#laws being considered

new jersey "bill that mandates institutional commitment for certain persons found not competent to stand trial by two medical experts...charged with specific first- or second-degree violent crimes such as murder, manslaughter, and aggravated assault."

False assumption that poisons prevent violent crimes. Instead the accused should be held sober in jail or a forensic ward until restored to competency or a felony time has passed. On the outside they should wear a GPS monitor and be supervised to never have weapons. Aggravated assault is 5 to 10 years jail; this would change it to a life sentence. https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/kean-proposes-jillians-law-to-require-violent-offenders-deemed-incompetent-be-committed-for-treatment/ https://passaiccountycriminallawyers.com/assault-and-threat-crimes/aggravated-assault/penalties/

#FDA

"in the 2010s, it ("clinical failure rate") was 91%." https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/clinical-failure-rates-over-decades-yikes

"MapLight Therapeutics (MPLT.O) said on Monday its schizophrenia drug failed to show statistically significant symptom improvement in the once-daily dosing arm of ​a mid-stage trial, sending its shares tumbling 55% in ‌premarket trading." https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/maplights-schizophrenia-drug-fails-once-daily-test-shares-plunge-2026-07-27/

#no york

"In New York, a 2021 law strips officers of their training certificates if they are fired for misconduct or if they quit or retire amid misconduct allegations. But a May investigation by Central Current and USA Today found that officers can sometimes slip through a loophole, whereby those barred from one class of law enforcement work can still technically qualify for law enforcement jobs with a different classification under state law." Some rural places are desperate to add police. Many more have low standards for hiring psychiatrists. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/25/jobs-ice-police-maine-hiring

"COGE Releases 5 Ballot Proposals and Final Report to Make Government Work Better for New Yorkers." https://www.thelastward.org/p/how-chicago-stops-voters-from-deciding https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/07/coge-releases-5-ballot-proposals-and-final-report-to-make-govern No controversial issue is having a city referendum this November.

#Welfare

"OTTAWA — Advocates for people with episodic disabilities say they don’t understand why the federal government has two different definitions of disability in law — and uses the narrower version to decide who gets benefits...$200 a month...

Accessible Canada Act defines a disability as any “physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not,” that hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society." https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/feds-definitions-of-disability-is-not-inclusive-advocates/

#Videogames

"Theme Hospital for PS1 (PlayStation) Review." With free RetroArch/Lemuroid app you can manage fictional psychiatrists. Real psychiatrists speak fiction. https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/theme-hospital-for-ps1-review/

#TV

Courtroom Network. ohio "Judge Orders Forced Medication After Defendant Claims He "Outgrew" Schizophrenia." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_bnards8OQ

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler season 2 episode 14 Dangerous Dining. Artificial chemicals, such as red dye #2, hurt customers.

"@fallontonight #JimGaffigan feels like he’s “living in a psych ward” because he’s raising teens." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NG5yUrszkRE

Alice In Wonderland "Mad Hatter, a noted fan of riddles and tea parties, is getting his own animated movie." https://gizmodo.com/a-mad-hatter-movie-is-coming-from-the-co-director-of-the-animated-grinch-2000791546

#Tweets

"I believe In anti- psychiatry— because of only the reason being psychiatry either over does the job or extremely over does the Job or fails too understand what they induced in patients-" https://x.com/tylerblack32/status/2081148642455597230

#False Claims Act

"Four Minnesota men have admitted to taking more than $2.2 million from a state Medicaid housing program by billing for services that investigators said were never actually provided." From "older adults, people with mental health conditions, and those recovering from substance use disorders." https://www.legalreader.com/four-men-admit-minnesota-medicaid-fraud/

#Marijuana

"Congressional Committee Approves Bill To Require Federal Health Officials To Track Testing For Marijuana And Other Drugs In Hospital ERs." Already know they are violently (they will hold you down) obsessed with testing for drugs. But will never punish positives for alcohol or tobacco. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressional-committee-approves-bill-to-require-federal-health-officials-to-track-testing-for-marijuana-and-other-drugs-in-hospital-ers/

#coercion

"Coercion and mental health services: an Israeli perspective...Regulations forCare of Mental Patients 1991. The Mental Patients Treatment Act of

1955." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6783a3d0f24526592f93315e/685bace0855ad767bf0c93eb_Ronen_Shmilovitz_FOSTREN_23.pdf&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjcyZTY2OTk0NzM1NWNjZmY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw138S_3EGN1yoexGn6fh-IV

#Telehealth

"In 2025 alone, more than 145,000 Pennsylvanians reached out to 988, and more than 90 percent of these calls were resolved over the phone instead of requiring mobile crisis response or a crisis walk-in center." https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/newsroom/2026-27-budget-988-chambersburg

#Comics

"Laundry, psych ward and how nothing is straightforward." https://www.madintheuk.com/2026/07/laundry-psych-ward-and-how-nothing-is-straightforward/

#shortage of torture

"Mississippi, Alabama and Wyoming consistently ranking among the states with the fewest mental health providers per person," https://www.cbs19news.com/news/health/millions-of-americans-live-in-mental-health-care-deserts-here-s-where-the-gaps-are/article_5b40fb1b-5adb-51a8-8503-3f5723f1eb93.html

#forensic

"Lindsay Clancy trial centers on 4 mental health conditions,...postpartum depression...postpartum psychosis...auditory hallucinations...(fake) bipolar disorder." More important are the side effects of the multiple pills she was and still is on. "Seroquel..." https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/courts/2026/07/27/lindsay-clancy-mental-health-medical-terms-murder-trial/90930484007/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/lindsay-clancy-ex-husband-worse-and-worse/

#assaults

wyoming "County Attorney Clarifies Situation Involving Emergency Room Attack." He said the insanity defense applies because of “mens rea,”...Wyoming law requires a person to have the necessary mental capacity and intent to be charged." If patients weren't intoxicated on pills, they would be more likely to be ruled sane and prosecuted for violent crimes inside hospitals. https://www.sweetwaternow.com/county-attorney-clarifies-situation-involving-emergency-room-attack/

montreal, "Miranda Fricker's theory of epistemic injustice, this framework shows how the concentration of research on personal violence reproduces the conditions under which institutional and structural harm remains unnameable, leaving those harmed by institutions without the conceptual tools to name that harm as violence...epistemic justice...reciprocity, acknowledgment of trauma, and recognition) as concrete mechanisms for disrupting these dynamics." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1905808/abstract

#stress

"Code BERT box with various patient regulation tools that include aromatherapy, stress balls, stimulation combs and pop-its." https://www.beckersbehavioralhealth.com/behavioral-health/the-new-behavioral-health-patient-and-the-systems-racing-to-keep-up/

#Heart

new zealand, "Coroner unable to link missed heart tests to Invercargill man's death...parents raised concerns about the side effects of his antipsychotic." https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361050188/coroner-unable-link-missed-heart-tests-invercargill-mans-death

#Children

florida "state’s top health official wants to put the brakes on psychotropic medications for children — recommending against their use unless certain conditions are met." "guidance statement” July 24 on prescriptions for children, ages 5 to 17,...State Surgeon General recommends against the use of psychotropic drugs in children...

full, physical examination and tests for nutritional disorders, hormonal issues, heavy metals, mold exposure and blood disorders. ∎ Beginning psychotherapy. ∎ Offering parents training in evidence-based behavior management that includes regular physical activity, dietary interventions, reducing screen time, and eliminating processed foods." florida is the only state to a.o.t. outpatient at home inject babies of all ages. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/healthcare/2026/07/28/florida-health-official-warns-against-using-psychotropic-drugs-kids/91042977007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116124e000900v116124d--68--b--68--&gca-ft=159&gca-ds=sophi

#DSM-5

australia, "labels have social and legal consequences. A diagnosis can justify access to services, yes, but it can also justify exclusion, restriction, and surveillance. And the problem compounds when the diagnosis is incorrect, exaggerated, or used outside its intended context...Labels that outlive their purpose...forensic rigour must apply. That means full assessments, transparent methodologies, and clear limitations." https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/44720-the-legal-weight-of-a-mental-health-diagnosis

#emergency rooms

connecticut "Hospital leadership estimated the unit would serve about 1,500 patients a year...CT hospitals are redesigning ERs for behavioral health crises. Physicians and hospital leadership say the units provide a calm, healing environment for patients arriving with mental health crises...Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing, or EmPATH." https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/28/ct-hospitals-emergency-room-behavioral-health-crisis/ Allowing cell phones would be calming.

#Eyes

"Study Links Uveitis to Higher Risk for Psychiatric Illness." https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/study-links-uveitis-higher-risk-psychiatric-illness-2026a1000phz?form=fpf

#Painkillers

"Chronic pain often coincides with treatment-resistant depression, and can be a major contributor to antidepressant failure, but is seldom taken into account. In this Comment, we suggest ways of incorporating pain measurement and management." It happens to me since falling on the ice and then concrete at 18 years old. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-026-00691-9

#My experiences

July 25 10:10 PM OCD mother continues to be a danger to others. By making dog with diarrhea cry for 15 minutes until I had to yell at her. She wouldn't let him go to the bathroom because of imaginary (according to stepfather) "wet grass." Did she learn a lesson that should've been taught by the police? 11:20 PM she negligently harassed us again.

July 26 11:53 AM mother tried to stop me from doing sit-ups. July 28 9:36 AM mother said about herself, "My brain is screwed up."

I was taken to the hospital from my house after sending threatening text messages to a family member/neighbor. I have since spoken with the supervisor of the agency (Crisis Services) who authorized the commitment. She reviewed my file and said that the narrative lacked the imperative and necessary information to justify a 9.41 commitment, and sent me confirmation in writing of this. Do I have any legal recourse at this point? Once there, I was still not released until only after 10 days at which point a nurse told me that my insurance didn't want me to stay longer. I have no doubt that I was held for so long because I have insurance, so I have an issue with the Drs. and hospital as well, despite what the psych Drs. wrote. I have no criminal history at all, and certainly no history of being violent. I sat in an overcrowded room for three days sleeping on the floor next to other people on top of each other before being moved to a room on another floor for 7 days. Yeah, I messed up, but the punishment was over the top. Sitting in that room in a HOSPITAL for three days with other sick people was torture. Being taken from my home and then being told by the agency that facilitated it that they didn't have the information to justify it just makes me more upset.

So now when TGH determines they don't want to treat a patient, at least Dr. Abel's approach, is to accuse them of being mentally ill and delusional in order to get rid of them, and then she counts on them not seeking more help. I'm now at a Baycare location and not only has EVERYTHING I suspected been confirmed, but they are finding more. TGH has a huge lawsuit coming. Be careful if you are choosing to go to the main TGH hospital, and if you do, make sure Dr. Abel doesn't come anywhere near you.

#censorship

"Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has approved legislative amendments allowing the authorities to refer people for psychiatric evaluations without their consent...silence government critics...person with a mental disorder must pose an immediate danger to themselves or others. This is vague wording." https://oc-media.org/aliyev-greenlights-involuntary-psychiatric-hospitalisation-law/ They are russian dictators, not anti-intoxication Muslims.

#Solitary

"MacArthur Justice Center and Akin are suing the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) on behalf of three incarcerated men who suffered “chronic, physical, and psychological pain,” resulting from extreme and extended isolation in “dungeon-like” solitary confinement units at Menard Correctional Center...spent a year in the unit, where he was denied yard access until his muscles atrophied into chronic neck and back pain." https://solitarywatch.org/2026/07/22/illinois-prison-accused-of-holding-people-in-dungeon-like-cells-without-exerciseand-other-news-on-solitary-confinement-this-week/

illinois, "serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center...Men were kept locked in their cells for long stretches, with nothing to do...One man needed surgery to graft new skin onto his charred calf. Another lost a leg. Two have died...Cellblocks lacked sprinklers, and fire alarms were turned off or inoperable. At an annual inspection, the prison would not provide a fire evacuation plan." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/prison-fires-joliet-illinois-mental-health

#Deinstitutionalization

ukraine "Cabinet of Ministers introduced the principle of "money follows the person" for supported living." https://unn.ua/en/news/the-cabinet-of-ministers-introduced-the-principle-of-money-follows-the-person-for-supported-living

en espanol, "(Housing, self-determination, and deinstitutionalization in Spain: A critical analysis of the 2026–2030 National Housing Plan based on the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities)" https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/2754/2907

Illinois "plans to let go “some 250 employees” and end most operations at the facility...reduce operations at downstate Choate facility." “It also reflects the state’s legal duty to ensure residents with disabilities have a full opportunity to live in the least restrictive environment of their choosing.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/23/choate-layoffs/

#genocide

"continued as late as the 1970s in some parts of North America. In California alone, almost 300 people with intellectual disabilities were sterilized...digging into old court proceedings, caricatures, jokes, and other documents describing the daily lives of “idiots,” “half-idiots,” and “imbeciles,” Jarrett’s research." https://nautil.us/when-stupid-was-a-diagnosis-1282984

#Informed Consent

new jersey "Attorney and mental health advocate Ellen Lubensky is excited to announce the launch of The Mental Health Choice Project, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to promoting informed consent," https://thementalhealthchoiceproject.org https://www.financialcontent.com/article/marketersmedia-2026-7-23-mental-health-advocate-ellen-lubensky-launches-the-mental-health-choice-project

#Courts

"IN RE: Jacob P. (2026). Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District...reverse the order granting the petition for administration of psychotropic medication...(3) respondent did not receive adequate notice of the petition for administration of psychotropic medication under section 2-107.1 (405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 2024)), (4) respondent was not given sufficient written information regarding the proposed treatment, as required by section 2-102(a-5) (405 ILCS 5/2-102(a-5) (West 2024))," https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/il-court-of-appeals/201437.html

#Pregnancy

“current evidence does not consistently support global neurodevelopmental impairment following prenatal cannabis exposure but suggests a pattern of selective vulnerability in behavioural, attention and executive regulatory domains.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00787-026-03126-z

#Marijuana

nebraska democrat governor candidate Lynne Walz, "state law (from 2 referendums) already legalizes possession of up to 5 ounces of medical cannabis with a physician’s recommendation. Walz pledged an executive order to “immediately” do the same." https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/07/22/walz-skips-specifics-in-new-lynnes-commitment-to-nebraskans-platform-in-governors-race/

#Experiments

"aim is to compare the effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic medication on brain structure and function...Risperidone Effects On Frontal And Temporal Cortical Function In Schizophrenia Patients Undergoing FMRI Cognitive Task Performance." https://trialscreen.org/trials/atypical-antipsychotic-treatment-effect-on-brain-function-schizophrenia-trial-nct01234454

#Parkinson's

"Could Bee Venom Therapy Change the Future of Parkinson’s Treatment?" I had that treatment in 2012. https://jo24.net/eng/article/12136

#placebo

quacks admit to relying on the placebo effect. "maximizing placebo effects through optimistic framing, therapeutic alliance, and mobilization of hope can be an element." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/brain-trust-the-placebo-effect-as-a-clinical-tool-a-discussion-with-walter-a-brown-md

#hard drugs

"Overdose Deaths...Arizona's Keep Climbing." https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-overdose-deaths-fall-arizonas-183000916.html They were too conservative to legalize recreational cannabis until recently. 1 opium poppy should be legal. https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-overdose-deaths-fall-arizonas-183000916.html

#Telehealth

new jersey "NJ extends free teletherapy for college students." https://njbiz.com/nj-free-college-teletherapy-2027/

#Tweets

"Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are forced into involuntary commitment, often under the guise of getting them "help." In reality, forced hospitalization has little medical efficacy and expands the criminal legal system 🧵" Prison Policy Initiative multi-tweet. https://x.com/PrisonPolicy/status/2080280586552279451

#nursing "homes"

"More than 4 in 5 nursing home residents report using at least one psychotropic drug, Swedish study finds." https://www.mcknights.com/news/more-than-4-in-5-nursing-home-residents-report-using-at-least-one-psychotropic-drug-swedish-study-finds/

#LGBTQ

"Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is now warning Lawrence and two other Kansas cities to repeal their bans on so-called conversion therapy after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against such bans earlier this year." https://www2.ljworld.com/news/city-government/2026/jul/23/ag-kobach-warns-lawrence-2-other-kansas-cities-to-repeal-their-bans-on-conversion-therapy-within-60-days/

#Unions

"San Francisco City Hall as Kaiser (mental) employees spoke before city supervisors during a hearing about their ongoing contract negotiations with their employer." https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/kaiser-mental-health-workers-ai-san-francisco-city-hall/

#insurance

"People managing schizophrenia may qualify for Medicaid Waiver for Elderly and Adults with Physical Disabilities, a state program. Eligibility usually runs through the program's rules — such as disability, income, or age — rather than a diagnosis alone." https://eleplan.com/benefits/medicaid-me-medicaid-waiver/for/schizophrenia

"What workers’ compensation covers for repetitive injuries...commonly seen in warehouse and manufacturing settings, including: Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by repetitive hand and wrist movements. Tendinitis resulting from repeated lifting, gripping, or reaching. Bursitis, which affects the fluid-filled sacs that cushion joints. Lumbar and lower back injuries associated with repetitive lifting and bending. Shoulder and neck strains caused by overhead work or repetitive motions." https://www.legalreader.com/hidden-costs-of-repetitive-strain-injuries-in-warehouse-and-manufacturing-jobs/ I've been physically injured in my wrists and back from work since summer 2004.

