Stand By Me
( a poem by one of our loyal regulars) Anne O Dwyer Your spoken suggestions about what went wrongThings I darn’t say nowadays – let them offListening to me, listen to youin a gentle incision of angerYou become angry with one anotheroften enough for me to pick up its alrightWhen nowadays something goes right,a celebration- […]
Sink Or Swim
It is because psychiatry is a belief system with the power to force people who do not want to practice its form of religion that many of its victims are left to sink or swim. The survivor movement is learning to swim against the tide but the power of this oppressive belief system continues to […]
MindFreedom Ireland speak out at the CVNI conference 2016
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Article published in Mad in America by Dr Terry Lynch ” Few people realize that psychiatry is a house of cards without a solid scientific foundation that could easily crumble if properly and independently examined, and psychiatry’s position with it. One can therefore understand why psychiatrists might resist the questioning of their profession; there is […]
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND ACTIVISM AND ACTS OF RESISTANCE
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND ACTIVISM AND ACTS OF RESISTANCEhttp://www.cvni.ie/
CORK ELECTROSHOCK PROTEST
A public protest against the controversial psychiatric procedure of electroshock took place in Cork on Saturday. It was organised by MindFreedom Ireland, a psychiatric survivor group which campaigns for alternatives and against human rights abuse and forced treatments. Among the speakers were 2 women in their 60’s who spoke of the enduring memory loss and […]
Ten good reasons to say no to electroshock
Ten good reasons to say no to electroshock 1) ‘ECT’ is oppressive, violent and undermines the integrity and dignity of people. 2) Research shows the ineffectiveness of electroshock. 3) Vulnerable people who can not say “No” such as the elderly are given this experimental “treatment”. 4) ‘ECT’ causes deaths. 5) ‘ECT’ causes brain damage. 6) […]
MindFreedom Ireland Press Release
PUBLIC ELECTROSHOCK PROTEST. A public protest against the controversial psychiatric practice of electroshock will take place in Cork on Saturday, May 7th. It is being organised by MindFreedom Ireland, a Cork based psychiatric survivor group which campaigns against human rights abuse and forced ‘treatments’. During electroshock, an electric current is passed through the brain inducing […]
New MindFreedom Ireland Banner
Thank you so much! Thanks to a very generous benefactor we have a new MindFreedom Ireland banner.
Richard Patterson MindFreedom Ireland St Patrick’s Day Parade
“This brief online video was posted by MindFreedom Ireland on the FB group MindFreedom Creative Revolution. I am so touched that they chose their 2016 St. Patrick’s Day Parade entry in Ireland to involve me here in Eugene, Oregon, USA. I send my love!!” David W. Oaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6_M6CGHEac https://www.facebook.com/MindFreedom-Ireland-153584088036335/?ref=hl