Mad Pride Ireland Launch National Campaign ‘Decriminalising Human Emotions’ – National radio and online campaign calls for an end to ‘Force’ in Irish mental health

Monday September 5th: Mad Pride Ireland is set to launch its first national campaign calling for an end to ‘Force’ in Irish mental health.  The campaign entitled ‘Decriminalising Human Emotions’ will be launched on Wednesday September 7th at 4pm in the Vertigo Lounge, Cork County Hall.

Submission to The Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on Proposed New Mental Capacity Law
On Behalf of Mad Pride Ireland. 
The use of force as a means to cure emotional distress is over. The normality of madness as part of every family’s reality must be faced up to as a human reaction to pain of the spirit. The defunct ethos of the chemical imbalance theory and the marketing of the pill for every ill by vested interest across business education and medicine have destroyed enough people’s lives it is time to shout stop.
This is a moment to grab an opportunity; this is an opportunity to grant full and equal rights to the mad community as honorable and loved members of the community.