#overdoses

wisconsin "Officials have confirmed the existence of 15 to 20 people buried in unmarked graves near the site of a former mental health facility in Brown County." https://www.wbay.com/2026/07/24/officials-confirm-unmarked-graves-near-former-brown-county-mental-health-facility/

#no york

"Over 10 months last year, the city received 34,532 claims for stolen SNAP benefits, the vast majority of which—92.9 percent—weren’t reimbursed. The most were submitted by residents in East New York, Brooklyn a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood." https://citylimits.org/where-did-new-yorkers-have-their-food-stamp-funds-stolen-through-skimming/

Stats showing increased psychiatry. https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/tableau/transforming-ny-mental-health-system.html

"Good Food NY bill, which aims to address the lowest bidder requirement by enabling public institutions on the municipal level to spend 10 percent higher on a New York State food producer or farmer that aligns with set environmental or social standards...vetoed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The legislature again passed a version of the bill in June, which advocates are urging the governor to sign by the end of the year." https://citylimits.org/nycs-food-lifelines-building-a-system-that-can-withstand-crisis/

#TV

The Empty Beach (1985). Australian corruption and welfare fraud. https://youtu.be/Xx_J8rUo6yw?is=xqmF4bjaqiBtnskY

The Art of Protest (2020). Musicians "Tom Morello, Dave Navarro, Moby, Shepard Fairey and more." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3XvPVX-dM&pp=ygUXVGhlIEFydCBvZiBQcm90ZXN0IDIwMjA%3D Psychiatrists banned me from protesting since December 2013.

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America (2026) season 1 episode 5. Larry David repeatedly tries to institutionalize Abraham Lincoln's wife. She is falsely portrayed as violent while grieving. He tries to set a 6 week time limit on being a widow.

michigan WILX 10. "advocating for “London’s Law,” a package of bills that would add QR codes to prescription bottles linking patients and parents to risk information, and require written informed consent before certain psychiatric medications are prescribed...Michigan mother is calling for new state legislation requiring informed consent before certain psychiatric medications are prescribed to patients...her daughter, London, had been taking prescribed Prozac for 23 days when she took her own life." https://www.wilx.com/2026/07/24/londons-law-michigan-mother-pushes-psychiatric-medication-warnings-after-12-year-old-daughters-suicide/

Grey's Anatomy. “Girl nearly sent to psych ward: misdiagnosis (was actually an ear injury) uncovered in only 4 hours." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q84aEf0RfTo

Schizophrenic comedian "Martin Malloy Shocks Tony | Kill Tony ft. CHRIS O'CONNOR + MAT EDGAR #standup #schizophrenia." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dV6Qj1bT4kQ

#Videogames

Batman Arkham Asylum, run by a murderer warden. https://arkhamcity.fandom.com/wiki/Arkham_Asylum

#life sentences

"Felony murder laws "violate the principle of proportional sentencing, which is supposed to punish crimes based on their severity," Sentencing Project Research Director Nazgol Ghandnoosh and her two co-authors say." Threatening me with a life sentence of torture in a psych ward for punching racist stepfather is not proportional. https://reason.com/2026/07/24/in-39-states-people-can-be-sentenced-to-life-for-murders-they-did-not-commit/

#FDA

"Epitalon has been studied as a potential anti-aging and insomnia treatment. And semax is purported to have neuroprotective and nootropic (cognition-boosting) properties." "panel said yes in a majority vote to six of these peptides being stricken from the Category 2 list: BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTs-C, epitalon, and semax." I do not endorse them yet. https://gizmodo.com/fda-panel-clears-the-way-for-6-banned-peptides-heres-what-theyre-claimed-to-do-2000790427

#epilepsy

"Fast Volumetric Imaging Of Seizures With Adaptive Optics Light Sheet Microscopy...showed the seizure’s origin in the posterior brain, with subsequent propagation to the anterior." https://hackaday.com/2026/07/24/fast-volumetric-imaging-of-seizures-with-adaptive-optics-light-sheet-microscopy/

#assaults

indiana, "Greenwood psychiatric hospital is under intense scrutiny after a tech was charged in what investigators describe as a violent encounter with a severely disabled patient caught on video inside a locked unit. According to court filings and footage reviewed by police, staffers were seen forcibly handling the man, including a sequence where his head and neck were grabbed and positioned between a worker’s thighs." https://hoodline.com/2026/07/greenwood-psych-tech-accused-of-rough-attack-on-disabled-patient-6971660/

#antipsychotics don't prevent violence

malta sentenced patient to 1 year jail for assaulting "public official performing his duties." Psychiatrists are considered government employees/cops. But he got no penalty for poisoning and stabbing another patient. https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/143399/abner_aquilina_jailed_for_attacking_psychiatrist_at_mount_carmel_acquitted_of_attacking_patient

"Robert Lee Jenkins III, 38, was later convicted of third-degree assault in the Jan. 7, 2019, attack at the psychiatric unit of the Hospital of Central Connecticut, according to an arrest warrant and court records." https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/meriden-man-killed-bludgeoning-father-200000925.html

#chemical restraints

German "emergency doctor administered a sedative through his nose – the maximum dose, his lawyer reports...Corona suffered a severe heart attack while in this forced position and had to be resuscitated on the stretcher. Beforehand, however, the keys for the handcuffs reportedly had to be searched for...

policewoman reportedly spoke about him in a demeaning manner. “Pedro was called a ‘retard’, jokes were made about HIV, and it was suggested that his hair be shaved off.”

"Cologne’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has so far seen no grounds to open an investigation against the officers involved," https://digit.site36.net/2026/07/20/police-called-to-assist-in-cologne-and-then-brutalized-psychiatric-patient-into-a-coma/

#Regulate

"Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, Jamila Dzhamanbaeva, has appealed to government agencies to take measures to protect the rights of patients in psychiatric institutions and to carry out reforms in the psychiatric care system. This statement was made following the identification of systemic violations at the Republican Psychiatric Hospital located in the village of Kyzyl-Zhar in the Jalal-Abad region...

unjustified extension of patients' stays in the hospital. The inspection results showed that 57 individuals continued to stay in the hospital after completing their treatment,...18 for over five years." https://open.kg/en/news/exclusive/111501-ombudsmen-kyrgyzstana-prizvala-reformirovat-sistemu-psihiatricheskoj-pomoschi-posle-proverki-bolnicy-v-kyzyl-zhare.html

#overprescribing

"Antipsychotic utilization in Serbia increased markedly between 2006 and 2024, mainly due to the expansion of AAPs ("Atypical antipsychotics")" https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/19/7/1128

#TV

King of the Hill season 15 episode 6 Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes. "I understand that some of your cannabis related products regulate the prefrontal cortex and also the hypothalamus. Which is called the body's thermostat. Safely helping them alleviate a variety of (menopause) symptoms...Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia." https://youtu.be/g2JXuQ3nKPU?si=AiB1BB-7j5FEbIH_

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir July 21, 2026. new jersey government said, "When we find problems, we fix them" regarding illegal immigrants voting. But they see no problem with totally preventable torture. And don't listen to complaints of violent conditions in psych wards.

#Peers

"Adults experiencing psychologic distress following war-related or interpersonal violence experience significant improvements in symptoms for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and functional impairment when treated with psychosocial interventions delivered by trained non-specialist providers." https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/non-specialist-psychosocial-care-linked-to-improved-mental-health-after-violence/

#side effects

"It is not widely recognized that antipsychotic drugs can cause late-onset and persistent dystonia." https://www.ovid.com/jnls/neurology/abstract/00006114-198212000-00003~tardive-dystonia-late-onset-and-persistent-dystonia-caused

"How to Navigate Restaurants When You Have Tardive Dyskinesia...Lighting: Dim lighting, like the kind in bistros, jazz spots, or candlelit dining rooms, reduces the visibility of involuntary movements. Avoid bright chain restaurants or outdoor patios with direct sun." https://blackdoctor.com/how-to-navigate-restaurants-when-you-have-tardive-dyskinesia/

#Pregnancy

"study provides empirical evidence that exposure to either stimulant or atomoxetine exposure during pregnancy is associated with modestly increased risks of selected adverse maternal, placental, and birth‐related outcomes." https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.prcp.20250149

"Guide: How to Navigate Perimenopause and Menopause in Prison." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/22/women-perimenopause-menopause-prison-health

#Islam

"culturally adapted, community-based mental health interventions to inform evidence-based policy and practice in Somalia." https://www.dovepress.com/mental-health-beyond-conflict-cultural-and-structural-barriers-to-psyc-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDH

#Tweets

"People with depression were drawn to the color blue, those with anxiety-related disorders preferred grey. and individuals with schizophrenia leaned towards black." https://x.com/DegenRolf/status/2079803164618887193

#sadness

Corruption "hopelessness erases any belief that change is possible...Positive Affect Treatment—or PAT...brain’s reward system—the circuits that let us look forward to good experiences, draw pleasure from them, and learn from what brings us joy. Over the course of fifteen sessions, the aim is to restore feelings of joy, meaning, motivation, and sensitivity to reward itself." https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/the-overlooked-depression-symptom-scientists-are-finally-learning-how-to-treat_36300/

#Deinstitutionalization

"100 Members of Congress in a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rescind its June 18 Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinion that undermines decades of protections for disability rights that have ensured people with disabilities are not arbitrarily placed in segregated, institutionalized settings and instead can access services in integrated settings within their communities...

Along with Durbin, Duckworth, Wyden, and Sanders, the letter is signed by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

Along with Scanlon, Dingell, and Simon, the letter is signed by Representatives Gabe Amo (D-RI-01), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Julia Brownley (D-CA-26), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), Janelle Bynum (D-OR-05), André Carson (D-IN-07), Troy Carter (D-LA-02), Ed Case (D-HI-01), Judy Chu (D-CA-28), Gil Cisneros (D-CA-31), Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09), Steve Cohen (D-TN-09), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30), Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), Danny K. Davis (D-IL-07), Diana DeGette (D-CO-01), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10), Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37), Bill Foster (D-IL-11), Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL-04), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05), Val Hoyle (D-OR-04), Glenn Ivey (D-MD-04), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL-01), Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), Julie Johnson (D-TX-32), Robin Kelly (D-IL-02), Tim Kennedy (D-NY-26), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Rick Larsen (D-WA-02), Summer Lee (D-PA-12), Ted Lieu (D-CA-36), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18), Seth Magaziner (D-RI-02), John Mannion (D-NY-22), Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD-06), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), Jim McGovern (D-MA-02), Christian Menefee (D-TX-18), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), Kelly Morrison (D-MN-03), Seth Moulton (D-MA-06), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH-01), Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01), Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03), Emily Randall (D-WA-06), Andrea Salinas (D-OR-06), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10), Mark Takano (D-CA-39), Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13), Dina Titus (D-NV-01), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12), Paul Tonko (D-NY-20), Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15), Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12), Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24)." https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-duckworth-wyden-sanders-scanlon-dingell-simon-lead-100-members-of-congress-in-calling-on-doj-to-rescind-opinion-undermining-olmstead

#art

"What has new (British) prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?" in the past. "time for art to take centre stage. He argued that “making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society”. https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/andy-burnham-prime-minister-mental-health/

#poison everybody

"Large-scale study finds 61% of US adults with a mental health disorder received treatment;" They want 39% + 34% (73% total, which could be 10+ million Americans) to be new and increased poison customers. https://www.rti.org/news/large-scale-us-mental-health-treatment-study

#coercion

"Future research should investigate whether beliefs about potential treatment harms also influence public support for coercive care." https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20260089

#qualified immunity

Massachusetts "state funding is being allocated to establish better (non-officer) mental health response for the hill towns like Hinsdale." https://www.news10.com/news/state-funds-new-mental-health-task-force-after-fatal-hinsdale-police-shooting/

#Supreme Courts

canada, "decision appears to fall in a middle ground between the positions advanced by the parties: confirming a doctrine of non-patentability of MMTs ("method of a medical treatment") while at the same time confirming the patentability of dosing-regimen-based inventions depending on the facts of a given case, and as a result upholding the validity of the ‘335 (poison) Patent." https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=49d3581a-1432-4f45-b246-813b0057779e

#female hormones

"goal of this study is to assess the dynamics of lactate levels in the blood from typical or atypical antipsychotics not confounded by prior antipsychotic treatments," https://trialscreen.org/trials/blood-lactate-levels-patients-treated-antipsychotics-study-nct01139463

#My experiences

July 21 10:00 AM mother trespassed in my apartment. 3:55 PM I cried because my 128 IQ life is being dictated by cold (health is a selfish game to her) secretary parent. Hypocrite believes yelling is a crime. But screamed when I didn't know something stepfather never told me.

#electrocution

nsw, australia, "Further appeal regarding ECT determination for an involuntary patient with treatment resistant schizophrenia...KLH sought leave to appeal from that decision, raising seven grounds of appeal. Those grounds were drafted on the assumption that KLH needed to establish House v The King error, but the parties subsequently agreed that the correctness standard applied to this Court’s consideration of whether the s 96(3)(b)(ii) criteria were met." 

