coercive psychiatry – A New Vision for Mental Health

Escaping The Shackles of Psychiatry: What I’ve Seen and Survived, as Both Doctor and Patient

Author: Editorial 7th December 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Cathy Wield has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “”The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,’”’ said Edmund Burke. This is as true on a world…
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Cathy Wield, coercive psychiatry, Mad in America, psychiatry

Mental Illness as Brain Disease: a Brief History Lesson

Author: Editorial 15th November 2023 0 Comments

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz was (and is) sometimes wrongly accused of denying that mental illnesses exist. However, what he actually said is that many (not all) instances of mental illness are the consequence of attempts to confront and tackle the problem…
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Benjamin Rush, Carl Wernicke, coercive psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin, Hannah Arendt, history of psychiatry, Johann Christian Reil, John Hughlings Jackson, psychiatry, Roger Qvarsell, Theodor Meynert, Thomas Szasz, Wilhelm Griesinger

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

Author: Editorial 25th May 2023 0 Comments

Rebecca Thomas reports for The Independent: “Mental health hospitals for children are making patients worse, a major charity has found, as more than half of those they treat report negative experiences. Britain’s child inpatient mental health units are being used as…
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children and adolescents, coercive psychiatry, in-patient experiences, inpatient mental health units, Rebecca Thomas, restraint, The Independent

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships

Author: Editorial 8th February 2023 0 Comments

This book comes from Rob Wipond. The publishers say: “Asylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on. In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forcibly…
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asylum, books, Canada, coercive psychiatry, forced treatment, psychiatry, Rob Wipond, USA

And Now They Are Coming for the Unhoused: The Long Push to Expand Involuntary Treatment in America

Author: Editorial 15th December 2022 0 Comments

This article by Leah Harris has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “On November 29, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his administration’s 11-point legislative agenda , which seeks to enforce an expanded interpretation of the state’s existing mental hygiene laws…
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Alberta Lessard, coercive psychiatry, Eric Adams, homelessness, Leah Harris, Lisa Ortega, Mad in America, USA

Stop caging people with autism and learning disabilities, says Robert Buckland

Author: Editorial 14th November 2022 0 Comments

This report (from January 2022) – by Shelley Phelps and Kate Whannel – comes from the BBC. It begins: “Ex-Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland is calling for changes to mental health laws to stop people with autism or learning disabilities being…
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autism, BBC, coercive psychiatry, Kate Whannel, learning disabilities, mental health hospitals, psychiatry, Robert Buckland, Shelley Phelps

England’s mental health care lacks money, yes – but it also lacks compassion

Author: Editorial 11th November 2022 0 Comments

“A series of scandals should focus minds on the punitive conditions far too many patients are confined in” This article by Jay Watts has been published in The Guardian. It begins: “We have made great progress in England when it comes to…
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coercive psychiatry, compassion, Jay Watts, Open Dialogue, phsyical restraint, The Guardian

‘Toxic culture’ of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming

Author: Editorial 29th September 2022 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC’s Panorama team and Joseph Lee. It begins: “Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks – patients were put at risk due to a ‘toxic culture’ at one of the UK’s biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama…
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Alan Haslam, BBC, BBC Panorama, coercive psychiatry, Edenfield Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Joseph Lee, mental health nurses

Inside Britain’s psychiatric nightmare

Author: Editorial 31st August 2022 0 Comments

This article by Ian Birrell has been published on the UnHerd website. It begins: “There were still grim Victorian-era asylums dotted around Britain when Penelope Campling started out as a young psychiatrist almost 40 years ago. She began her career in…
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coercive psychiatry, Don’t Turn Away, Ian Birrell, Penelope Campling, psychiatry, UnHerd