Mindfreedom Survey 2012
MindFreedom International is a nonprofit organization that unites 100 sponsor and affiliate grassroots groups with thousands of individual members to win human rights and alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities.

Mindfreedom Survey 2012.

Over 1,000 participants.  

Main Findings

Here is the second of the four main findings: 

2. Many people achieve a medication-free, stable wellness even after experiencing extreme mental/emotional distress.

  • Nearly 70 percent of people who experienced extreme mental/emotional distress (receiving diagnoses of psychosis or schizophrenia) rated themselves as "recovered" or "fully recovered."
  • Over half of individuals who have received diagnoses of psychosis or schizophrenia are currently medication free. Nearly half of the latter group have been medication free for more than five
    years.
 
Immediately related elementsHow this works
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ISPS-US Moving Forward Map »ISPS-US Moving Forward Map
Helping People »Helping People
Existing experiences »Existing experiences
People who are uncomfortable with MPAPT. »People who are uncomfortable with MPAPT.
Pathways from MPAPT. »Pathways from MPAPT.
Proposal (1): Cure »Proposal (1): Cure
Step 1. Test elimination of drugs »Step 1. Test elimination of drugs
1.1 Find people who have come off drugs successfully. »1.1 Find people who have come off drugs successfully.
People have! »People have!
Mindfreedom Survey 2012
This is self-reporting »This is self-reporting
Step 2. Find psychiatrist to remove diagnosis »Step 2. Find psychiatrist to remove diagnosis
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