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David William Oaks (born September 16, 1955, Chicago, Illinois)〔(The moral imperative for dialogue with organizations of survivors of coerced psychiatric human rights violations ), mindfreedom.org; accessed September 27, 2014.〕 is a civil rights activist and founder and former executive director of Eugene, Oregon-based MindFreedom International. ==Career== Mindfreedom International includes psychiatric survivors and psychiatrists who reject the biomedical model that defines contemporary psychiatry. They believe 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—or ECT, also known as electroshock—which they say violates patients' human rights." Oaks has stated that the psychiatric drugs that patients take are debilitating and have harmful side effects, and people can recover without them. He has protested against drug companies and participated in hunger strikes to "demand proof that drugs can manage chemical imbalances in the brain".〔 Oaks has called for "a nonviolent revolution throughout the mental health system".〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Jenny Westberg )〕 Oaks was institutionalized and forcibly medicated in the 1970s, while studying at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for what was diagnosed as schizophrenia. He has stated that he recovered by rejecting drugs and getting support from family and friends.〔 Oaks "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". He is on the board of directors for the United States International Council on Disability.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David Oaks and MindFreedom International )〕 On December 2, 2012, Oaks fell from a ladder, suffered a broken neck and is now paralyzed. He stepped down as executive director of Mindfreedom in December 2012.〔("Oaks paralyzed after fall" ), ''A Spirit UnBroken''; accessed September 27, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Oaks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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