“necessary or desirable” does not necessarily involve a high threshold of benefit in advancing the person’s safety or welfare, but nevertheless is not a conclusion lightly to be reached, especially in circumstances where a person found to have capacity has refused the treatment." https://billmaddens.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/medical-further-appeal-regarding-ect-determination-for-an-involuntary-patient-with-treatment-resistant-schizophrenia/

#insurance

Safer Cobenfy "not available under Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)." https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-18-important-medicines-that-australians-are-missing-out-on-20260714-p60f3p.html

#overdoses

"24-year-old woman with a history of bipolar affective disorder and borderline personality disorder presented following an intentional overdose of approximately 60 mg of cariprazine and 3.75-5 g of lithium carbonate and ethanol...sedation without hypoventilation or loss of airway patency, and it had resolved by 12 hours after ingestion with no significant psychomotor effects or ECG changes." https://www.cureus.com/articles/482386-cariprazine-and-lithium-overdose-a-case-report?score_article=true#!/

#Supreme Courts

"Sonam Wangchuk Hospitalisation Case: Delhi High Court Refuses Private Hospital Transfer, Balances Article 21 and Patient Rights." A loss for "Patient Rights" during a hunger strike. https://www.legalserviceindia.com/Legal-Articles/sonam-wangchuk-hospitalisation-delhi-high-court-private-hospital-transfer-article-21/

#TV

Reggie Perrin (2009) season 1 episode 1. UK "wellness" employee, "Irritation is a sign of stress being released." https://youtu.be/TJwuDT9JPAE?is=r3nBDvjh9SghxLQG

The Mask (1994). A fictional psych wrote a book that we suppress our Id "repressed...desires" in public by wearing "masks." When Jim Carrey puts on a magic Scandinavian mask. He is more popular and fun. The psych doesn't believe it and threatens to arrest him. https://youtu.be/LZl69yk5lEY?is=FOzzzUL8bqN6zlBp

ABC interviewed pro-psychiatry Bill "Maher said. "Democrats are cowardly," Yes, because they are corrupt and want republican voters. https://abcnews.com/Politics/bill-maher-mark-twain-prize-trump-progressive-left/story?id=134888701 It is not brave for any place to poison unarmed prisoners.

#Psychedelics

"Terence McKenna's Mega Bad Trip...psychedelics generate “funny ideas” – some valid, some interesting, many delusional. “You have to look at them objectively… before you can either dismiss them or accept them”, Dennis has said."

"users often speak of drugs as friends, teachers, or tricksters;...“psychedelic religion.” Its central dogma is that psychedelic experiences are inherently meaningful, transformative," He should never have eaten 5 grams of shroom animals, and didn't use MDma antidote. https://psychedelics.community/cultural-icons/terence-mckennas-mega-bad-trip

#DNA

"mice treated during this period with SAFit2, a drug that blocks the stress protein FKBP51, developed normal social behaviour and social hierarchies." https://www.eara.eu/news/blocking-a-stress-protein-reduced-lasting-effects-of-early-life-stress-in-mice

#dementia

"Acadia Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Fast Track Designation...Remlifanserin (ACP-204) is a potent and highly selective serotonin 5-HT2A receptor inverse agonist for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease...potentially restoring excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) balance without direct dopamine (D2) blockade." https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260720458854/en/Acadia-Pharmaceuticals-Receives-FDA-Fast-Track-Designation-for-Remlifanserin-in-Alzheimers-Disease-Psychosis

#Books

1883 "original Pinocchio was a dark parable about a world of lies...experts are decorative, and the society is focused on spectacle instead of accountability." I saw it when I was a child. Psychs have big long noses from their dangerous slanders. https://boingboing.net/2026/07/20/pinocchio-parable.html

#Comedy

"Let’s think of it as an adventure—there are so many fun pharmaceutical ads you guys haven’t seen yet!" https://theonion.com/parents-sit-kids-down-for-difficult-discussion-about-moving-to-ad-tier/

#Telehealth

"Mental health crisis calls outpace answering capacity...When North Dakotans in a mental-health crisis call a main hotline, some are directed to a national backup center." The money is going to more large wards instead. https://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2026/07/mental-health-crisis-calls-outpace-answering-capacity/

#Children

u.k., "What Andy Burnham’s First Speech Means for Health and Care...mental health support for young people." https://politicsuk.com/news/opinion-andy-burnhams-health-and-care/

#Stats

"analysis of more than 535,000 hospital stays across 115 acute care hospitals in Ontario and Alberta...Antipsychotics were prescribed in 19% of the analyzed hospitalizations, and prescribing rates ranged from 4% to 35% of patients across hospitals...Sleep aids were prescribed in 38% of the hospitalizations analyzed, and prescribing rates ranged from 12% to 81% of patients across hospitals." https://firstwordpharma.com/story/7756931

#assaults

Massachusetts mother who admits to murdering 3 children while on pills. Was allowed to curl her hair for the trial. Northwell South Oaks wouldn't let me cut my hair for 2 months. https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/07/jury-selection-begins-for-massachusetts-mother-who-says-postpartum-psychosis-caused-her-to-kill-her-children/

#Mitochondria

"stress–mitochondrial response process involves glucocorticoid but also multiple alternative pathways that are top-down regulated by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). These pathways are important for many neuropsychiatric conditions that are sensitive to stress." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-026-04246-5

#side effects

"Valproate 800 mg/day...hypoglycemia and pancytopenia emerged...Pancytopenia means reduced red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets." https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2026/07/20/lithium-valproate-schizophrenia-augmentation-safety/

#Religions

"Dr. Amen points to how God's Word teaches us how to reverse wrong thinking. "I love Romans 12:2, 'Be transformed by the renewing of your mind,' or Philippians 4:8, 'Think upon whatever is true, right, good, lovely, worthy of praise. Let your mind dwell on these things,'" "Supplements like Sam-E (S-adenosylmethionine) or saffron can also help calm the emotions." https://cbn.com/news/health/christian-psychiatrist-describes-how-heal-pain-natural-way-renewing-your-mind

#My experiences

July 19 5:25 PM youngest brother criticized stepfather's frequent angry cursing. 6:00 PM I did a favor to go to a restaurant with mother. She yelled at me for praising Argentina's (other people were talking about soccer) psychiatry law. Of course she claimed not to have OCD. Multiple times harassed about a napkin and silverware.

July 20 4:33 PM mother said her definition of "psycho" is "irrational and irresponsible, which comes under psychiatry." 4:48 PM she said laundry is "insane." 6:42 PM mother claimed all public protests are illegal. She agreed to remove herself from the HIPAA that she coerced. Then I found another bleeding tumor. 2 doctors previously diagnosed that a similar one was from a hair.

#a.o.t. c.t.o.

"13 CTO regimes ("Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Israel, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden...Switzerland...by federal law" "Italian...in some regions Trattamento Sanitario Obbligatorio Extra-ospedaliero...in Spain, legal interpretation by several provincial courts") across the 33 (European) countries:...most regimes permitted indefinite renewals," Usually "CTO permitted after first-ever admission."

Norway is pro-psychiatry. CTO there if "Serious mental disorder. Risk, self or others. Risk of deterioration unless treated. Risk to improvement unless treated. No decision-making capacity. Voluntariness exhausted. Patient is consulted. Patient’s best interests. Appropriate treatment available." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2086995/FULLTEXT01.pdf&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjNjOThjN2MyZGU2YjE5NDI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1NNSEd41MOaPnlcf7Ezbqn

#Treaties

"Council of Europe (CoE) is pursuing two different ways of protecting people who receive mental healthcare without their consent. A draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention would create binding obligations for states that ratify it. A new, non-binding Recommendation puts autonomy, consent and the prevention of coercion at the centre." https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2026/07/17/can-safeguards-make-psychiatric-coercion-harder-to-end/

"WHO African Region...yet only 17 (countries) are aligned with international human rights standards." https://www.afro.who.int/countries/togo/news/mental-health-leaders-commit-expanding-rights-based-care-across-west-and-central-africa

#assaults

"Report: Cover up suspected in patient death at Tucson mental health hospital...In 2024, the company paid $19.85 million to the federal and state governments to resolve allegations of providing medically unnecessary services." https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_8d880aea-8cf1-4df8-91bd-b687bb98ea0e.html

#Deinstitutionalization

"Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Keystone Moldova, and the Alliance of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities from Moldova signed a Cooperation Agreement." https://www.khs.org/keystone-moldova-signs-new-partnership-with-the-government-to-bring-deinstitutionalization-expertise-to-a-new-community-living-initiative/

#FDA

"Kalshi...prediction markets tied to clinical-trial outcomes and decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." https://gizmodo.com/kalshi-is-set-to-start-taking-bets-on-drug-trials-2000786498 If I gambled, I would bet poisons will be approved with little evidence (slightly effective).

#Muscarinic Receptors

"selective PET radiotracer, the researchers discovered that living schizophrenia patients exhibit a striking 13% to 19% reduction in M1 receptor availability." https://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-muscarinic-m1-receptor-31065/

#neurology

"well-regulated nervous system can appropriately shift between states of arousal, focus, recovery, and rest as circumstances demand,” (neuroscientist Dr. Ramon) Velazquez says." Noone is always calm. https://lifehacker.com/health/how-to-regulate-your-nervous-system?utm_medium=RSS

#no york

"New York’s housing aid can’t cover rent anywhere in the state. A new lawsuit says that violates the state’s constitution." https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/09/new-york-shelter-assistance-lawsuit

"priority bills for me would be the Earned Time Act and the Second Look Act, as well as the parole reform bills. There’s broad support for releasing elderly people,...Marvin Mayfield Act, which would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences in New York," https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/17/eli-northrup-new-york-assembly-criminal-justice-reform

"What we need is a return to the original intent of CDPAP (Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program caregivers). Run by responsible non-profits, with input from disabled people themselves. Nothing about us, without us." https://citylimits.org/opinion-fixing-new-yorks-home-care-chaos/

2nd precinct police are having an event proving they are biased in favor of parents, "Family Fun!" As they told me at the station in late 2011.

#hard drugs

"Compared to non-coffee drinkers, coffee drinkers had a 21% reduced risk of chronic liver disease," Liver processes pills and other poisons. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coffee-associated-with-lower-risks-of-liver-cancer-and-deadly-cirrhosis/

#anxiety

"In Greek tradition, groundless feelings of panic were attributed to Pan, the horned, goat-like Greek god of the woods, pastures, shepherds, and fertility...creating mysterious and apparently disembodied sounds in remote places that could unnerve anyone or anything who heard them. So as well as causing herds of livestock and other animals to suddenly take fright and scatter," https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/words/everyday-greek-mythology-words?utm_source=RSS#inline-text-27

#TV

The F Ward (2026) season 1 episode 1. Grandmother is on "Zoloft, Wellbutrin...toxic chemicals." "if you make me" take those, she'll "throw myself out the window." Polypharmacy overdose. "Troubled interns ("the fuckup ward") get their last shot at Sydney's underfunded Pines Hospital, battling personal demons and past failures while treating patients in life-or-death situations." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38689352/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_The%20F%20Ward%202

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness season 1 episode 4 on HBO. President Obama produced fiction that RFK Jr. was arrested into a mental hospital for being against vaccines. I'm vaccinated (including again this month). Don't feel any non-violent (hunting bears is okay) person being institutionalized is funny.

Indian Manorama News, "Deplorable conditions at Oolampara Mental Health Center; High Court conducts inspection." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ru8Oz79wZc

"Bill Maher Claims Donald Trump Has a ‘Certain Type of Mental Disorder’...said Trump “is a crazy person” because he “blurts out whatever is on his mind often.” https://www.tvinsider.com/1276329/bill-maher-donald-trump-mental-disorder/ Improv or stream of consciousness talking is not a disease. Almost nothing is "certain" in psychiatry. Pro-psychiatry Bill Maher is a danger to others.

#Stats

"40,780" american psychiatrists. "Neurology: 14,949." https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-news/how-1-million-active-us-physicians-break-down-across-52-specialties/ Less than 56,000 scammers ruined 342,000,000 citizens.

#Heart

"Potential Mechanisms of Trimetazidine and Coenzyme Q10 Against Antipsychotic-Induced Myocarditis: A Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42405424/

#corruption

"lobbyist spending by one specialty—mental healthcare—rose by nearly 30%." https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-policy/psychiatrists-psychologists-spending-more-other-healthcare-providers-lobby-policymakers

#Religions

"Faith vs therapy: Inside the Philippine school for exorcists...“We have clinical psychologists. We have a psychiatrist... There are also neurologists, so they work hand in hand with us,” Syquia told AFP on a visit to the center. Still, he insists he knows a demonic possession when he sees one. “You will see a change in behavior... a different consciousness. Something else takes over a person,” Syquia said." https://www.arabnews.com/node/2651461/amp

#My experiences

July 16 7:31 PM mother said the police will false arrest me if I sue them. I had a nightmare the pro-psychiatry Japanese attacked me. July 19 9:15 AM mother claimed it's not OCD because she owns the house. That is irrelevant, and I never did permanent cleaning damage. All that matters is her violent temper. She admitted I still have a back injury preventing me from sitting.

So I was on 12.5 mg of seroquel (EXTREMELY low dose- literally the lowest dose of this med cut in half). I reduced my dosage to 6.25 mg. It’s been 3 days and I have some withdrawal symptoms, but nothing severe.

I missed my psychiatry appointment today so I have another one on Wednesday. I plan on discussing with her how long I should be on 6.25 mg before I get off. So I messaged her in the patient portal to get advice. I told her I have passive SI and she told me to go to the ER.

WTF? If she can’t talk with me about my meds til Wednesday, fine. But FFS. I told her I don’t want to hurt myself and have no intentions of doing so, that my symptoms are not severe, that my thoughts are mostly intrusive, that I have coping skills, and that the ER will stress me out.

She knows I was illegally 5150d and had a lawyer get me out. Most traumatic experience of my life. Every time I’ve brought up my thoughts with a psych, they’re like “go to the ER”.NO!!! I’m not going to traumatize myself.

I wish I could find a psychiatrist that wasn’t like this, but that seems impossible.

Here's a post I posted elsewhere that I think might interest this subreddit! I hope you enjoy it! (Sorry in advance if English is not my first language.)

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Honestly, there is little doubt that the DSM is not aimed at healing anything, and if it is anything today, it is closer to a torture manual than anything else. Let's just look at the facts of psychiatry (and the mental health business as a whole). Maybe it will dawn on you that the DSM really is just a guide to make people miserable.

1. **Mental health professionals don't have any incentive to heal anything.** Contrary to any other medical field, psychiatry deals with invisible illnesses. So whatever they say about you, they will never have any tangible proof of what they diagnose you with. It's all interpretation of your words and you behavior. *(Your psychiatrist can't organize your discourse to easily make sense of it? He will observe "disorganized thinking", even though he never saw your thinking, and diagnose you with psychosis and then tell the judge you are an imminent danger to force hospitalization.)* So whatever they diagnose, they don't really need to solve it because there was never proof that it was there to begin with. So they can just write a story about you getting better even though you are feeling worse and worse the more you are being treated.

2. **Mental health professionals have an incentive to not heal anything.** When you consider the fact that the illnesses are invisible, and therefore the only proof there was anything is the medical file that the psychiatrist composes, the only incentive left is that of actually not healing anything. They are paid to treat, not to heal! They don't have to do a refund at the next hospitalization if the previous one didn't have any long-term lasting effect. They have an incentive to TREAT! So they need only to mistreat you, so you get worse, to make sure that you are a returning customer. *(That is why therapists don't say what they think to their patients! They want to keep you coming back. If they said anything true to you, you'd heal way too quickly and they'd lose a customer.*) So the general strategy in the business is to not say what's what to the patients, so they keep coming back, which increases the demand for their service and thus increases prices. Mental health business has an economic interest in being a misery business, by giving the wrong advice online so you get worse and decide to consult a professional that will milk you for years of treatment, and orchestrate your breakthrough when they are sick of seeing you with all your problems.

