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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

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While the ongoing logistics of maintaining such a network have proved challenging, one such successful effort in 2006 was documented in The Wall Street Journal. David Oaks When a Shield request comes in, typically an MFI volunteer will have a conversation with the requestor about their current circumstances. But that number is so swamped. “I

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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But across the country, the towering influence of corporate culture—mass production, mass marketing, mass consumerism, and profit-driven healthcare—has eroded our Main Street America culture and negatively impacted many aspects of our society, including consumer behaviors and the drugs we purchase at our doctors’ recommendation.