The psychiatric prison imprisons people without committing a crime and excuses people who might have committed a crime. The court has the power to convict

“[Psychiatry] is the only profession that can as a matter of course utterlytake away the freedom of people who have committed no crime.”

This year MindFreedom Ireland celebrates 20 years in existence.  To mark this historic milestone, we are planning to hold an event in Fitzgerald Park, Cork

“That’s not to say that we don’t need a focus on youth mental health. As this week’s shocking – though not surprising, Mental Health Commission

Jim wrote this article in 2017 but sadly the power imbalance continues more than ever today in February 2023. How can survivors of psychiatry and

Institutional psychiatry is coercive and deceptive. Rape is violence. Coercive drugging is violence. Drugging people without informed consent is deceptive. As a result, many people

To survivors of psychiatry: If we refuse to be labelled as ‘sick’ and are proud to be who we are then it will be our

As another year draws to a close, we are happy to report on the continued activities of MindFreedom Ireland.  In 2023 we begin to count

It was early in 2003 when II first got to know Celia when I joined MindFreedom International www.mindfreedom.org  soon after I successfully detoxed from psychotropic

Doctors first do no harm

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell ” I interviewed a select group of people that inspired me

I wrote this on the eve of my 48th wedding anniversary This year on November 8th I hopefully will be 75 years strong. I met

MindFreedom International Important discussion with professor Thomas Szasz Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault http://cepuk.org/recovery-stories/ Council For Evidence-Based Psychiatry http://www.ectresources.org/ Peter Breggin MD Hearing Voices MadinAmerica MadinIreland

Today November 15th as our first post we remind you of our MindFreedom Ireland documentary. A big thank you to Tim Hurley for making this