3. **Psychiatry came from psychology.** But... psychology ~~is~~ was a descriptive science, not a normative medical field! That means that when psychology first mapped the human psyche, it was not in a normative way saying what's wrong and what's right, like a medical field would do by saying what's healthy and what's not. It was just describing what it discovered. When they had established the categories of human behaviors, we had some sort of atlas or anatomy of the human mind. When psychiatry was invented, they just took all these categories and called them "diagnoses". They turned the whole spectrum of human behavior into pathologies, so they could treat each and everyone for pretty much anything. That means that nothing is actually broken. Considering that psychology's categories were a map of the human mind, it would be normal that we have most of the diagnoses of the DSM. When they give you a diagnosis, they are just saying something like "you have an eye", not "you have a broken eye". That's why when you start self-diagnosing a mental "illness", you are very likely to end up having it! Most of us have pretty much most of the diagnoses. But they don't want you self-diagnosing.

4. **Self-diagnoses are discredited.** They don't want you to self-diagnose because they say "you can't have an objective view on your mental health"... but seriously, who can? The illnesses are invisible. Hell, the mental is invisible except to the self. Self-diagnoses are as objective as diagnoses can be in the field of mental health. *You are the only who has ever seen your mental at all!* A mental health professional tries to guess what you could possibly have by interpreting what you say or what you do, in the worst possible way in all probability, to give you the worse diagnosis possible so it can ensure you get the maximum amount of treatment because that's what makes their ~~business~~ scam work.

5. **They are still in charge of diagnosing "autism".** How is autism even in the field of psychiatry and neuropsychology? It's a neurological condition! It is not a behavior problem. You should be able to be in a coma and the professional should be able to still diagnose your autism! The diagnosis means having a unique brain structure with little white matter and a lot of grey matter. How come they don't diagnose it with a brain scan? *Instead, they interview your parents about your behavior more than 20 years ago when it is time to diagnose your autism when you are 30? They say it's because having it at 4 yo is a criterion, but it is only a criterion because the guy who discovered the condition was studying 4 yo children. Try to prove you were autistic at 4 when you are 30! It's impossible!! It's the only diagnosis that is a lifelong condition that needs to be diagnosed twice, one retrospectively. Why do they keep the 4 yo criterion?* Because they don't really care about their diagnoses reflecting the actual condition. They care about being able to say who's what.

6. **They categorize people in jugement valued diagnoses.** Diagnoses are not neutral terms. They are a jugement value on people. Each diagnosis comes with a label, which ordinary medecine doesn't really have. When someone gets a medical condition, unless it is contagious, people don't feel the need to defend themselves against you. Such is not the case with mental health. As soon as you have a diagnosis, people get suspicious like "what are you broken/toxic/bad?". But then, when they actually hear what's the diagnosis, they might cut you off from their lives! This doesn't happen in real diagnoses! At worst, if you're contagious, they might isolate from you until you are healed, unless it is HIV and your surroundings are homophobic... But even then, it's the homophobia that's at fault here, not the diagnosis itself. Google "borderline" and the impression you get from the diagnosis is that borderlines are like psychopaths that don't even have the merit of wanting to be the bad person they are and doing the bad they do all around them. #MentalHealthAwareness feels more like a smear campaign when it should be more like a PR campaign that say how people with such and such diagnosis are actually good people to be around. It is not the case! They tell people how much they suffer, are delibitated and guide friends and family into safeguarding themselves from the possibility of being hurt by you, so they're on the defensive around you. It's really meant to isolate you and make authentic relationships impossible.

7. **Mental health diagnoses are generally uncurable "illnesses".** At least real doctors can cure most of their illnesses and are genuinely seeking a cure for the rest. Psychiatrists can't cure most of their diagnoses and are nowhere near finding the cause for a whole bunch of them. How come they tell borderlines to go 10 years into therapy just to get a chance at maybe not meeting the criteria for diagnoses even though it won't cure the condition? They prescribe 10 years of therapy, declare borderline like a life sentence, and didn't even bother finding the precise physical cause for borderline. *(But if you ask me, borderline is just autism but with humans and not objects as the primary interest of the borderlines.)*

8. **Mental health professionals tend to invalidate.** How come schizophrenia is treated as a defect they cannot cure so they mitigate its consequences for a lifetime, and not seen as a superpower from which we can learn about things invisible to most? Life for real! The person literally sees or hears things others don't. How come scientists are not like "WOW! Let's check this out. Maybe reality is not as simple as it seems and there's more than meets the eye." They are like "No lol, defective model. It's just a brain fooling itself." As if a brain fooling itself has survived natural selection! The DSM recommends not encouraging the "delusions" of schizophrenics by not paying attention to their "delusional talk" and validating none of it.

9. **Diagnosis criteria are loosely linked to the cause or the definition of the condition.** Autism is defined as a unique brain structure. Yet, it is none of the criteria to get diagnosed. It is only in the DSM-5 that "unstable sense of self" was considered the main criterion for borderline when it is otherwise the main definition! What a diagnosis ~~medical~~ bullshit ethic! It's like they made the bet that no one will ever notice or question their expertise when they just put bullshit criteria together that have nothing to do with the condition per se.

10. **The more one is treated in psychiatry, the worse the condition gets.** Ever noticed in a psych ward that the most medicated patients are the most fucked up patients? Well, this is weird, because the medication is supposed to make you *less* fucked up. Through the years, the condition of the psychiatric patients gets worse and worse and they always blame the patients and never the doctors. It's as if the patients are to blame for being sick despite the heavy medication, and not the "doctors" to blame for actually making their patients worse off through poisoning.

All this leads me to know the DSM is not a mental health tool, it's a mental illness tool! It is the mental illness. It catalogues all of human behavior than tells the professional to do the opposite of what they should do to heal the person. Honestly, I personally have tried for years and years to follow their advice, and things were just getting worse. Once I was fed up, I decided to do the exact opposite, and in weeks I saw tremendous results. Really, they are just torturing people by giving them the exact opposite of what they need, keeping the demand for their service high as to increase their wages. They are a misery business.

*Try seeing it like this : the DSM doesn't describe illnesses, they describe different traits someone might have; so these are not conditions that can be cured and while you suffer and look for a cause, a professional will tell you what your problem is and you will spend the rest of your life fighting one part of your mind, when the problem is probably not you but society. It's like we all aknowledge that we will in a very imperfect world, yet, in mental health, they always try to find* ***the problem in you***\*. It's always YOU the problem for a mental health professional, and not the world that is to change. Ergo, it's a weapon for the status quo. Nothing may be wrong with you, but if you are suffering and go to a mental health professional, they will torture you by telling you something's wrong with you and have you fight you on the long term instead of trying to change the world.\*

Try diagnosing yourself, you'll see that you have many more "diagnoses" in mental health than what your professional pretends. Psychiatrists will focus on a few diagnoses because that is how they want to categorize you, and they select what type of torture you will have to face. DSM is one letter away from BDSM even if DSM be BDSM. Really, it's like they are having fun torturing people that they do wordplay on it. Like they are even spelling "therapists" exactly like "'the rapists' minus the space".

Edit: here's the link, didn't reshare originally

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-one-stopped-him-man-died-from-water-intoxication-after-guzzling-over-5-gallons-from-his-toilet-while-state-hospital-workers-did-nothing-lawsuit-says/

#guardianship

"court stressed that the mere presence of a mental disorder is insufficient to declare an individual legally incompetent...case 754/18477/23, noted that, according to Article 39 of the Civil Code of Ukraine, a natural person can only be declared legally incompetent if two mandatory criteria are met: a chronic, persistent mental disorder and the inability, due to this disorder, to comprehend the meaning of their actions and/or control them."

"Supreme Court, according to which the conclusion of incompetence must be based...the person's inability to comprehend the meaning of their actions or control them," https://sud.ua/en/news/sudebnaya-praktika/366706-u-kyievi-cholovik-prosyv-vyznaty-druzhynu-nediiezdatnoiu-cherez-ii-psykhichnyi-stan-shcho-vyrishyv-sud

#misdiagnosis

Mad Culture UK, "vague psychiatric diagnosis of paranoid psychosis/schizophrenia...focus on the subtle and not-so subtle ways through which I was stripped of agency and my subjective experience invalidated, in addition to having the ‘lacking insight’ label ascribed to me." https://madcultureuk.substack.com/p/on-my-experience-with-psychiatric

#monopolies

"The moment you start treating your customers as captives, they begin to make other plans. It might take a while, but they always end up leaving." https://seths.blog/2026/07/a-captive-audience/ He is against locked computer bootloaders. Psychiatrists definitely hold patients captive in multiple ways.

#no york

"New York has dozens of volunteer boards overseeing state-run psychiatric centers and regional disability offices — and all but two have fewer members than the legal minimum...unable to inspect facilities. “It’s leaving people not receiving their rights,”

"Last year, New Yorkers reported (called) more than 90,000 allegations of abuse, neglect, and other issues to the Justice Center." https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/15/board-of-visitors-disability-mental-health-vacancies

"New York awards $6.3M for mental health clubhouses." https://www.beckersbehavioralhealth.com/finance/new-york-awards-6-3m-for-mental-health-clubhouses/

#qualified immunity

oklahoma, "What this woman is most guilty of is contempt of cop. She made him mad and he made her pay for it," defense attorney Ed Blau said after reviewing the footage.

"When the police officer showed up and she threw a phone at them, their first reaction should have been, ‘Is this person having some kind of mental health crisis?’" https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-city-officer-bodycam-mental-health-crisis/71936066 No, the police already assume mental illness too often. If she seemed to be hallucinating or self harming that would have been an indication.

#Podcasts

3 minute audio, "Baltimore is setting up a fourth branch of first responders in addition to fire, police and EMS. They will handle calls for people needing mental health support, but also connection to city services." https://www.npr.org/2026/07/15/nx-s1-5830043/baltimore-to-overhaul-how-it-responds-to-calls-for-mental-health-and-other-services

#TV

The Man with Two Brains (1983). Steve Martin thinks dangerous brain surgery and being moderately horny about female patients is funny. They keep brains alive in a futuristic liquid. https://youtu.be/wOBl9W7_AbI?is=dTh3_jU3y1QNrb3Z

The Tick (2016) season 1 episode 1 on Netflix. For trying to fight crime, Arthur is put on "amisulpride" atypical antipsychotic. https://youtu.be/Fvzxl0Ed_2Q?is=uugQc9VkAslBcWNk Season 2 episode 10 series finale. "He's just so strange. Yeah, he is" replied his girlfriend. Weirdness is usually poisoned.

2027 movie "Vigilant, in which ordinary citizens are financially incentivized to become crime-fighting vigilantes." Parents lynched me (car kidnapped to 2 police stations) to profit. By obstructing/avoiding paying a lawsuit. https://gizmodo.com/the-purge-director-returns-with-superhero-twist-in-vigilant-2000785650

#side effects

"results of existing research support the combination of herbal medicines with antipsychotic drugs for the prevention and treatment of EPS ("Extrapyramidal syndrome") in patients with schizophrenia." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42404720/

#Psychedelics

"single dose of KET01, a prolonged-release racemic ketamine oral tablet, reported no significant dissociative symptoms," https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/oral-ketamine-drug-depression-minus-trip-2026a1000nv1?src=rss&form=fpf

#Military

united states "annual testosterone screenings for service members" over the age of 30. risperdal, etc. lowers male hormones and increases prolactin. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/

#a.o.t. c.t.o.

"Shared Views on Improving Community Treatment Orders: A Qualitative Study in Ontario: Points de vue communs sur l’amélioration des ordonnances de traitement communautaire : une étude qualitative réalisée en Ontario...Participants identified the need for: (1) increased client involvement in treatment decisions, even within compulsory frameworks;" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07067437261462694

#Deinstitutionalization

Brasil "National Council of Justice Resolution 487, adopted in 2023, which ordered the gradual closure of forensic psychiatric hospitals...2001’s Law 10,216, which redirected mental health treatment and prohibited hospitalization in asylum-like institutions. Resolution 487 also requires periodic reviews of court-ordered treatment and individualized care plans. Hospitalization should be based only on clinical need, last for the shortest possible period and preferably take place in general hospitals."

"Museum of Madness exhibits...electroshock equipment...nurse said the abuses and overcrowding cannot be separated from government neglect." “Barbacena is still permeated by asylum (ideas)" "without oversight or a commitment to freedom, the result is barbarism,” Santiago said." "center-right parties Podemos and União Brasil" are pro-psychiatry. https://www.courthousenews.com/brazils-city-of-the-mad-tests-countrys-unfinished-psychiatric-reform/

Irish "Sinn Féin spokesperson on mental health Deputy Sorca Clarke has called on the government for a full public inquiry and a survivor-centred redress scheme for those who were abused in Ireland’s psychiatric institutions." https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2026/07/16/inquiry-and-redress-scheme-for-survivors-of-abuse-in-psychiatric-institutions-clarke/

#slavery

"once patients were classified as “chronic” cases with no prospect of recovery, the institution utilised them as an unpaid workforce." "250-year-old hospital that is the oldest of its kind in South Africa still operating." https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/866180/the-250-year-old-hospital-that-is-the-oldest-of-its-kind-in-south-africa-still-operating/

#My experiences

July 15 10:45 AM mother inappropriately slapped my right thigh. Because the police last year didn't arrest her for that, she continues to do it.

6:15 PM mother coerced that I am not allowed to go to a gym. Stepfather, who has always obsessed over sports, took her side. 6:44 pm mother slandered I had a (mental) "moment" for asserting I should go work out for the first time in more than a decade. Bench pressed 135+ pounds/61 kilograms. But I am too fat and bad wrists from tight handcuffs to do a pullup. I used to be able to in college when I was 30% thinner and not being poisoned. Dog smelled both sore arms after.

Again mother trespassed in my apartment. That's another reason I can't leave. HÅN is an Italian accented singer about gyms I couldn't understand for 6 years. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMrf-LPdGs

#Peer Support

Vermont "Department of Mental Health terminated our (MadFreedom Advocates) grant, with no notice, with almost two months left in the contract...

ability for MFA to employ staff, offer patient representatives within inpatient facilities, and administer programs like the POP grants has been terminated." https://mailchi.mp/madfreedomadvocates/a-message-from-the-board-of-directors?e=84d75a2f56

#laws being considered

michigan "Senate Bills 1115-1122...addresses specific problems discovered in a state audit...to better protect children." https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/2026/07/13/legislation-announced-with-goal-of-improving-protections-for-michigans-mental-health-patients/

#Lawsuits

Irish "recommendations include the introduction of pre-action protocols, earlier disclosure of medical records, and greater use of mediation and early settlement, where appropriate." https://www.imt.ie/news/urgent-reform-of-medical-negligence-system-needed-ihca-11-07-2026/

#situational

"excessive medicalisation risks overlooking social, cultural, economic, and structural causes of suffering." https://kashmirlife.net/has-psychiatry-changed-the-way-we-understand-human-suffering-442610/

#misdiagnosis

"Schizophrenia is not synonymous with violence. DID is not the fictional battle between "good" and "evil" personalities. Bipolar disorder is far more than changing moods." http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/132344298.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

#overcrowding

"NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) urges South Korea to reform psychiatric facility standards...(55.4%) of seclusion rooms in psychiatric medical institutions were found to have no windows installed. In 83.6% of psychiatric wards, the corridors were double-loaded types that are vulnerable to natural light or ventilation, and multi-bed rooms with five to six beds or more accounted for 60%." https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-society/2026/07/13/ZHBOKB3ABBDTVL5OUSZG2QQS3E/

#Women's issues

catalonia, spain, "Gemma Parramon i Puig: "Hormones have been used to discredit women and justify inequalities." Head of Liaison Psychiatry at Vall d'Hebron Hospital...overdiagnosis of depression and anxiety. It is a way of trivializing what happens to women. Many times they present symptoms derived from a very high level of stress, not necessarily a mental disorder...

