Former Directing Attorney for Mental Health Consumer Concerns
Years active
1971-present
Known for
Psychiatric survivor activist Leading successful campaign to ban the use of ECT in Berkeley, California (1982)
Board member of
Former President, Support Coalition International
Spouse
Judi Chamberlin (1972-1985)[1]
Ted Chabasinski (born March 20, 1937) is an American psychiatric survivor, human rights activist and attorney who lives in Berkeley, California. At the age of six, he was taken from his foster family's home and committed to a New York psychiatric facility. Diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia, he underwent intensive electroshock therapy (now termed electroconvulsive therapy or ECT) and remained an inmate in a state psychiatric hospital until the age of seventeen. He subsequently trained as a lawyer and became active in the psychiatric survivors movement. In 1982, he was a leader in an initially successful campaign seeking to ban the use of electroshock in Berkeley, California.[2][3]
^Chabasinski and Chamberlin separated in 1974, two years after their marriage, and remained close friends. They divorced in 1985 when Chabasinski wanted to remarry.
^Ellen Goodman. The Free Lance-Star - Nov 20, 1982
^City's electroshock vote affecting treatment. The New York Times. 5 November 1982
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