Letter to the Guardian Newspaper
Voices in the Wilderness I am writing as a survivor of psychiatric deception and oppression. I have no vested interest. All I want is a voice! I could be seen as a successful ‘ ex user’ of psychiatry for almost 30 years because I was living at home for most of the time after I […]
MINDFREEDOM IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT 2015
MINDFREEDOM IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT 2015 www.mindfreedomireland.com As we say goodbye to 2015, MindFreedom Ireland (MFIrl) can look back at another year of activism, education, campaigning and offering peer support to people experiencing overwhelm and emotional distress. The Cork Stand By Me support group led by Susan Mendez continued to meet at 3pm every Wednesday in […]
Legal Capacity
We, MindFreedom Ireland are not happy that the new capacity bill is leaving ‘unable’ still… fb.me/516l6C3dB Capacity Bill We, MindFreedom Ireland are not happy that the new capacity bill is leaving ‘unable’ still present. Many of us have had our human right to choose denied because we disagreed with the psychiatrist’s view of our wellbeing. […]
Voices of Truth and Resistance Continue to Grow
“I can feel change happening in my bones, my gut, my heart… As our voices of truth and resistance grow louder and stronger, the foundations of the Psychiatric-Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex are slowly starting to atrophy, bit by bit. There are generations of work ahead of us, but I know in the core of my being […]
Recovery from psychiatry
Mary Maddock’s story from survivor to thriver! Recovery Videos http://cepuk.org/
Today’s Newstalk radio interview with Mary Maddock
Recently, it has been revealed that the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), seclusion and physical restraint in the treatment of psychiatric patients have all increased for the first time in years, according to the Mental Health Commission. ECT is a treatment formally known as electroshock therapy which involves the administration of small currents to the […]
Christmas Party MindFreedom Ireland
The Rochestown Park Hotel is booked for Friday the 4th of December at 7.30 pm for our annual Christmas party.
Voices
Our voices they have meaning You don’t understand Composed by Mary Maddock
Change Continues to Come about in Cork
I am doing a workshop again this year in UCC titled ’Critical Perspectives on and Beyond the Therapy Industry’ thanks to critical thinking lecturers in the university. My workshop is titled’ Beyond Psychiatry – Beyond Experts – Beyond Therapy – Back to Ourselves’ It is not easy to have views outside the box in any […]
On the tyranny of goodwill Why we call ourselves psychiatric survivors
“There is no evidence that what is accepted every second of every day by society — so-called ‘mental illness’ — exists. Yet those who get these pseudo-diagnoses have not got the legal right to decide for themselves. As Hebriana said, more than 30 years ago, “we might as well be dead”! Without any medical evidence, […]