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NARPA - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACYSave the Date! October 1-4, 2008, Austin, TX Announcing NARPA's 26th Annual Rights Conference: "Seizing Opportunities for Change"Click
here for mare details and to
REGISTER.
Every day, behind closed doors, human rights violations are occurring on a regular basis - and Americans don't know about it. America's mental health system is still the shame of the nation. NARPA, the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy, works to expose abuse and to shed light on coercive and dangerous practices. NARPA is an independent organization, solely supported by its members. It is a unique mix of people who've survived psychiatric intervention, advocates, civil rights activists, mental health workers, and lawyers. NARPA exists to to protect peoples right to choice and to be free from coercion, and to promote alternatives so that the right to choice can be meaningful. Read about NARPA's history of human rights advocacy, check out the ADA Case of the Week archives, and more. New York High Court Condones Shocking Injustice: New York State's judicial system has abdicated its role and has virtually given the State's Office of Mental Health carte blanche to force unwanted electroshock on New Yorkers. Read PsychRights' press release, NARPA's amicus brief in the Simone D. case, and more... |
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Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has been concealing
information about the risks of its best-selling psychiatric drug and is intimidating
health care advocates, researchers, and the media in an effort to keep this crucial data
from regulators and the public. Read about the Zyprexa documents case
here.
The New York State Office of Mental Health is promoting the psychiatric drugging of children: Haldol, Adderall, and Dexedrine for 3 year olds, lithium and Depakote for 2 year olds? See this booklet - a Q & A on using medications with children with mental disorders - published by the State of New York for parents of young children. |
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging Procedures In a resounding affirmation of personal liberty and freedom, the Alaska Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Myers v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute. The court found Alaska's forced psychiatric drugging regime to be unconstitutional when the state forces someone to take psychiatric drugs without proving it to be in their best interests or when there are less restrictive alternatives. The Decision also points out that Alaska Statutes require the hospital to honor a patient's previously expressed desires regarding psychiatric medications. Read more... |
An
open letter responding to the media campaign to undermine the rights of
people with mental illnesses Report of the National Council on Disability :" From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves" -- With a link to the full report as well as information about how to order a free copy Curing the Therapeutic State -- Thomas Szasz on the medicalization of American life. An interview from Reason magazine
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