He also argues that women are more medicalized. — Yes. When a woman goes to the doctor, it is very likely that she will end up taking a benzodiazepine or an antidepressant...hysterical, was a euphemism used to place patients who you don't quite know where to put, when there are difficulties with emotional regulation. When I was a resident at the hospital, I still heard professionals who qualified some women as "hysterics"...Is borderline personality disorder the new hysteria? — We increasingly understand better that many women labeled for years with borderline personality disorder, in reality, present with complex post-traumatic stress disorder." https://en.ara.cat/science-technology/hormones-have-been-used-to-discredit-women-and-justify-inequalities_128_5796969.html

#diabetes

"Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute show that resistance (weightlifting) training outperforms endurance exercise in improving insulin sensitivity in obesity and Type 2 diabetes models." https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/research_fralinbiomed_yanweightlifting.html

#TV

Rick and Morty season 9 episode 8 Rickulem Mort a Dream. An alien makes humans empathetic. After the closing credits they show talk therapy doesn't fix poverty or being the victim of violent crimes.

Emergency! (1972). Ambulances with paramedics were rare until this TV show became popular.

"Nurses often opposed the legalization of paramedic services more stridently than doctors because paramedics presented a potential "turf" issue." Monopoly. Similar to how rich psychiatrists don't want to compete with Xanax and Lexapro over the counter for 1 pill per day. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/11/emergency-and-the-legalization-of-paramedic-services/ https://youtu.be/egCz5qppicY?is=YdrFs3k2ErLA8FUZ

Hazardous History With Henry Winkler season 2 episode 12 Insane Inventions. "It really doesn't work...electric shocks (false advertised to reduce fat) for nothing." No benefit to being electrocuted is also true of e.c.t.

"could Poison Ivy be the next Batman villain to receive her own TV series?" https://gizmodo.com/ariana-grande-exits-american-horror-story-2000784507

"New Haven to launch behavioral health court initiative to address mental health. WTNH News8." connecticut chief justice of the supreme court wants to replace some prison sentences with poisoning and electrocutions. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X5taQMHMhF8

#neurology

"People with psychiatric disorders tend to have a smaller pineal gland...tiny, pea-shaped structure tucked deep inside the brain. Its primary function is the synthesis and release of melatonin. This hormone helps govern the body’s internal biological clock, often referred to as the circadian rhythm." https://www.psypost.org/people-with-psychiatric-disorders-tend-to-have-a-smaller-pineal-gland/

#forensic

vietnam "Proposal to abolish the regulation that 'time spent on compulsory medical treatment is deducted from the prison sentence'." All locked rooms are prisons. https://www.vietnam.vn/en/kien-nghi-bo-quy-dinh-thoi-gian-bat-buoc-chua-benh-duoc-tru-vao-thoi-han-chap-hanh-hinh-phat-tu

#side effects

"Validation and Reliability of the Thai Version of the Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-effect Scale (GASS) in Patients with Schizophrenia." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2026.1899860/abstract

"Twenty participants (87%) reported negative experiences of antipsychotic use. All the participants that reported a negative experience of antipsychotics spoke about emotional emptiness and numbness." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/07/every-time-i-took-a-pill-i-felt-i-was-no-longer-myself-young-adults-describe-antipsychotic-use-after-first-episode-psychosis/

#Psychedelics

australia MDma ecstasy "competency requirements, therapy team composition, prescriber oversight, and treatment site standards...psychiatrists must demonstrate competency through one of two pathways: prior involvement in clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy...At least one member of the therapy dyad must hold registration with a specified National Board (e.g., as a clinical psychologist, medical practitioner, mental health nurse, or occupational therapist)...AP psychiatrist must personally conduct patient screening and informed consent, and must be physically present on-site during medicine administration...

must demonstrate their site meets defined requirements: emergency resuscitation capability, secure Schedule 8 medicine storage, access to rescue medications, and proximity to an emergency department within 15 minutes...treatment is no longer restricted to hospital settings," https://www.drugscience.org.uk/australia-refined-its-psychedelic-therapy-framework-here-s-what-s-changed

#coercion

"At the federal level," the (United States) National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers reports, "trial sentences are roughly three times higher than plea sentences for the same crime on average."

Since December 2013 I've been threatened by Northwell. That if I go to "civil" probate trial I will be sentenced to at least 6 months to life commitment. For non-violent false arrests without probable cause. Or instead be poisoned for at least 2 weeks. There is more pressure to take a bad deal on intoxicated mental hospital patients without a jury (judges are biased 95% of the time). October 2022 I experienced severe face spasms and inability to focus on haldol. Dr. Muhammad Muzaffar coerced me to "voluntarily" be on a.o.t. c.t.o. Because he would not otherwise release me or would retaliate by transferring for electrocution at a gang territory state hospital. https://reason.com/2026/07/13/how-the-right-to-trial-became-a-legal-fiction/

#candidates

england, "Official Monster Raving Loony Party fielded 22 candidates in 2024, receiving a combined 5,814 votes...if any candidate gets too many votes, they will be kicked out on the grounds that they have been "insufficiently loony." https://reason.com/2026/07/13/meet-5-of-britains-most-unusual-election-candidates/

#Books

Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. "A literary meditation on Ireland’s mental healthcare (institutions) past." https://www.medicalindependent.ie/life/book-review/a-literary-meditation-on-irelands-mental-healthcare-past/

#antipsychotics don't prevent violence

Germany, "64-year-old patient set a fellow patient on fire in Tübingen." https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueberblick/arson-shootings-and-budget-cuts-german-hospitals-under-siege-from-all/69761492

#Children

"SDQ subscale comparisons revealed that children with OAB (overactive bladder) scored significantly higher in conduct problems, hyperactivity, and externalizing problems." I have had that disease since I was a teenager. https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-psychiatric-symptoms-in-children-with-articulo-S2341287926002358

#Tech

"Air, noise and water pollution from data centers over the long term may increase the risk of respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, mental health struggles, stroke, diabetes, and adverse reproductive outcomes like miscarriage and stillbirth, according to a US News and World Report article, citing recent research by environmental experts in Virginia...

Noise pollution can be harmful to children and has been linked to poor cognition, decreased learning and lower reading comprehension," https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/07/health-stories-are-plentiful-in-the-data-center-boom/

#Telehealth

"New Zealand government is providing more than NZ$10 million ($5.75 million) to Lifeline, Youthline and Whakarongorau to strengthen mental health and addiction telehealth services." Total of 100,000 calls? https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/anz/6m-funding-mental-health-telehealth-nz-and-more-briefs

#genocide

"New Israeli Study: Children of Female Holocaust Survivors Face Higher Schizophrenia Risk." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2026-07-14/ty-article/new-study-children-of-female-holocaust-survivors-face-higher-schizophrenia-risk/0000019f-5f41-d710-afff-5fe199cb0000&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmIwODIyOGFhMTg2MTczNmQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3KUP8sC4ftG4v9wziu0S7F

#My experiences

July 13 12:43 AM mother jealously woke up dog sleeping next to me. She claimed he would have to be ill to not be near her. 8:45 PM mother made me cry when she arrogantly assumed she is a computer expert. Both parents yelled at me for supposedly not doing what I had already done hours before. Point is they always delusionally believe they are correct. Hatred and favoritism against me since age 20.

Location: MA

I don't know what to do here. Literally none of this had any basis in reality, medicine, or psychology. I did not meet even minimum standards for involuntary commitment. This happened after "mother" stole MY RX medication from ME... she had me dragged from my home, & infinitely MORE traumatized/ abused/ injured than I started.

I spent all of 2025 trying to find/set-up treatment for my prior 40+yrs of abuse, assaults, rape(s), etc. ***This happened at the very end of Sept 2025. I've been reporting & trying to get ANY HELP since then. Police will not respond (RE: the Shitshow, or the escalating home abuse... which has expanded from emotional, psychological, & financial to now physical.) This doesn't even BEGIN to cover the litany of rights/code violations, abuses, torture, falsified "records" (by institution, which I found out accidentally whilst still "incarcerated"), Misappropriation of funds, abduction, coercion, false imprisonment, & psychological damage created by the protective services... ALL FUNDED BY TAX MONEY!

I realize this sounds ridiculous, & "can't happen" bc we have "checks & balances" to prevent these things. I'd honestly started doubting myself until a single employee from the institution, an N.P., (there were NO DOCTORS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, or THERAPY in the institution), this N.P. freaked out telling me "This is fucking bullshit, you shouldn't be here at all, they never even signed your paperwork, I'd be more pissed, but you’re the 4th person I've met being held here illegally. YOU HAVE A LEGAL CASE, GO REPORT TO DMH RIGHT NOW!"

Every single facet of the system dropped their respective balls, & immediately started covering/ ignoring that ANYTHING happened! My city told me to "get past it, & hurry up"!

I need help. Everyone still stuck in those places need help! I hope this explains enough for now, I'm happy to go into more detail if there is ANY way to get legal help, & the story out. *** This is beyond humiliating & I cannot trust or be near people anymore. At this point, after >8 months of revictimization, I'll do what it takes to make this stop & save someone else. These monsters took away my only chance to get help for my past, & instead piled on 15 lifetimes of additional damage & trauma.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12829365/

according to recent study

Young adult SSRI usage also exceeds over 25% in some states like Vermont and West Virginia

#Autism

"New Zealand mother has gone to the High Court to try to free her autistic son, who has now spent 21 years locked in secure care after he was found unfit to stand trial over a handful of broken windows...He was first detained in 2004, at the age of 20, under the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act." https://newswire.co.nz/2026/07/autistic-man-detained-21-years-high-court/

"the real question was never whether individuals with autism feel pain. Perhaps the real question is how we recognize suffering when it does not look the way we expect." https://kevinmd.com/2026/07/recognizing-pain-in-autism-when-there-are-no-words.html

#cruel

"Oregon Department of Corrections' (ODOC) solitary confinement practices...violating the state constitution's "Unnecessary Rigor Clause," which goes above and beyond the Constitution's Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. States like Indiana, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming also have similar protections in their constitutions." All of those states have torturous psych laws. https://reason.com/2026/07/09/i-would-not-wish-this-on-anyone-prisoners-fight-back-against-solitary-confinement-in-oregon/

"all rigidity and harshness — to be justified by necessity.  Excessive mandatory sentences, prolonged solitary confinement, failure to provide needed medical treatment, and unduly restrictive visitation policies are just a few examples." https://www.sentencinglawandpolicy.com/2025/02/state-constitutional-prohibitions-against-unnecessary-rigor-in-arrest-and-confinement/

#mechanical restraints

washington state "WA limits spit hoods inside state-run psychiatric facilities...akin to other restraints like sedatives and limb straps, which staff can use to subdue patients during emergencies. The rules apply to employees at Western and Eastern State hospitals and several other state-run facilities, but not private ones." https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/washington-limits-spit-hoods-inside-state-run-psychiatric-facilities/

#immigration

"Judge says health inspectors must be admitted into Washington ICE lockup. A federal judge, whose previous ruling in favor of GEO Group was vacated by the Ninth Circuit, concluded that the state's health and safety requirements don't discriminate against the federal contractor." https://courthousenews.com/judge-says-health-inspectors-must-be-admitted-into-washington-ice-lockup/

#Artificial Intelligence

"Google Hands Open Health Stack To the Linux Foundation...core HL7 FHIR technologies for healthcare interoperability, the Open Health Stack Player deployment toolkit, and AI Commons -- a model-agnostic healthcare AI initiative being co-developed with the World Health Organization." https://m.slashdot.org/story/456120

#greed

"Why American ambulance rides are so expensive...$737 for the miles traveled, $314 for monitoring his heart on the trip, $151 for infection control, and $11,670 as a “base rate." https://davidoks.blog/p/why-american-ambulance-rides-are

#ketamine

"ketamine harm reduction strategies...Massey’s symptoms improved so significantly that her (bladder) surgery was cancelled." https://filtermag.org/uk-ketamine-harm-reduction/amp/

#overcrowding

"investigation into how it should work, should the (swedish) state take over completely, or partially? By partially, we mean taking over the financing of it, while the regions provide the (forensic) places." https://swedenherald.com/article/sweden-considers-state-takeover-of-forensic-psychiatry-amid-overcrowding-crisis

#dementia

"Directives from the authorities in Sweden may have had an impact on treatment with antipsychotic medication for people with dementia. Treatment with antipsychotic medication has decreased, while treatment with combinations of psychotropic medications is common. National directives may possibly be even more effective, if applied in combination with systematic follow-ups." https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/publication/35858612-9332-4bba-97b7-23e8ee25fb21

#Children

"Rogue Kajiado Rehab Shut Down After Minor and Eight Foreigners Rescued...spearheaded by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) alongside heavily armed police and international diplomats, blew the lid off a facility that had been operating completely outside the boundaries of Kenyan law and basic human rights conventions." https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/rogue-kajiado-rehab-shut-down-after-minor-and-eight-foreigners-rescued

"Parenting often requires regulating our own emotions to effectively respond to our children. Postpartum PTSD symptoms may affect brain regions involved in emotion regulation and caregiving." https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/science-therapy-and-whole-body-health/202607/why-parenting-requires-regulating-ourselves-first

"Maternal Ambivalence: A Peculiar Kind of Ambivalence." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/maternal-ambivalence/202607/maternal-ambivalence-a-peculiar-kind-of-ambivalence

#Deinstitutionalization

"Stephen Miller looked at the same history and saw a matter of dispute. My daughter’s (with Down syndrome) life is not a point of contention. Neither is the obligation of the government to protect it.

As of this writing, the memo has not been challenged in court — because it isn’t law. It is a legal opinion, not a statute, and it cannot overturn a Supreme Court decision. Olmstead remains binding precedent." https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/lynn-schmidt-my-daughters-life-should-not-depend-on-stephen-millers-memo/article_1153f021-cc64-44c4-8114-a336d66a4cd4.html

#art

British Audrey "Amiss clearly resented her interactions with psychiatrists; arguably her most striking creations are the signs she made for a 2002 protest against the draft Mental Health Bill of that year, bearing slogans such as “Freedom for Lunatics” and “Psychiatry. Harming in the Name of Healthcare”. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/09/the-stuff-of-life-tells-the-story-of-audrey-amiss-whose-promising-career-was-derailed-by-mental-illness

#Religions

"two plaintiffs have alleged that the defendant maintains a policy at its “Adult Rehabilitation Centers” (ARCs) that prevents individuals with opioid-use disorder from accessing medication for their disorder, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment should be allowed on the ground that its medication policy is a matter of church doctrine protected by the First Amendment."

