What's New
4th December 2009
Two new items in News Items.19th November 2009
Two new items in News Items.New photo on about PRAWI page.
18th November 2009
Updated the index page.Removed the photos page.
Moved some information from the index page to the about this site page.
4th September 2009
New item in News Items.18th August 2009
New item on the Take Action page.11th August 2009
New item in News Items.8th August 2009
New item in News Items.27th July 2009
Remove old event from the events page.20th July 2009
New event on the events page.20th June 2009
New event on the events page.23rd May 2009
New items in News Items.15th May 2009
New items in News Items.2nd May 2009
New items in News Items.25th April 2009
Changed name of news directory.18th April 2009
New items in News Items.New paragraph on drug free page.
Old event removed from events page.
Changed link on the links page.
14th March 2009
New link on the links page.New letter added to the letters page and front page.
New item in News Items.
8th March 2009
New item in News items.Two book reviews added.
1st March 2009
Removed forums and put old posts up as html.25th January 2009
New photo on the photos page.New link on the links page.
15th January 2009
New link on the links page.One new event on the events page.
17th December 2008
One new event on the events page.3rd December 2008
One new and one removed event on the events page.Added a cartoon on the this site page.
30th November 2008
Some new links on the links page.Fixed a link on the Confidential Forum page.
28th November 2008
Added buttons to the links page.Replaced main site logo.
Human Rights celebration on events page.
26th November 2008
Changed wording on this site page.Move some links around on the links page.
Added link to Light a Candle to the menu.
25th November 2008
Rearranged the links page.Change default text colour and background.
Change links on front page on front page.
Remove item from take action page.
18th November 2008
Education day information on events page.3rd November 2008
Education day information on front page.29th July 2008
New link on the links page.New letter added to the letters page.
Changed order on the main page.
28th July 2008
Added Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson to the books page.Added Renee-Louise Carafice tour to the events page.
Added Online Mental Disability Law Program to the take action page.
28th May 2008
Added photos page.26th May 2008
Added new event to the main page and events page.Added a search page.
24th April 2008
Scientific study shows that antidepressant drugs are not m
ore effective than placeboAddition link added to Links page.
Aropax Nation: A Hard Habit To Break, April 2004
Change the article on the main page.
17th April 2008
New ECT page.Addition link added to Links page.
31st March 2008
New Terminology page.28th March 2008
New page - Truth Wins Out21st March 2008
Make changes to the This Site page.Two new links on the ECT page
14th March 2008
Make changes to Links page.28th February 2008
Added a journal article to the main page.Make changes to Links page.
5th January 2008
Added new item to the Take Action page.Added new item to the Events page.
Make changes to Links page.
Added new letter to the Letters page.
Add poem to the Candles page.
3rd January 2008
Moved Electro Shock Report to its own page.3rd December 2007
Added a media release to the main page.30th November 2007
Added Select Committee's Report on Dr Helen Smith's ECT petition) to main page and ECT page2nd November 2007
Updated the home pageUpdated the about PRAWI page
Updated the Links page
Changed the order of the side menu
Updated (and changed name of) the Drug Free page
Updated the Take Action page
29th October 2007
Removed the New Zealand Government pageAdded new ECT page
Various small changes all over
27th October 2007
Updated the Links pageAdded a new additional page
Added a new Confidential Forum
Updated the ECT page
Added random quote in new font to candles page
Updated the home page
Added new books to books page.
27th October 2007
Added a new page of candles and removed candles from all pages.Made eyes on all pages a link to the home page
Changes features page to a this site page.
24th August 2007
Added a link on the Links page (Nicolaas Vegt Pro-masystems Distributor)Updated the Events page
New page on how to avoid incarceration and forced drugging
18th January 2007
Added various links on the Links page (Healthy Skepticism, Shirley's Wellness Cafe, PsychRights Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, Alliance for Human Research Protection, The Social Audit, United States Food and Drug Administration)Added page about Roy Sydney Porter
New letter on the letters page and this one
Updated the Events page
Added a page on Rotorua Electric Shock Capital
Added NZ Ministry of Health Annual ECT Statistics 01.07.03 to 30.06.05 to Electro Shock - ECT
15th August 2006
New letter on the letters page20th July 2006
Added a quiz on the Mental Health Act5th June 2006
Changed various links on the Links pageAdded more links at the bottom of Willpower over Pillpower
Added an additional page: A Dozen Reasons to Stay Alive
Added the book "Creating Mental Illness" to the Recommended Books page
From the NZ Government pages changed
Added a Letters page
Updated the Events page
Added an Electro Convulsive Therapy page
Updated the Take Action page
14th April 2006
Various tidy ups in the HTML code. Added a CSS page. Validated all pages (except the Forums) against www.w3.org9th March 2006
There is a link to Dr John Read's website on the links page. Dr Read has given some very informative talks at past PRAWI information days (some of these are available on video from PRAWI).Information about the new book 'Coming off Pyschiatric Drugs' by Peter Lehmanni is on the Recommended Books page. Successful withdrawal from neuroleptics, antidepressants, lithium, carbamazepine and tranquilizers. This book is available from Anna de Jonge, 65 Tawa Street, Hamilton, New Zealand at a cost of $45.00 NZD.
Information about The Partnerships towards Recovery conference in Melbourne Australia can be found on the events page. Dr John Read is one of the keynote speakers. Also PRAWI member Abra Ashleigh will be giving a 10 minute poster presentation on how patients who choose not to take drugs can be supported to achieve recovery.
Read Chris Hansen's article on 'People with mental illness and The United Nations Disability Convention' on the additional pages.
There have been changes to the forums. Check them out on the forums page
- The Information Forum is a place to read and contribute information in the form of articles and letters. Hundreds of interesting articles are archived here.
- The Wellness Forum is a support forum open to anyone with an interest in the issues raised on this website. We can talk about anything that matters to us. Open to anyone who genuinely wants to give and receive support, no matter what hat you wear. Join up here (link to register)
- The Open Forum. Anyone can read or post to this forum straight away without registering. Questions and sceptism are welcome, along with anything that doesn't fit the bill in the other two forums.