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It's time to protect the welfare of people with mental illness by outlawing forced psychiatry in America. Involuntary commitment is a violation of civil liberties.
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One of the most compelling arguments against forced psychiatry appeared in this informational letter by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
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America: Where we punish people who commit crimes by locking them up, but also help people who attempt suicide -- by locking them up. Make it make sense.
May 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America: Where we punish people who commit crimes by locking them up, but also help people who attempt suicide -- by locking them up. Make it make sense.
Couldn't the same thing be said about involuntary commitment? After all, when hospitals imprison people in psych wards who attempt to end their life, that is not only taking all choices away from another human being, but also doing so under the guise of "health care".
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Couldn't the same thing be said about involuntary commitment? After all, when hospitals imprison people in psych wards who attempt to end their life, that is not only taking all choices away from another human being, but also doing so under the guise of "health care".
It seems like every single day I'm seeing more and more class action lawsuits being filed against psychiatric hospitals. I wonder why that is. For years people had dismissed my stories of abuse as just some kind of anomaly.
May 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It seems like every single day I'm seeing more and more class action lawsuits being filed against psychiatric hospitals. I wonder why that is. For years people had dismissed my stories of abuse as just some kind of anomaly.
Psych holds allow for non-criminals to be disappeared by private citizens (hospital staff) rather than government officials (police officers) without due process. Strange how that works.
May 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Psych holds allow for non-criminals to be disappeared by private citizens (hospital staff) rather than government officials (police officers) without due process. Strange how that works.
Fun fact: BOTH parties support involuntary commitment, which defies that last statement: what you can and cannot do with your own body. You already don't have full rights to your own body thanks to both Democrats and Republicans.
May 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Fun fact: BOTH parties support involuntary commitment, which defies that last statement: what you can and cannot do with your own body. You already don't have full rights to your own body thanks to both Democrats and Republicans.
More and more reports of systemic abuse have been surfacing in the past several years, many lodged against major healthcare networks in New York, Illinois, and Florida. Proof that psychiatric abuse is still an epidemic in America.
May 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
More and more reports of systemic abuse have been surfacing in the past several years, many lodged against major healthcare networks in New York, Illinois, and Florida. Proof that psychiatric abuse is still an epidemic in America.
Does anybody else find it amazing that the government has been disappearing American citizens for decades under the guise of "psychiatry", and life just went on in our society
Yet now suddenly people are concerned that the government might start disappearing American citizens. Smh.
Yet now suddenly people are concerned that the government might start disappearing American citizens. Smh.
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Does anybody else find it amazing that the government has been disappearing American citizens for decades under the guise of "psychiatry", and life just went on in our society
Yet now suddenly people are concerned that the government might start disappearing American citizens. Smh.
Yet now suddenly people are concerned that the government might start disappearing American citizens. Smh.
I was surprised to discover the Center for Constitutional Rights, which fights for justice against oppression, seems to completely overlook one of the most notoriously abusive systems in the U.S. -- institutional psychiatry.
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The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I was surprised to discover the Center for Constitutional Rights, which fights for justice against oppression, seems to completely overlook one of the most notoriously abusive systems in the U.S. -- institutional psychiatry.
The fact a verbal Miranda warning must be given to criminal suspects prior to questioning but NO similar protections are afforded to mentally ill people while being questioned during a psychiatric evaluation shows exactly whose rights we prioritize more in American society. #disability
April 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The fact a verbal Miranda warning must be given to criminal suspects prior to questioning but NO similar protections are afforded to mentally ill people while being questioned during a psychiatric evaluation shows exactly whose rights we prioritize more in American society. #disability
AG Bondi is threatening to prosecute the State of Maine in order to save women's sports from a couple of trans kids. I wonder why the federal government can't invest that much effort into protecting the welfare of patients who are locked up and abused in psych wards each year?
April 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
AG Bondi is threatening to prosecute the State of Maine in order to save women's sports from a couple of trans kids. I wonder why the federal government can't invest that much effort into protecting the welfare of patients who are locked up and abused in psych wards each year?
If this is true, then I wonder how we explain all the instances of my rights being violated as a mentally ill patient where I was NOT afforded due process. Like my being strangled and dragged through the hallways of the ER or my being forcibly injected with an anti-psychotic. Am I not a person?
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
If this is true, then I wonder how we explain all the instances of my rights being violated as a mentally ill patient where I was NOT afforded due process. Like my being strangled and dragged through the hallways of the ER or my being forcibly injected with an anti-psychotic. Am I not a person?
Criminal suspects - always read their rights when detained for questioning, otherwise their statements are not admissible in court
Mentally ill patients - never read their rights when detained for questioning, yet their statements are still admissible in court anyway.
Make it make sense.
Mentally ill patients - never read their rights when detained for questioning, yet their statements are still admissible in court anyway.
Make it make sense.
April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Criminal suspects - always read their rights when detained for questioning, otherwise their statements are not admissible in court
Mentally ill patients - never read their rights when detained for questioning, yet their statements are still admissible in court anyway.
Make it make sense.
Mentally ill patients - never read their rights when detained for questioning, yet their statements are still admissible in court anyway.
Make it make sense.
Only in America do convicted felons who are incarcerated for murder, rape, and arson get free food, lodging, transporation, and healthcare paid for by taxpayers while law-abiding citizens who are hospitalized for attempted suicide must pay for their own food, lodging, transporation, and healthcare.
April 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Only in America do convicted felons who are incarcerated for murder, rape, and arson get free food, lodging, transporation, and healthcare paid for by taxpayers while law-abiding citizens who are hospitalized for attempted suicide must pay for their own food, lodging, transporation, and healthcare.