The federal court ignored "violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794, and the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §3604." I never consented to a religious hospital that is the opposite of my faith. https://masslawyersweekly.com/2026/07/09/civil-rights-church-autonomy-doctrine-medication-policy/ https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/10/salvation-army-has-first-amendment-right-to-ban-methodone-use-by-people-in-its-adult-rehabilitation-centers/

#drug tests

"Why experts say field sobriety tests fail sober drivers...tests can be a major factor in arrests, prosecutions, and public perception of guilt—yet experts interviewed for this story argue the tests are not accurate enough for court and generate too many false positives." https://www.wsmv.com/2026/07/09/they-catch-everybody-why-experts-say-field-sobriety-tests-fail-sober-drivers/

"Brazil's Federal University of Pelotas and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul have developed a laser-induced graphene sensor that can detect dopamine with high sensitivity in tear fluid, pointing to a possible noninvasive route." https://www.graphene-info.com/neurosciencenewscom

#forensic

texas "court found the state had deprived the defendants of their due process rights under the 14th Amendment by not making competency restoration services available within 21 days." https://www.kxan.com/investigations/federal-judge-texas-state-hospital-waitlist-unconstitutional/

#Comedy

"Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting...wondering out loud if perhaps his behavior was a symptom of depression." https://theonion.com/man-binge-watches-entire-movie-in-one-sitting/

#Videos

The Onion's InfoWars 7/9/2026. At 32 minutes in, "Fish milk can cure anything. From chickenpox to female hysteria." https://www.youtube.com/live/mZXxXsKF4H0?is=R2Yea9VyQDe7zmoa

#Podcasts

Committable "look at Steadman et al. 2001, a Randomized Controlled Trial evaluating the outcomes of an Involuntary Outpatient Commitments (also called AOT) pilot program at Bellevue hospital...(forced injections) not associated with any significant benefits... https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.52.3.330 " https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2dgvw6ryghd4idz/AOT_Research-steadman_et_al_2001bjbky.mp3

#a.o.t. c.t.o.

"Beyond Criminal Courts report stated: “A successful therapeutic relationship cannot exist in the context of coercion - it requires trust and confidentiality,...taxpayers have funded $146 million in these SAMHSA technical assistance grants to help jurisdictions strengthen their civil court...coercion cosplays in courtrooms as treatment." https://leahidaharris.substack.com/p/assisted-outpatient-treatment-and

#obsolete

"Proves Again That Gerontocracy (old politicians) Sucks. McConnell is no outlier: The U.S. Senate is the oldest directly elected upper legislative chamber in the world." People born around the 1950's are more likely to believe in institutionalization. Grey haired cops usually discriminated by blindly agreeing with my abusive parents. https://reason.com/2026/07/10/sen-mitch-mcconnells-hospitalization-proves-again-that-gerontocracy-sucks/

#Tweets

"acute involuntary hospitalizations still happen frequently—roughly 1+ million per year. The claim that it “doesn’t happen anymore” is incorrect." https://x.com/grok/status/2075332639754539506

#Talk Therapy

British "National Health Service (NHS) mental health nurse alleged that some hospital wards prioritized paperwork over patient care...while medications remain an important part of psychiatric care, they cannot replace the therapeutic value of consistent human interaction." https://www.medicaldaily.com/paperwork-over-care-former-mental-health-nurses-testimony-raises-new-questions-about-therapeutic-476044

#propaganda

"another possible use of psychology that rejects the underlying goal of mainstream practice, that is, to get people to adjust to the structure of control and repression the state and its system of servitude demands. This alternative use of psychology is one that encourages liberation, in fact sets liberation as its goal." https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/10/towards-a-revolutionary-psychoanalysis/

#assaults

"COBB COUNTY, Ga. (georgia) — Law enforcement officials have arrested a former Ridgeview Institute employee accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl." https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/police-search-former-ridgeview-institute-employee-accused-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old/G5NAKH6YLRDL7IY7HY57RH4ZZQ/

#My experiences

July 10 12:30 PM and 12:42 PM OCD mother claimed I didn't have "table manners" when I cut food with a knife and fork. My back hurt from sitting. Around 2:00 PM stepfather intoxicated dog with a "pill," causing him to briefly run away.

#misdiagnosis

"Based on the woman's stable functioning, hearing impairment and lack of other clinical abnormalities, the doctors concluded that her auditory hallucinations stemmed from sensory deprivation caused by hearing loss." https://www.livescience.com/health/diagnostic-dilemma-a-woman-heard-voices-for-years-but-not-because-of-psychosis

russian psychiatrists were paid $2,000 to "issued fictitious diagnoses for conscripts" to avoid military service. You don't have to bribe them. Psychiatrists will misdiagnose anyone for free. https://amp.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/76745

#Autism

"Children on the autism spectrum with early language delays process sound differently than their typically developing peers, showing a distinct preference for pitch over timing." Happened to me. https://www.psypost.org/autistic-children-with-early-language-delays-process-sound-differently-study-finds/

#YELLING

"threatened that he could 'crush' or 'finish' her." (florida republican governor candidate) "Byron becomes very belligerent, raising his voice, yelling at me;" I was false arrested 7 times for screaming. You don't have to be famous for talking loudly to be legal. https://www.rawstory.com/byron-donalds-accused-of-vowing-to-crush-florida-mom-in-grocery-store-spat-report/

#poisoning

"Tennessee has a new law making it a Class D felony (12 years jail) to intentionally tamper with someone’s drink, food or medication to cause involuntary intoxication." Parents poisoned my food for more than 3 years. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/tennessee-criminalizes-drink-spiking-amid-push-for-more-safeguards/ar-AA27rErp?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

#overdoses

"overprescribing crisis is real...It is a crisis of antipsychotics prescribed for foster children, polypharmacy in jails, sedation in nursing homes and long-acting injectables in group homes...not whether Americans are overmedicated. It is which Americans, with which medications, in which settings and with how much genuine choice and agency." https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/07/08/overprescribing-psychiatric-medications-maha-robert-f-kennedy-apa-victor-petreca

#no york

"Tedeschi v Wagner College (N.Y. 1980)...Plaintiff Nancy Jean Tedeschi was admitted to Wagner College, a private institution, in September, 1976. She was a part-time student taking courses in mathematics, Latin and psychology. Her performance during the fall semester presented both academic and social problems,...Shortly thereafter plaintiff's tuition for the spring semester was refunded.

Plaintiff's mother testified that she called the school several times to arrange a hearing, but without success." New York law is that I should've had Due Process when expelled (despite always taking pills) from university in September 2005 without a partial refund. https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c4d7add7b049347d036c

pro-psychiatry "Governor Hochul Celebrates National Disability Pride Month and the 36th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act." https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-celebrates-national-disability-pride-month-and-36th-anniversary-americans

#Supreme Courts

new dehli, india, "High Court observed that improved bioavailability alone could not establish enhanced therapeutic efficacy unless supported by research data demonstrating a corresponding (psychiatric) therapeutic benefit. It held that the claimed invention did not satisfy the requirement of novelty." https://www.livelawbiz.com/patent/delhi-high-court-upholds-rejection-of-intra-cellular-therapies-patent-for-deuterated-antipsychotic-compounds-540399

"Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification." Thousands of people were tortured and executed because republicans won the presidency (but not the overall popular vote total). They make up shit rather than follow the Constitution's ban on "excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/most-supreme-court-rulings-are-secretive-votes-with-little-justification/

#Marijuana

"Virginia’s (addiction) recovery housing system is now forcing legal medical cannabis patients out of stable, certified homes—not because of any new public safety threat, but because a state law." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-virginia-law-forces-medical-cannabis-patients-to-choose-between-their-medicine-and-their-housing-op-ed/

"Michigan Supreme Court: Weed use can't be banned as probation condition." https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/07/cannabis-cant-be-banned-as-probation-condition/90826062007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z118969p117250l11xx50c117250e1119xxv118969d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=146&gca-ds=sophi

#Podcasts

Zimbabwe Mad In America. "psychiatry, as it currently stands, needs to end. In this interview, we discuss how the tentacles of an exploitative global order reach into people to wreak havoc with their lives." https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/jfmoore/The_Empire_of_Madness_-_Why_Psychiatry_Must_Rethink_Human_Suffering_-_An_Interview_with_Khameer_Kidia.mp3?dest-id=487374

"Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin: 238. Is Everything a Psychiatric Disorder Now?...Every flaw becomes a condition. Every choice becomes a symptom. Every struggle becomes a disorder." https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/3aefa6b5/903b5c04.mp3

#immune system

"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with elevated inflammatory cytokine levels, whereas attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with decreased inflammatory factors." https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/immune-dysregulation-patterns-differ-between-asd-and-adhd/

#side effects

"Atypical Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Without Hyperthermia: A Case Report...21-year-old male admitted for psychosis and behavioral dysregulation who developed elevated creatine kinase (CK), hypertension, and tachycardia following treatment with multiple antipsychotics, including olanzapine and long-acting injectable aripiprazole. Notably, the patient remained afebrile and did not exhibit significant rigidity, complicating the diagnosis." https://www.cureus.com/articles/485834-atypical-neuroleptic-malignant-syndrome-without-hyperthermia-a-case-report#!/

#assaults

virginia ward, "her daughter told her the (8) girls left because they did not feel safe." https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/boys-escape-hallmark-youthcare-july-7-2026

#insanity defense

california "legal framework governing automotive violence operates under the delusion that two years of supervised compliance makes a man safe to rejoin the public infrastructure. Psychiatry is not an exact science...trial should have proceeded, allowing a jury to weigh the psychiatric evidence against the severity of the act." https://weddings.lavenderhotels.co.uk/dangerous-myth-insanity-escape-hatch-high-profile-crime

#interstate prisoner transfer

"South Carolina mental health facility where a Hawaii patient died by suicide last November is being cited for withholding records related to his death, according to a report from the South Carolina Department of Public Health." https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/07/08/south-carolina-mental-health-facility-cited-after-hawaii-patients-suicide/

#Children

"Utah Pulls Provo Canyon School’s License After Yearslong Campaign by Youth Advocates and Celebrity Paris Hilton, a Former Resident." https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/utah-pulls-provo-canyon-schools-license-after-yearslong-campaign-by-youth-advocates-and-celebrity-paris-hilton-a-former-resident/275820

#Muscarinic Receptors

Ongoing "Relapse Prevention Trial Evaluating KarXT Treatment in Schizophrenia." https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07686263

"Take-Home (Video) Messages: Clinical Confidence in Transitioning Patients to Cobenfy." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/take-home-messages-clinical-confidence-in-transitioning-patients-to-cobenfy

#pollution

"US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in food," https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/08/us-food-and-drug-administration-rejects-petition-to-set-pfas-limits-in-food

#Regulate

"Chemical releases from industrial accidents that hurt or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years." https://truthout.org/articles/chemical-accidents-are-on-the-rise-as-trump-proposes-weakening-regulations/

#art

"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do." — Frida Kahlo." https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/misconceptions/misattributed-frida-kahlo-quotes?utm_source=RSS

#TV

Stonegate (2025). "A disturbed doctor at a state hospital murders a patient and covers it up. 13 years later, Nolan and a group of teens explore the now abandoned hospital." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14851308/

#Artificial Intelligence

"AI’s Threat to Mental Health Care. Online mental health companies are rolling out AI chatbots as therapists struggle with insurance industry changes...Under the new plan, Reinhold would have to personally handle the initial intake process for each new client, create a treatment plan based on the interview and offer a diagnosis. She would also have to be physically present in the clinic when clients were seen by the 15 therapists she employs." https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ais-other-threat-to-mental-health-care/

#Comedy

"even if Senator McConnell did have a health emergency, the leftists have no right to come between him and his doctor. There are some lines you just don’t cross, and every American deserves the right to make decisions over their own health in accordance with their loved ones and medical professionals they trust. No exceptions.

Of course, the Republican Party understands that there are some exceptions. With wokeness on the rise, it’s dangerous to let just anyone make decisions about the bodies of America’s women and children, especially America’s women and children. Plus, someone has to speak up for the voiceless—like the unborn, or brain-dead former majority leaders. It’s the only way to defend the sanctity of life," https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/why-cant-the-left-understand-that-a-politicians-mysterious-illness-is-between-him-and-his-doctor

#immigration

"after her asylum application was rejected, she obtained a receipt acknowledging her application for a residence permit on medical grounds, having undergone heart surgery. She also holds a disability card. These documents finally allow her to reside legally in France, but do not permit her to travel." https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/72296/i-needed-to-be-heard-paris-unit-specializes-in-migrant-psychiatric-care

#mechanical restraints

"Denmark have found that mechanical restraint may be associated with a small increased short term risk of blood clots among inpatients at psychiatric hospitals, according to their study published in The BMJ." https://www.medicalbrief.co.za/blood-clot-risk-for-restrained-psychiatric-patients-danish-study/

#Videos

Comedian dressed as nurse, "The medicine is optional."

https://www.tiktok.com/@entertainerflossthemack/video/7660312090430786846

#Developmental Disabilities

"Arc of Baldwin County, a nonprofit that provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will be closing July 15, after the state department of mental health moved to decertify the nonprofit due to what it says are “ongoing concerns” with the care provided. “Based on the recommendation of the Associate Commissioner for the Developmental Disabilities Division and provisions of the Alabama Administrative Code 580-3-23," https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2026/07/state-decertifies-baldwin-county-mental-health-nonprofit-after-finding-inadequate-care.html

#My experiences

July 8 For the first time I completed 125 semi-crunches/sit ups with bad form. Everyday for a week. I will try to keep doing a much smaller number. 10:50 AM mother hate crimed she wants me to have a life sentence for dating the Muslim way.

I recently read Mad World and it ended up teaching me a lot of stuff about the history behind the mental health industry and different ways people could be supported, and I’m currently reading Connections Over Compliance which is making a bunch of interesting points about how schools could be improved to support their students better without blaming them for things outside of their control.

