-therapy

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4) World Health Organization leader praises MindFreedom International  
and Executive Director David W. Oaks

In its legal handbook, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for  
zero use of involuntary electroshock over the expressed wishes of the  
subject:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock

WHO is the official health organization of the United Nations.

Benedetto Saraceno, MD, Director, Department of Mental Health and  
Substance Abuse at WHO said some very positive words about the work  
of MindFreedom International, and MFI director David W. Oaks, here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/about-us/david-w-oaks

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    ACTION:

    EVERYONE!

    URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR MINDFREEDOM INTERNATIONAL

    http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate

Especially because of world economic problems, it's important for  
*everyone* to support MindFreedom International today.

MindFreedom International has, for 23 years, been 100 percent  
independently funded by members, supporters and a few foundations,  
with zero funding from corporations and the mental health system.

Everyone: Join, donate or renew early to MindFreedom International now.

MindFreedom International is a nonprofit coalition united to win  
activist campaigns for human rights and alternatives in mental health.

Open to the public, most members identify themselves as individuals  
who have personally experienced human rights violations in the mental  
health system.

Benefits include MindFreedom Journal, special web and e-mail  
networking, discount on http://www.madmarket.org purchases,  
MindFreedom Shield, member services office... and a nonviolent  
revolution in mental health.

Support voices for choices in mental health!

Mind Your Freedom, everyone, now!

Donate, join now or renew early here:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate

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