This is a really good overview about the implications of due process as it relates to civil commitment. I don't agree with some of the Supreme Court's past decisions, but it is good reading to learn about the milestones and hurdles toward protecting the liberty interests of mentally ill patients.
www.congress.gov
April 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is a really good overview about the implications of due process as it relates to civil commitment. I don't agree with some of the Supreme Court's past decisions, but it is good reading to learn about the milestones and hurdles toward protecting the liberty interests of mentally ill patients.
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One of the oldest euphemisms for internment camps in the U.S. actually comes from the field of psychiatry.
States still use the legal term "civil commitment" for court-ordered involuntary psychiatric confinement, or in simplest terms: prisons designed for the mentally ill.
States still use the legal term "civil commitment" for court-ordered involuntary psychiatric confinement, or in simplest terms: prisons designed for the mentally ill.
April 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One of the oldest euphemisms for internment camps in the U.S. actually comes from the field of psychiatry.
States still use the legal term "civil commitment" for court-ordered involuntary psychiatric confinement, or in simplest terms: prisons designed for the mentally ill.
States still use the legal term "civil commitment" for court-ordered involuntary psychiatric confinement, or in simplest terms: prisons designed for the mentally ill.
Since we're calling things what they are:
Forced psychiatry is state sanctioned kidnapping, torture, brainwashing, and extortion.
Psychiatric wards are internment camps for the mentally ill.
Forced psychiatry is state sanctioned kidnapping, torture, brainwashing, and extortion.
Psychiatric wards are internment camps for the mentally ill.
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Since we're calling things what they are:
Forced psychiatry is state sanctioned kidnapping, torture, brainwashing, and extortion.
Psychiatric wards are internment camps for the mentally ill.
Forced psychiatry is state sanctioned kidnapping, torture, brainwashing, and extortion.
Psychiatric wards are internment camps for the mentally ill.
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Remember: Every single lawmaker who is trying to cut Medicare or Medicaid is not trying to cut their own taxpayer-funded healthcare…
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Remember: Every single lawmaker who is trying to cut Medicare or Medicaid is not trying to cut their own taxpayer-funded healthcare…
Involuntary psychiatry (legally known as "civil commitment") still locks up and abuses millions of citizens to this day.
In fact, it's the the longest-running government sanctioned system for internment in America. Certainly nobody can say they didn't know about that authoritarian abuse.
In fact, it's the the longest-running government sanctioned system for internment in America. Certainly nobody can say they didn't know about that authoritarian abuse.
March 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Involuntary psychiatry (legally known as "civil commitment") still locks up and abuses millions of citizens to this day.
In fact, it's the the longest-running government sanctioned system for internment in America. Certainly nobody can say they didn't know about that authoritarian abuse.
In fact, it's the the longest-running government sanctioned system for internment in America. Certainly nobody can say they didn't know about that authoritarian abuse.
There is increasing scientific evidence that we may not only be living in a simulated reality -- but that once our body dies, consicousness itself continues.
This of course is an inconvenient truth for those who believe that suicidal people can't possibly be in their right mind.
This of course is an inconvenient truth for those who believe that suicidal people can't possibly be in their right mind.
March 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There is increasing scientific evidence that we may not only be living in a simulated reality -- but that once our body dies, consicousness itself continues.
This of course is an inconvenient truth for those who believe that suicidal people can't possibly be in their right mind.
This of course is an inconvenient truth for those who believe that suicidal people can't possibly be in their right mind.
That awkward moment when Americans are suddenly concerned with due process violations.
Let's just ignore how mentally ill people have been subject to unethical state-sponsored abduction and detention in psychiatric wards for decades, yet no nationwide outrage ensued. #disability
Let's just ignore how mentally ill people have been subject to unethical state-sponsored abduction and detention in psychiatric wards for decades, yet no nationwide outrage ensued. #disability
March 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That awkward moment when Americans are suddenly concerned with due process violations.
Let's just ignore how mentally ill people have been subject to unethical state-sponsored abduction and detention in psychiatric wards for decades, yet no nationwide outrage ensued. #disability
Let's just ignore how mentally ill people have been subject to unethical state-sponsored abduction and detention in psychiatric wards for decades, yet no nationwide outrage ensued. #disability
The concept of "socialism" is so backwards in America.
Crisis services for the mentally ill are billed to the client whereas prison services for convicted felons are billed to the state. Think about it: How does that make sense from a socialist perspective?
Crisis services for the mentally ill are billed to the client whereas prison services for convicted felons are billed to the state. Think about it: How does that make sense from a socialist perspective?
March 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The concept of "socialism" is so backwards in America.
Crisis services for the mentally ill are billed to the client whereas prison services for convicted felons are billed to the state. Think about it: How does that make sense from a socialist perspective?
Crisis services for the mentally ill are billed to the client whereas prison services for convicted felons are billed to the state. Think about it: How does that make sense from a socialist perspective?
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March 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🚨FACT: Social Security DELIVERS benefits ACCURATELY 99.7%.
FACT: DOGE is DELIBERATELY SABATOGING Social Security.
FACT: DOGE is an ILLEGAL commission & GOP REFUSE to hold Donald Trump ACCOUNTABLE.
MILLIONS WILL SUFFER & DIE BY CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY. Call YOUR Members of Congress: 202-224-3121!🚨
FACT: DOGE is DELIBERATELY SABATOGING Social Security.
FACT: DOGE is an ILLEGAL commission & GOP REFUSE to hold Donald Trump ACCOUNTABLE.
MILLIONS WILL SUFFER & DIE BY CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY. Call YOUR Members of Congress: 202-224-3121!🚨
Suicide prevention is now considered DEI, at least according to the U.S. military. Never saw that one coming, did you?
March 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Suicide prevention is now considered DEI, at least according to the U.S. military. Never saw that one coming, did you?