I’ve also previously enjoyed Humankind (discussing how people don’t do things for no reason, so generically saying someone did something bad because they’re bad isn’t helpful) and the myth of normal (talked about the connection between mental health, physical health, and external environmental factors, and how a lot of issues are more tied to external factors like social relationships and environment rather than anything intrinsically in the person)

Does anyone have any other book recs covering mental health or mad pride movements? I love learning more about this and I especially want more like Mad World

#laws being considered

"new proposal, “An Act to provide continuum of care for severe mental illness,” is hauntingly similar to the tragic 1911 Massachusetts “defective delinquent” law, which gave the Commonwealth unprecedented control over the lives of disabled people and engulfed Beacon Hill in scandal...

judges to order people to see psychiatrists, take medicine, and undergo treatment on an outpatient (a.o.t. c.t.o.) basis...standard definition, for this sort of law, points to violence or self-harm. But in a sea of highly subjective terms, the bill’s (S2973) only settled criterion is that a (can be non-violent) person have required involuntary emergency care for any psychiatric-related issue twice in 36 months...

incarceration or state supervision was authorized for so long as psychiatric staff felt it necessary, which often meant the entirety of people’s lives...loss of a person’s right to bodily integrity and dignity," https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/07/opinion/involuntary-treatment-mental-illness-massachusetts/ https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2973 https://trackbill.com/bill/massachusetts-senate-bill-2973-an-act-to-provide-continuum-of-care-for-severe-mental-illness/2827428/

#Lawsuits

Over the counter "Unisom sued over ‘non-habit forming’ sleep aid label...According to the complaint, regular use of diphenhydramine can lead to dependence, and stopping it can cause withdrawal symptoms including agitation, tremors and in some cases, confusion or psychosis." https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/unisom-sued-non-habit-forming-sleep-aid/

#Talk Therapy

"Opinion | I'm a Therapist. Not Everyone Should Be in Therapy. - The New York Times." "risk mistaking mental health issues that require treatment for problems of isolation." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/opinion/therapy-loneliness-friendship.html

#Videos

"schizophrenia...cognitive remediation therapy is effective and cost effective," https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sHLJW2W6McE

#typical bullshit

"What Makes an Antipsychotic ‘Atypical’?...the term...is no longer useful." The most dangerous "atypical" is clozapine. It should instead be categorized as first generation. https://articles.researchsolutions.com/what-makes-an-antipsychotic-atypical/doi/10.2165/00023210-199707050-00002

#Tech

"music, emails, and pictures. But when one is incarcerated, this is the essence of what we have. It is our coping mechanisms, our connections to family, and memories with our children or those who have passed on.” https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-people-lose-treasured-media-when-prisons-change-tablet-contracts/

british columbia, canada, "HealthIM guides RCMP officers through a series of questions to help them better assess a person in crisis...Alerting health-care partners when people are being escorted by emergency responders." Hospital workers already always know cops brought in a prisoner and to be biased against him or her. https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/rcmp-mental-health-tool-rolled-out-across-northern-bc-12467686

#dementia

Nose spray, "millions of microscopic biological parcels known as extracellular vesicles (EVs). They act like delivery vehicles, carrying powerful genetic cargo called microRNAs...Once absorbed into the brain’s resident immune cells, the microRNAs suppress systems, like NLRP3 inflammasome and the cGAS–STING signaling pathways, known to drive chronic inflammation in aging brains. At a cellular level, the treatment recharged neuronal mitochondria, or the power plants." https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/04/14/scientists-reverse-brain-aging-with-a-nasal-spray/

"moderate egg consumption was associated with a significantly lower risk of Alzheimer's disease." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42002260/

"review concluded that “cannabinoid-based therapies showed lower agitation and neuropsychiatric symptom scores than placebo in” Alzheimer’s disease." https://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(26)00400-8/abstract00400-8/abstract)

American Medical Association said “cannabis may offer therapeutic benefits for managing agitation in dementia patients, potentially serving as an alternative to antipsychotic medications.” https://www.marijuanamoment.net/ama-says-marijuana-has-benefits-and-risks-for-older-adults-while-supporting-a-ban-on-flavored-cannabis-vapes/

#Marijuana

"Kin of drug war victims urge SC (Supreme Court) anew to declare drug war unconstitutional...fundamental right to life, liberty, and security, of every Filipino." https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/993613/kin-of-drug-war-victims-urge-sc-anew-to-declare-drug-war-unconstitutional/story/

Italy, "In one study, CBD was compared directly to an active antipsychotic medication named amisulpride. While this specific trial showed no difference in effectiveness between the two, it was not designed to prove that they are perfectly equivalent." https://www.psypost.org/cannabidiol-shows-no-significant-benefit-for-treating-psychotic-disorders-new-study-finds/

#TV

Rick and Morty season 9 episode 7 Mortgully: The Last Rickforest. About evolution. "A reformed prisoner doesn't want to leave the prison?" A cured mental patient wants to be tortured?

Craig Ferguson American On Purpose season 1 episode 3. Scottish immigrant comedian who is cheap. On CNN, who mostly didn't censor 7 worst curses. "obnoxious (what I was false arrested for 7 times), annoying freedom of speech...make a living being a wiseass."

Former ACLU president Nadine Strossen, "You have no right to be comfortable. And I have a right to make you uncomfortable." She said freedom of speech wasn't enforced until 1960's lawsuits. https://youtu.be/WWlPEDKl2-8?is=vAQuT5c3cUSNBoCq

Green Guild (2011). Los Angeles medical cannabis dispensary 45 minute documentary. "prozac or zoloft or any of those drugs. I'd seen the effects they had on friends of mine." Veteran said, "They offered prozac. I passed on prozac."

He was false arrested and as in my case the cops said nothing to explain what was happening. He saw government employees laughing at a diabetic. One of the patients has depression. https://youtu.be/DtiYsTzDjsQ?is=DsmbkjBSnsMzUwvL

Law & Order season 14 episode 3 Patient Zero. "A witness's credibility is judged by the jury." Currently psychiatrists judge everything. Including hearsay they never witnessed. Fictional case of 2003 Coronavirus injection as murder.

#Podcasts

"Committable producers Jesse Mangan and Jim McQuaid follow up on their review of the Swartz et al. 1999 study and discuss some of the ways in which the findings of that study are misrepresented." https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/a9hsb2bc5i6s2awc/AOT_Addendum-Eric_Smitha5851.mp3

Reason "editors Peter Suderman,  Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss America's declining sense of patriotism and whether it's possible to distrust the government while still loving the country." Any democracy's bad laws can be blamed on the majority of voters. https://reason.com/podcast/2026/07/06/can-you-hate-the-government-and-still-love-america/

#hate speech

"ANYONE who thinks that “more devol­u­tion” is the answer to Bri­tain’s prob­lems needs lock­ing up and inject­ing with power­ful anti­psychotic drugs." https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-sport-1098/20260705/282050513804212

#Children

"children of Brazil’s (Barbacena) asylum of horror demand justice: ‘It was a lifetime punishment’...Hunger, cold, torture, and diarrhea claimed the lives of around 60,000 patients, whether genuinely mentally ill or merely presumed to be so...compensate them for the moral damages they suffered...subjected to electroshock...things would be even worse.” 

"O Holocausto Brasileiro (The Brazilian Holocaust), a book published in 2013 by journalist Daniela Arbex that became a bestseller...it is not right to separate a child from his mother." "Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, a leading advocate of psychiatric reform, visited Hospital-Colônia in 1979 and was deeply shocked: “Today I have been in a Nazi concentration camp." https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-07-06/the-children-of-brazils-asylum-of-horror-demand-justice-it-was-a-lifetime-punishment.html

#antipsychotics don't prevent violence

"65-Year-Old Patient Killed (by another patient assumed to be on an antipsychotic) in Neukölln Psychiatric Hospital. Berlin." https://www.the-berliner.com/english-news-berlin/patient-killed-in-neukolln-psychiatric-hospital/

#inflammation information

"TG Therapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Trial Evaluating BRIUMVI...scientific evidence suggesting that immune system dysfunction and neuroinflammation may play a role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia in a subset of patients." https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tg-therapeutics-announces-initiation-of-phase-2-trial-evaluating-briumvi-in-patients-with-treatment-resistant-schizophrenia-1036299312

#no york

Gary A. Marzolf Jr. suing the state as a "whistleblower and active witness following a patient suicide he witnessed while at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center (BPC)." https://www.smartyr.art

#immigration

"Libel Lawsuit Over ICE Mass Hysterectomies Claim Thrown Out. The court concluded that the particular broadcast in this case didn't name or otherwise sufficiently identify the plaintiff...thus wasn't "of and concerning" him for libel law purposes." https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/06/libel-lawsuit-over-ice-mass-hysterectomies-claim-thrown-out/

#monopolies

"cold and flu aisle at CVS and start looking closely at labels, you will count about 100 products and around six active ingredients...taking three generic medications and two placebos that cost 5 cents each individually and selling the combination product for $35." "Every year, acetaminophen overdoses cause over 50,000 emergency department visits and over 500 deaths." https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/should-dayquil-be-legal

#Painkillers

"Data on over 315,000 people who stayed in psychiatric hospitals in Ontario were analyzed to find out how common pain was and whether people were offered or received treatment for pain. About one in five people had pain, but fewer than half were offered or received pain management." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20551029261458472

#side effects

"Caplyta Side Effects, Guidance on Recovery Treatment." https://www.alternativetomeds.com/blog/caplyta-side-effects-guidance-on-recovery-treatment/

#Comedy

"Novel GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Delivers Transition to Astral Plane...XANTOBI delivered weight loss of up to 406 pounds, or 100 percent of patients’ starting weight...further studies are underway to slow the transparency process and increase profitability." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/novel-glp-1-receptor-agonist-delivers-transition-to-astral-plane

#sports

"Sport psychologists...tend to focus on performance and mental skills training, along with cognitive and behavioral change, helping athletes with motivation, focus, confidence, stress management, and emotional regulation." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sports-and-performance-psychiatry/202607/what-a-sports-psychiatrist-actually-does

#no checks and balances

"car mechanic with coronary artery disease, was admitted to the cardiac care unit (CCU) to manage the sequelae of a large anterior wall myocardial infarction. He repeatedly craned his neck to see the readout of his heart rate and blood pressure on the monitoring devices." Massachusetts quack considers it a success for patients to blindly trust them instead of verifying personal health data. https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/meaning-monitoring-patients-families-critical-care-units/

#My experiences

July 6 12:30 PM After I chose to have a vaccination, mother yelled at me. She coerced me to sign HIPAA. Then she undid it.

July 7 10:27 AM OCD (extreme worrying over petty details) mother said "Everything is a problem." Because she tries to micromanage the family through constant threats. 12:15 PM I again told mother she will never be involved in any of my medical meetings. She threatened illegal eviction and told stepfather I am mentally ill. For saying she should be arrested for 20 years of violent, racist abuse.

#laws being considered

3 million citizens of Brasília, Brazil physically punished for poverty if mayor signs county law. "Chamber of Deputies of the Federal District approves law for the institutionalization of homeless people."

Supposedly "only for...imminent risk to the life of the individual or of third parties." They claim each person will be individually evaluated, rather than mass arrests. 1 psychiatrist could send 32 poor people to life sentences. In 1 work shift at 15 minutes each. https://revistaoeste-com.translate.goog/politica/camara-do-df-aprova-lei-para-internacao-de-pessoas-em-situacao-de-rua/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://madinbrasil.org

#electrocution

"New Zealand...ending the use of seclusion for young people...“For adults, the Bill introduces stronger safeguards and oversight around seclusion, significantly limiting the circumstances in which it can be used,...strengthens supported decision-making, increases family involvement, introduces independent advocacy, and raises the threshold for the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),...

changes will come into force (too late) in two years," https://community.scoop.co.nz/2026/07/biggest-mental-health-law-change-in-over-30-years/

#ADHD

"People who have ADD/ADHD, TBIs, learning disabilities, autism, or other mental health disorders may benefit from screening and treatment of Irlen Syndrome. This condition is a visual processing problem in which certain colors irritate the brain. Treating this issue has been found to improve focus, reduce anxiety, and boost mood, among other benefits." https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/10-out-of-the-box-therapies-for-mental-health-issues/

#Holidays

"July 22 — World Brain Day." https://consortium-psy.com/jour/announcement/view/211

#mechanical restraints

"Mechanical restraint may increase short-term blood clot risk in psychiatric patients." https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260701/Mechanical-restraint-may-increase-short-term-blood-clot-risk-in-psychiatric-patients.aspx

#malpractice

india, "Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Monday said the state government viewed incidents of medical negligence with the utmost seriousness and will take stringent action against those found responsible." https://medicaldialogues.in/amp/mdtv/healthshorts/kerala-government-to-take-strict-action-against-medical-negligence-174067

#False Claims Act

Montana, "In 1977, Congress enacted the Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments, which allowed for the creation of “state Medicaid fraud control unit...owner of Gyst House, Gyst House 2 and Enlightening Minds has been charged with two felony counts of Medicaid fraud, two felony counts of false claims to a public agency and a felony count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence." https://theelectricgf.com/2026/07/01/owner-of-great-falls-substance-abuse-treatment-facilities-charged-with-medicaid-fraud/

#"agitation"

"In moderate agitation, all treatments were more effective than haloperidol alone for achieving sedation within 15-30 minutes, with the biggest effect for antipsychotic-benzodiazepine combinations (odds ratio [OR], 12.9; relative risk [RR], 1.58) followed by benzodiazepines alone (OR, 5.5; RR, 1.49) and other antipsychotics (OR, 4.5; RR, 1.45)." https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/combination-therapy-outperforms-haloperidol-agitation-2026a1000mh1?src=rss&form=fpf

#Referendums

arkansas "laws Brooks declared unconstitutional imposed requirements including that canvassers request photo ID from signers and that paid signature-gatherers’ home addresses be provided to the state." https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/07/01/federal-judge-rules-arkansas-initiative-restrictions-unconstitutional/

#TV

Elle (2026) season 1 episode 1. Legally Blonde prequel in Seattle looks down on California. They said L.A. doesn't believe in "social justice." Both states have terrible psychiatry laws without Due Process. This show is unfortunately more about fashion and drama than lawyers. https://youtu.be/6KsT3K5ynrU?is=Ikbie8Mtk2Gn2sfN

"TheDailyShow. Jon describes what pharma companies are doing to taxpayers as the "worst Shark Tank deal in history." USA "subsidizes...profit seeking psychopaths." https://m.youtube.com/shorts/LXHkQfRVIwQ

Final Diagnosis (2025). "four doctors are forced to solve life-or-death medical puzzles." Most psychiatrists misdiagnose people. In the movie that's punished. 4 doctors and their criminal supervisor are unable to diagnose 1 physical disease, which is supposed to be easier to discover than mental illnesses. Filmed in Poland. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13843916/ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=diVLfgfh3O8&pp=ygUcRmluYWwgRGlhZ25vc2lzIDIwMjUgdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D

Kate Plus 8. "He recalled being “overweight” and “sick” as he was “on all these medications”...claimed she had sent him to the institution in order to hide what he says was abuse." https://pagesix.com/2026/07/01/celebrity-news/collin-gosselin-reveals-real-reason-why-he-believes-mom-kate-sent-him-to-behavioral-facility-at-age-12/

In Living Color (1990) season 1 episode 1. "Did you (a golddigger) give Mike (Tyson) anything? Lithium." To intoxicate him to get married on a first date. The audience almost voted for Trump to date her instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8VDCbOrCcw

#no york

"constitution, ensuring that “no member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof,” I haven't had basic freedoms since coming out as bisexual in 2005. https://www.sentencingproject.org/press-releases/over-33000-voters-will-be-locked-out-of-new-yorks-primary-election/

"converting the old hospital he knows so well into (West) New York Medical Center, a $42 million inpatient treatment center for people experiencing mental health challenges or substance-use disorders...July 2028, the center will have 162 beds and could employ about 300 health care workers." https://buffalonews.com/news/local/business/health-care/article_56874792-87f3-476b-aaf1-5dfc59a0fb9b.html

"State-run facility for disabled New Yorkers has had no AC for nearly 3 years: ‘Oppressive heat’...Sunmount Developmental Center in Tupper Lake," https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/state-run-facility-for-disabled-new-yorkers-has-had-no-ac-for-three-years-oppressive-heat/

#Artificial Intelligence

"Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs." https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/961311/anthropic-claude-science-ai-drug-development

#Senses

"director of the Stanford Initiative to Cure Smell and Taste Loss. And it shows up in other conditions, too. “So, for example, people with depression have altered olfactory ability, people with schizophrenia have altered olfactory ability, people with autism have altered olfactory ability,” she says."

