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Protect Your Constitutional Rights

There have been over 20 pieces of federal pro-mental health legislation already introduced in 2009, with eight of them on mental health screening alone. These screening bills involve pregnant women and new mothers, children 0 to 5 years old and … Continue reading

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STATE-OF-THE-ART TOURING EXHIBIT TARGETS PSYCHIATRY AS AN “INDUSTRY OF DEATH”

With public distrust of psychiatry mounting—and government agency warnings about psychiatric drugs at an all-time high—a new exhibit in St. Louis, Missouri shows that it could get much worse. St. Louis – Denouncing the fact that internationally more than 100,000 … Continue reading

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MENTAL HEALTH DAY VIGIL FOR THE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS

Calls to Prohibit Mental Health Screening in Schools On the eve of Mental Health Day (October 10, 2008), a candlelight vigil was held in the University City Loop in St. Louis in memory of the thousands of children that have … Continue reading

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PsychRights Sues State of Alaska

http://psychrights.org/PR/080902PsychRightsvAlaskaNR.pdf NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Gottstein 907-274-7686 jim.gottstein@psychrights.org PsychRights Sues State of Alaska to Stop Its Massive, Harmful Psychiatric Drugging of Alaskan Children The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) announced that due to the State of … Continue reading

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PsychRights Launches Pro Bono Recruitment Effort

http://psychrights.org/states/NewYork/080818AnnLNR.pdf NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2008 CONTACTS: Dan Hazen (315) 528-3385 dan@psychrights.orgJim Gottstein (907) 274-7686 jim.gottstein@psychrights.org PsychRights Launches Pro Bono Recruitment Effort As part of their Joint Task Force on Mental Legal Advocacy & Activism, the Law Project … Continue reading

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National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy

Seizing Opportunities For Change 2008 Annual Rights Conference October 1 – 4, 2008 The University of Texas, Thompson Conference Center, Austin, Texas 2008 Conference Featured Speakers Michael Perlin International Disability Rights Expert and Author Catherine Penney Of Dante’s Cure, Her … Continue reading

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How the Legal System Can Help Create a Recovery Culture in Mental Health Systems

Jim Gottstein is a lawyer in Alaska and is the founder of the organization PsychRights,  the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (http://psychrights.org/) which has been around about 25 years, working to bring the mental illness system around to a culture … Continue reading

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STATE-OF-THE-ART TOURING EXHIBIT TARGETS PSYCHIATRY AS AN “INDUSTRY OF DEATH”

With public distrust of psychiatry mounting—and government agency warnings about psychiatric drugs at an all-time high—a new exhibit in St. Louis shows that it could get much worse. St. Louis – Denouncing the fact that internationally more than 100,000 patients … Continue reading

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STATE-OF-THE-ART TOURING EXHIBIT OPENS TO EXPOSE PSYCHIATRY AS AN “INDUSTRY OF DEATH”

With mounting drug regulatory agency warnings, a new exhibit exposes thousands of child deaths from psychiatric drugs in U.S.  WHO:  Join the psychiatric watchdog group Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to open a chillingly informative exhibit, “Psychiatry: An Industry … Continue reading

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Mental Health Day urges protections against school mental health screenings

MENTAL HEALTH DAY URGES PROTECTIONS AGAINST SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS Human Rights Group Calls on Missouri Commissioner of Education to Act St. Louis – International Mental Health Day was a launching pad to draw attention to the … Continue reading

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