From April 29th to May 2nd, Mindfreedom Support Coalition International hosted a conference on "Activism for Human Rights in Mental Health."
produced by pierre loiselle
Dominick Riccio is the Executive Director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. (www.icspp.org)
Michael Ostrolenk is the Director of Public and Government Relations of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology.
Janet Foner is a Board Member of Mindfreedom and a psychiatric survivor. (www.mindfreedom.org)
Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., is a clinical and research psychologist, activist, nonfiction author, playwright, director, and actor. She is the author of 11 books, including They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal and the most recent book, Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis, which she co-edited.
Robert Whitaker, is the author of a truly historic contribution to the field of exposing psychiatry Mad in America. Bob, has won many awards as a journalist covering medicine and science including the George Polk Award for Medical Writing and a National Association for Science Writers' Award for best magazine article. Prior to writing Mad in America, he co-founded a publishing company, CenterWatch, that covered the drug-development industry.
More sections from the conference will be added here soon.
