Adams, Patch, 1945-

Abstract The mental health advocacy group MindFreedom International is part of a collaborative network of organizations of international proportions. Beginning in the 1970s with local groups in scattered locations, it gradually coalesced into its current form. MindFreedom has alway stood for patient rights in the face of involuntary commitment and forced therapies, from restraints to psychosurgery. The collection provides a vast array of materials covering the growth of the "Psychiatric Survivors"...