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Next guest: Psychiatric survivor hero Ted Chabasinski

When: *This* Tuesday, 19 September 2006, at 1 pm eastern time, 10 am pacific time.

How: Click on http://www.theprn.org to listen live or to hear the archive later.

What: Topic = “From forced electroshock as a child to human rights activist leader.”

You will hear psychiatric survivor activist Ted Chabasinski of California as a guest on the MindFreedom Weekly News Hour Internet radio show. Ted is a true hero in the social change movement to change the mental health system. He will be interviewed by host David Oaks on the live free show which is part of the Progressive Radio Network.

You’ll also hear the latest news and resources to win human rights and alternatives in the mental health system.

You may e-mail your questions and comments before, during or after the show to radio@mindfreedom.org. Your questions and comments may be read live during the show. Please say if you wish to be anonymous.

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TED CHABASINSKI was once given electroshock treatment as part of an experiment at age six, then sent to a New York State psychiatric institution where he spent the rest of his childhood. Now an attorney in Berkeley, California, he has been well-respected leader in the psychiatric survivors movement since 1971. Ted was the main organizer of the 1982 ballot campaign to ban shock treatment in Berkeley, California, which was passed overwhelmingly by the voters there. Ted is on the board of MindFreedom International.

The interview will cover:

* How did Ted survive years of psychiatric institutionalization and electroshock experimentation?

* What are stories and highlights from 35 years of organizing in the psychiatric survivors social change movement?

* How can people effectively organize today to challenge psychiatric abuse and promote alternatives?

* What direction would Ted like to see the movement to change the mental health system head?

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