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'''David W. Oaks''' is executive director of [[MindFreedom International]], based in [[Eugene, Oregon]]. The organization includes [[psychiatric survivor]]s and dissident [[psychiatrist]]s who reject what they say is the "domination" by the biomedical model that defines contemporary [[psychiatry]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Oaks|first=David|title=Let's Stop Saying "Mental Illness"|url=http://www.miwatch.org/2008/03/lets_stop_saying_mental_illnes.html|publisher=MI Watch|accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> . They say that "mental illness is caused by severe emotional distress, often combined with lack of socialization, and they decry the pervasive treatment with prescription drugs, sales of which have nearly doubled since 1998". Further, "they condemn the continued use of [[electro-convulsive therapy]] (ECT) which they say violates patients' human rights.<ref name=lat>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/26/magazine/tm-survivors43 |title=Losing the Mind ||author=David Davis |date=October 26, 2003 |work=LA Times }}</ref> |
'''David W. Oaks''' is the founder and executive director of [[MindFreedom International]], based in [[Eugene, Oregon]]. The organization includes [[psychiatric survivor]]s and dissident [[psychiatrist]]s who reject what they say is the "domination" by the biomedical model that defines contemporary [[psychiatry]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Oaks|first=David|title=Let's Stop Saying "Mental Illness"|url=http://www.miwatch.org/2008/03/lets_stop_saying_mental_illnes.html|publisher=MI Watch|accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> . They say that "mental illness is caused by severe emotional distress, often combined with lack of socialization, and they decry the pervasive treatment with prescription drugs, sales of which have nearly doubled since 1998". Further, "they condemn the continued use of [[electro-convulsive therapy]] (ECT) which they say violates patients' human rights.<ref name=lat>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/26/magazine/tm-survivors43 |title=Losing the Mind ||author=David Davis |date=October 26, 2003 |work=LA Times }}</ref> |
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Oaks himself was institutionalized and forcibly medicated in the 1970s, while studying at Harvard University, when he was diagnosed as [[schizophrenic]]. He recovered, he says, by rejecting drugs and getting support from family and friends.<ref name=lat/> |
Oaks himself was institutionalized and forcibly medicated in the 1970s, while studying at Harvard University, when he was diagnosed as [[schizophrenic]]. He recovered, he says, by rejecting drugs and getting support from family and friends.<ref name=lat/> Oaks says he "maintains his mental health with exercise, diet, peer counseling and wilderness trips — strategies that are well outside the mainstream thinking of psychiatrists and many patients".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/fashion/11madpride.html?pagewanted=all |title=‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma |author=Gabrielle Glaser |date=May 11, 2008 |work=New York Times }}</ref> |
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Oaks is on the board of directors for the United States International Council on Disability.<ref name=awar>{{cite web |url=http://www.usicd.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=136 |title=David Oaks and MindFreedom International |author=United States International Council on Disability |date=April 21, 2010 |work=}}</ref> |
Oaks is on the board of directors for the United States International Council on Disability.<ref name=awar>{{cite web |url=http://www.usicd.org/detail/news.cfm?news_id=136 |title=David Oaks and MindFreedom International |author=United States International Council on Disability |date=April 21, 2010 |work=}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:03, 4 March 2012
David W. Oaks is the founder and executive director of MindFreedom International, based in Eugene, Oregon. The organization includes psychiatric survivors and dissident psychiatrists who reject what they say is the "domination" by the biomedical model that defines contemporary psychiatry[1] . They say that "mental illness is caused by severe emotional distress, often combined with lack of socialization, and they decry the pervasive treatment with prescription drugs, sales of which have nearly doubled since 1998". Further, "they condemn the continued use of electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) which they say violates patients' human rights.[2]
Oaks himself was institutionalized and forcibly medicated in the 1970s, while studying at Harvard University, when he was diagnosed as schizophrenic. He recovered, he says, by rejecting drugs and getting support from family and friends.[2] Oaks says he "maintains his mental health with exercise, diet, peer counseling and wilderness trips — strategies that are well outside the mainstream thinking of psychiatrists and many patients".[3]
Oaks is on the board of directors for the United States International Council on Disability.[4]
Awards
- Lane Independent Living Alliance award in 2011.
- Utne Reader magazine named Oaks as one of "50 Visionaries" for 2009.
- Barrier Awareness Day 2003 Leadership Award.
- 2002 Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology.
- Project Censored award 2000.
- 1994 David J. Vail National Advocacy Award by National Mental Health Association of Minnesota.[4]
See also
Selected Articles
- Oaks, David W. (2007). ‘MindFreedom International: Activism for Human Rights as the Basis for a Nonviolent Revolution in the Mental Health System’. In Peter Stastny & Peter Lehmann (Eds.), Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry (pp. 328-336). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Peter Lehmann Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9545428-1-8 (UK), ISBN 978-0-9788399-1-8 (USA).
- Oaks, David W. (2007). ‘MindFreedom International – Engagement für Menschenrechte als Grundlage einer gewaltfreien Revolution im psychosozialen System’. In Peter Lehmann & Peter Stastny (Eds.), Statt Psychiatrie 2 (pp. 344-352). Berlin / Eugene / Shrewsbury: Antipsychiatrieverlag. ISBN 978-3-925931-38-3.
- Oaks, David W. (1993). 'Antipsychiatrie und Politik – 20 Jahre Widerstand in den USA' (pp. 443-448). In Kerstin Kempker & Peter Lehmann (Eds.), Statt Psychiatrie. Berlin: Antipsychiatrieverlag. ISBN 9-925931-07-4.
References
- ^ Oaks, David. "Let's Stop Saying "Mental Illness"". MI Watch. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b David Davis (October 26, 2003). "Losing the Mind". LA Times.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Gabrielle Glaser (May 11, 2008). "'Mad Pride' Fights a Stigma". New York Times.
- ^ a b United States International Council on Disability (April 21, 2010). "David Oaks and MindFreedom International".