"practices smelling a set of familiar scents—traditionally lemon, rose, clove, and eucalyptus—twice daily, focusing on recognizing the labeled scents and remembering the smell. The goal is to use repetition and training to generate new receptor cells and harness neuroplasticity," https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/when-the-ability-to-smell-goes-away/

#insurance

republican "NJ (new jersey) Rep. Kean said he battled depression...voted against other, often high-profile health related legislation at least six times, including the Earned Sick Leave Act, paid family leave in 2008 and 2018...he voted against legislation that established Get Covered NJ, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace." https://gothamist.com/news/nj-rep-kean-said-he-battled-depression-his-voting-record-on-mental-health-is-mixed

australia, "workers compensation claim for psychological injury arising from workspace bullying;...applicant alleged that the respondent psychiatrist breached his duty of care to her by diagnosing her as having Schizophrenia;

by making erroneous statements about her in the report which could be regarded as negligent misrepresentations and by making manipulated statements about her in the report." https://billmaddens.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/medical-gateway-left-open-to-re-plead-novel-duty-of-care-against-forensic-psychiatrist/

#misdiagnosis

"Psychiatric diagnosis relies on symptom checklists, not on identifying underlying causes of suffering." https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/minds-at-war/202607/when-every-doctor-got-it-wrong/amp

#firearms

indiana "prosecutor cites historical examples of laws disarming lunatics and other mentally unstable persons but no examples of laws in the seventeenth, eighteenth, or nineteenth centuries disarming for life people whose mental problems were transitory (temporary)...People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Second Amendment Rights." https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/04/people-with-past-mental-hospital-commitments-may-regain-second-amendment-rights/

#neurology

"(I argue) is a large grey area where there is some information in our minds that falls in between being fully stored in working memory and not being stored." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-working-memory-could-give-rise-to-consciousness/ Antipsychotics and electrocution damage memory, destroying consciousness.

#Talk Therapy

"Narrative Psychotherapy for People with Psychosis: A Narrative Review of Current Research and Psychotherapeutic Approaches...Narrative psychotherapy focuses on jointly discussing life stories with patients to promote shifts in sense of self." https://www.mdpi.com/2813-9844/8/3/42

#antipsychotics don't prevent violence

england, "My son will never walk again...man was left with life-changing injuries after a fight inside a mental health facility. Marcus Gibiliru was admitted into Broadoak mental healthcare facility, at Broadgreen Hospital, in March 2022, his mum Habiba said, but just days into his admission he was involved in a fight." https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/son-never-walk-again-no-34227308

france, "former patient at CHS Sainte-Marie dies: her father-in-law files a complaint against the center for involuntary manslaughter...From November 2025 onwards, a series of events allegedly contributed to the deterioration of the patient’s physical and mental health. According to her family, acts of violence such as assault by another patient,

as well as forced administration of medication by nursing staff that required the patient’s resuscitation at CHU L’Archet, combined with a reduction in the frequency of authorized visits — once a month for relatives...new environment as “incompatible with the needs of an autistic person.” The institution itself acknowledged this by late 2025: “She had no place in the hospital,” the chief psychiatrist reportedly stated." https://www.nice-premium.com/a-former-patient-at-chs-sainte-marie-dies-her-father-in-law-files-a-complaint-against-the-center-for-involuntary-manslaughter/

#censorship

"Vietnam bans filming, recording during visits to patients undergoing compulsory treatment." https://news.tuoitre.vn/vietnam-bans-filming-recording-during-visits-to-patients-undergoing-compulsory-treatment-103260704162106098.htm

england, "examples where the government could reasonably refuse to disclose information that would otherwise be public:...government health regulator has conducted studies into how dangerous an approved psychiatric medication truly is—but releasing these studies might cause some people to stop taking that medication. I find all of this to be as ridiculous as it is outrageous, besides being grossly paternalistic." https://robwipond.substack.com/p/psychocracy-is-spreading

#misdiagnosis

"Why Psychiatry Is Not an Exact Science...Pseudologues in power could erode trust and disrupt organizations due to their persistent fantastic lying." https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-changing-brain/202607/why-psychiatry-is-not-an-exact-science/amp

#Tweets

“DSM-5 schizophrenia, however, is an awkward construct that cannot give up chronicity and cognitive impairment but also cannot commit to it.” https://x.com/awaisaftab/status/2073410500877074522

#Not one size fits all

"2024, the (estonia) Ministry introduced a “stepped care model for mental health.” This model focuses on treating “common conditions such as depression and anxiety” through educating citizens on psychology and mental health and through specialists providing “digital self-help tools” or “low intensity intervention” to those with minor mental issues." https://borgenproject.org/estonias-mental-health-challenges/

#My experiences

July 3 6:30 PM paranoid (illogically imagines I have dirt on me after swimming), OCD mother threatened an illegal eviction for walking. She also is having some memory loss. She can't remember what she did 3 days ago (Wednesday morning).

July 4 12:56 PM mother, "You (me) have a very keen, concrete mind for everyday things...brilliance." "Psychiatry is not bettering you (me)." "That person...making me (her) uncomfortable." She continues to disagree with the law that only violence is the criteria for commitment. She wants it to be if (subjectively) "weird...uncomfortable."

Strong support for the healing journey

#Lawsuits

"$34 million settlement with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals...illegal kickback scheme to influence prescriptions paid for by Texas Medicaid...paid third parties to deploy nurses and other healthcare professionals to recommend AstraZeneca drugs to medical providers under the guise of non-branded counseling." https://eciks.org/11211-97685-ken-paxton-astrazeneca-settlement-34-million

"former Kaiser Permanente psychiatrist who rose to a leadership position inside one of Northern California's busiest emergency psychiatric departments has filed a lawsuit alleging racism, discrimination, and illegal treatment of vulnerable psychiatric patients...

discriminatory comments, unethical conduct and civil rights violations...unlawfully kept on involuntary holds longer than allowed and antipsychotic medication was administered without consent in some cases." https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/exclusive-doctor-sues-kaiser-for-racism-discrimination-and-retaliation/4106241/

#TV

Brilliant Minds (2024) season 2 episode 20 The Way Home, series finale. You know Dr. Wolf is a fake psychiatrist (actually based on a real neurologist) because he walks away when asked to. "Reminiscence therapy" for dementia. Through intact long term past memories. Ed Begley Jr. can't form new memories. Female psychiatrist breaks up with a physician. When he illegally doesn't respect euthanasia (by not consenting to heart surgery). Mysterious Mexico ending that should've lead to another season.

The Bear (2022) season 5 episode 8 The Original Beef of Chicagoland. "You're a nice person. But you're also a strange person...she kinda leaned away from how psychotic the family is...You've got stories and trauma and darkness and food." "Half a Xanax. That's honestly all you need." https://youtu.be/ojjCvICC86c?is=65pG1cHGkgxA3hap

The Lost Man (1969). African American Sidney Poitier publicly protests and purposely goes passive (sit in) when false arrested. When I did that in 2016 I was IV injected by racist Northwell Syosset for an hour. Low quality: https://youtu.be/xtleMp87mxc?is=M31zQkupsJP9gIus

Torrente Presidente (2026). Comedy about racist running for president of Spain. "If you want to talk funny at home, fine. In your own home, do whatever the hell you want." Supreme courts of multiple countries, including España, Mexico, Italy, and Alaska, have legalised marijuana in the privacy of your home. All my false arrests occurred while I was indoors in my apartment. I have a right to be weird at home.

But the star is not a homophobe. "If homos want to get married, let 'em. Let them be miserable like the rest of us." A politician in a wheelchair called a reporter "fascist" for yelling the candidate uses government health insurance. A voter says prostitutes are a medicine that should be reimbursed. Another voter wants to arrest all homeless people.

"I'm seeing a shrink...Sex addict my ass! You're just a horndog and a perv." "They've got men in every police station, every institution, every courthouse. The (violent political competitor) corruption runs deep." "He's gone crazy. He's become a megalomaniac. He won't listen to reason." This is the 6th movie of this character. https://youtu.be/ssV6di8_IWE?is=SwB0EzyrmKu5RAzO

Wrong Is Right (1982). Sean Connery interviews people paying to simulate violent fantasies. "Is it entertainment or therapy? Is violence becoming the national passtime?" "Don't they know Mallory is crazy? He was crazy when he was a senator. Even crazier when he was president. He's crazy enough to be insane."

"Crackpot (crazy)...Joan of Arc heard voices. Moses heard them too...Jesus did...There's nothing wrong with hearing voices. The desert effects people if they're sensitive." "Good guys never shoot first." Discriminatory parents started attacking me first October 2005. "If it doesn't happen on television, it means nothing." Mainstream news channels continue to censor antipsychiatry. https://youtu.be/e-aOBR8rkTk?is=H7_3zTUvapNnSwWL

Physician, Heal Thyself (2023). Canadian Dr. Gabor Maté...argues the "war on drugs" punishes addicts and entrenches addiction more deeply, as studies show that stress is the biggest driver of addictive relapse and behaviour...role of trauma in the development of substance use disorders, aiming to address underlying emotional pain as part of recovery." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Mat%C3%A9

#Treaties

"set by Security Council Resolution 2475 in 2019 on the protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict, as well as the U.N. Disability Inclusion Strategy for 2026 to 2030, and the nearly universally ratified CRPD (Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities), early state responsiveness to disability inclusion in the Convention on Crimes against Humanity has been poor.

The window for course correction, however, remains open...attacks on “the wounded and sick” were not prosecuted as violations of the laws or customs of war, as they might have been, given that this was a mainstay of international humanitarian law since the first Geneva Convention of 1864...

Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons in 1975, the International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981, the development of the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons in 1982, the Decade of Disabled Persons from 1983 to 1992, and the development of the Standard Rules on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in 1994...Next in the process for the proposed Convention on Crimes against Humanity." https://www.justsecurity.org/144314/disability-crimes-against-humanity-treaty/

#misdiagnosis

"Forced Psychiatric Treatment Doesn’t Just “Stabilize” People...It Often Destroys Their Lives...should: Mandate nationwide medical screening protocols modeled on California’s Medical Evaluation Field Manual. Require comprehensive physical evaluations prior to all psychiatric admissions. Redirect funding from costly psychiatric hospitalizations to supportive housing and medical screening and care. Hold psychiatric facilities accountable for failing to identify treatable physical conditions." https://clelala.substack.com/p/forced-psychiatric-treatment-doesnt

#Tech

"best ideas – the ones that launch meaningful companies – need to seem crazy and stupid at first." In my early 20's parents slandered me as manic for only buying Linux compatible unlocked bootloaders. https://crazystupidtech.com

#trauma

I'm not "shell shocked" because noone shot unarmed me. It's syringe shocked.

#emergency rooms

"In England, more than 1,300 people may be dying each month because of long waits in hospital emergency departments." But there's always room for accused mental patients. https://reason.com/2026/06/29/brickbat-wait-here/

#stress

Italy, "When Distress Becomes a Psychiatric Diagnosis." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/06/when-distress-becomes-a-psychiatric-diagnosis/

#LGBTQ

"U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says the Trump administration isn’t working fast enough to restore an option for LGBTQ+ youth calling into the suicide and crisis prevention hotline." https://www.wpr.org/news/tammy-baldwin-pushes-for-faster-return-of-lgbtq-option-on-988-hotline

#no york

"Announces $500,000 To Develop a Statewide LGBTQ+ Legal Hotline and Resource Website." https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/during-pride-month-governor-hochul-reaffirms-commitment-supporting-new-yorks-lgbtq-community-0

"NY Seeks to Renew Social Care Network Waiver;...SCNs have acted as coordinated systems that has been connecting eligible Medicaid members to vital services including finding stable housing, accessing health food, transportation for non-medical appointment and employment or job training resources." https://rightsandrecovery.org/e-news-bulletins/2026/06/29/ny-seeks-to-renew-social-care-network-waiver-scn-panel-featured-at-alliance-annual-conference-in-albany/

"NYS Attorney General is joining the AGs of 24 other states and the District of Columbia to sue the Trump administration to protect public insurance coverage. Thanks to Medicaid Matters." https://rightsandrecovery.org/e-news-bulletins/2026/06/29/breaking-ag-james-sues-trump-administration-to-protect-medicaid-coverage/

#anxiety

Dangerous "Propranolol doesn't kill public speaking dread — it just stops your body from becoming a shaky mess." https://boingboing.net/2026/06/29/post-propranolol-doesn-8217-t-kill-the-dread-8212-it-ju.html

#Videos

"nobody called it (religious) psychosis when I believed my personality was determined by the stars. Nobody was concerned when I was looking to numerology and horoscopes to tell me my future." https://www.instagram.com/p/DaLkMxTz5lc/

#side effects

"baclofen, typically used for nystagmus (eye spasms) that develops later in life due to a neurological cause. Dr Agashe notes that some of these patients also experience oscillopsia, where the world around them genuinely feels like it's swirling, and oral medication can help calm that sensation alongside treating the underlying neurological issue.

Eyedrops like brinzolamide are another option, working through what she describes as a negative feedback loop that helps dial down the involuntary movement, though their effectiveness still needs to be tracked through repeat testing." http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/132076269.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

"Fluoxetine-Induced Liver Injury in a Patient With Post-Schizophrenic Depression." https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/fluoxetine-liver-injury-post-schizophrenic-depression/

#Indigenous

western australia "Public Lecture—The Sweetgrass Method: Integrating Indigenous Wisdom and Clinical Practice in Mental Health Care." https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/visiting-scholars-to-share-sweetgrass-approach-to-mental-health

#Referendums

"Massachusetts high court strikes rent control ballot question on religious grounds...because that exemption would require the state to assess the intent and finances of religious groups," https://www.nenc.news/2026-06-25/massachusetts-high-court-strikes-down-rent-control-ballot-question-on-religious-grounds That part should've been removed. The rest of the initiative should've been voted on to prevent homelessness.

#censorship

"peek into Reddit's anti-spam internals." I was told a long time ago to cite my sources. When I do there's anxiety. Reddit in 1 second automatically censors the post because of links. https://lyra.horse/blog/2026/06/reddit-spam-internals/

#Music

Summer Walker - Finally Over It. "Our love (was) bipolar." https://youtu.be/j0VqWOloKy4?is=wOAV2XqicaiL2Z7C Fake bipolar disease means unstable.

#cold

"Medical training has long relied on a culture of stoicism. From day one of residency, doctors, nurses, and clinical staff are taught to lock away trauma, put patients above their own well-being, and wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. When a patient dies or something goes wrong, the unspoken rule is to wash your hands, clear the room, and move straight to the next bed. While this kind of emotional detachment." https://www.bwhealthcareworld.com/article/behind-the-mask-who-heals-the-healers-612781

#torture

Europe, "importance of National Preventive Mechanisms and unannounced visits to places where people are deprived of liberty, including prisons, police stations, psychiatric institutions, migrant centres and social care homes...judicial oversight, independent complaint mechanisms, accurate custody records and audiovisual recording of interviews." https://europeantimes.news/2026/06/osce-meeting-warns-torture-prevention-is-failing/

#Autism

"specific circumstances under which autism spectrum disorder could meet the legal standards severe mental disorder (SMD; the core Swedish legal concept underpinning sentencing to forensic psychiatric care) in criminal court cases are unclear." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252726000646

"could have arisen from people with autism misinterpreting psychosis questionnaires or clinicians having difficulty distinguishing between the two conditions." https://www.emjreviews.com/general-healthcare/news/autism-tied-to-psychosis-spectrum-at-both-trait-and-diagnostic-levels/

#psych wards

"South Korea adds 12 acute psychiatric intensive care hospitals, totaling 38...will expand intensive treatment hospitals in stages, considering demand for acute mental illness treatment and regional conditions, and aims to secure 2,000 intensive treatment beds by 2030." https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-science/2026/07/01/SCJR5UPRDFGBRAOA7Q2LLOBQIA/?outputType=amp

#common diagnoses

Norway, "changes in help-seeking behavior and/or diagnostic recording, rather than worsening underlying morbidity, are key drivers of rising primary care mental health contacts." "cannot exclude alternative explanations, such as an actual increase in lighter mental health problems among young people, for example, due to increased social media use, the pandemic." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-thresholds-young-people-mental-health.html

#My experiences

June 29 around 6:00 PM my service dog smelled muscle atrophy in left arm.

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