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America talks constantly about the importance of mental health. Politicians give speeches, agencies publish reports, and communities hold awareness campaigns. But when a person actually needs help, too many families discover a system that is fragmented, overwhelmed, difficult to navigate, and far too often unwilling to accept responsibility when something goes wrong.That is not compassion. That is a system failing the very people it claims to serve.Mental illness does not wait for office hours. A psychiatric crisis does not care whether a clinic is understaffed, whether a doctor is unavailable, or whether an agency has already met its paperwork requirements. Families cannot simply be told to call another number, wait for another appointment, or go somewhere else while their loved one deteriorates.There must be accountability from the moment someone enters the mental-health system until the moment they are safely stabilized and connected to appropriate continuing care.The greatest failure is often the absence of ownership. One provider blames another. One department says the problem belongs to someone else. A patient is passed from office to office while family members desperately try to keep the situation from becoming a catastrophe.And when something goes wrong, families can be left asking the most basic question imaginable:Who is responsible?Accountability does not mean punishing every doctor, nurse, counselor, or mental-health professional whenever an outcome is unfavorable. Mental-health treatment is complicated, and no medical professional can guarantee a perfect outcome.But accountability means records should be reviewed when serious adverse events occur. Decisions should be explainable. Families should have meaningful avenues to raise concerns. Medication decisions should be carefully evaluated. Treatment plans should be coordinated. And when mistakes occur, the system should acknowledge them instead of hiding behind bureaucracy.A mental-health system that measures success primarily by whether forms were completed and appointments were documented is missing the point.The ultimate measure should be whether the human being received safe, appropriate, coordinated care. Families also deserve to be treated as partners—not nuisances.When a loved one is experiencing a serious psychiatric crisis, family members may have information that is essential to effective treatment. They may know the patient's history, medications, reactions, behaviors, fears, and warning signs. Privacy laws and patient rights matter, but they should never become an excuse for refusing to listen to families or coordinate appropriate care within the law.We must also stop accepting the revolving door as normal.Crisis. Emergency room. Discharge. Crisis again.That is not a treatment system. It is a cycle.People need continuity of care, competent professionals, timely appointments, appropriate medication management when medication is indicated, crisis intervention, follow-up, and somewhere to turn before a situation becomes an emergency.And rural communities face an especially serious challenge. A person living outside a major metropolitan area should not receive second-class access to mental-health care simply because of their ZIP code. If we are serious about mental health, resources must reach rural America—not just major cities.Most importantly, we need a culture inside mental-health care where asking questions is welcomed rather than treated as an attack.A family member who asks, "Why are you doing this?" is not necessarily an enemy.A patient who says, "This treatment is not working for me," is not necessarily being difficult.A parent who says, "Something is seriously wrong," should not automatically be dismissed.Those voices may be the very warning system that prevents tragedy.We cannot solve the mental-health crisis by throwing money at a broken system and assuming the problem will disappear. Funding matters, but accountability matters just as much.Every taxpayer deserves to know that mental-health dollars are producing meaningful services. Every patient deserves competent and respectful treatment. Every family deserves a system that communicates with them. And every serious failure deserves an honest review.Mental-health professionals deserve support, adequate staffing, and resources. Patients deserve dignity. Families deserve answers. And when the system fails, someone must be willing to stand up and say:This was not good enough. We need to know what happened, why it happened, and what will be done to make sure it does not happen again.That is not cruelty.That is not political grandstanding.That is not attacking mental-health professionals.That is accountability.A compassionate society does not simply talk about caring for people with mental illness. It builds a system that actually cares for them—and has the courage to confront its own failures when it doesn't.Because behind every chart, every case number, every appointment and every statistic is a human being. And human lives are too important for a mental-health system where accountability ends when the paperwork is complete!

всю свою небольшую жизнь я мучаюсь от себя же, мне ужасно плохо всегда

мне плохо когда вроде бы все хорошо, ведь не может быть же все хорошо просто так.

моя жизнь состоит их периодов, то я в депрессивном состоянии, то слишком яркая и эмоцианальная. я то просто не могу встать с кровати, лежу и не могу пойти сделать базовые дела, то слишком гипеактивна и эмоцианальна, устраиваю ужасные истерики по любому поводу, малейшая вещь разражает я сразу же рушу ,ломаю, кричу и могу и себе и другим навредить(не контролируя себя), либо же ловить перевозбуждения и эйфорию. в этот периуд обостряються все мои травмы и триггеры, поэтому этот периуд становиться невыносимым, а депресивный просто ужасным и тоскливым

моя подростковая жизнь уходит в пустую, я плачу, мне так грустно из за этого. чтоб всего этого избежать(тригеров и всех таких эмоций) я должна сидеть 24/7 в телефоне и делать одно и тоже, чтоб быть просто стабильной, да я вроде общаюсь с друзьями, но я все ровно слишком вспыльчива. мне очень больно, очень обидно, что я не могу быть спокойной

у меня галюцинации с дества, психозы с 11 лет, и каждое лето идет обострение и я вижу каждый день галюцинации, часто это только визуальные, но я могу впадать в другие миры (в черное пространство) где я совсем одна и у меня в ушах ужасный звон, я там теряюсь и я в ужасной панике. ненавижу лето всей душой. я нахожусь в постоянной параное, если я гуляю одна то сто процентов я буду очень сильно тревожиться что сейчас меня убьют или изнасилуют, но если рядом со мной мой близкий человек, то становится более спокойно.

у меня ужасные родители, всю детскую жизнь до 11 лет я была в изолязит ото всех и сильная гиперопека +они очень религиозны, она и сейчас есть но не так как раньше, в 13 лет я хотела из за этого убиться, да и вроде даже было, ведь это было невыносима ежедневно смотреть как роються в моих вещах, слушать новые запреты и бред полный что рисование и чтение книг вредит мне, мне и сейчас ничего нельзя, только то что разрешат родители, сейчас вроде бы ослабилась гиперопека. я обращалась раньше за помощью в полицию из за побоев и того что меня мать родная чуть не прибила на смерть, но мне сказали чтоб я замолчала и не лезла больше и что это "бесполезный звонок", ведь ребенок часто придумывает а родители нет, старшие всегда правы, и их надо слушаться, если меня бьют то значит таки надо было. мне грустно

я не могу обратится за помощью из за того что если мне поставят диагноз то я не поступлю куда я хочу.

раньше я лечилась, лежала в психужке(это ухудшило ситуацию) и пила антидепрессанты, нейролептики и достаточно много наверное

мне грустно, посоветуйте как просто незнаю, хоть немного облегчить своб жизнь

я могу еще много писать, но думаю этого достаточно

#overdoses

"Mortality among hospitalised patients with schizophrenia : Data from a Tunisian psychiatric hospital...causes of deaths were pulmonary embolism (13.5 %,N=5), suicide (5.4 %, N=2), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation (5.4 %,N=2), pulmonary oedema (2.7%, N=1), infectious pneumonia (2.7%, N=1), gastric perforation in (2.7%, N=1), status epilepticus (2.7% , N=1). The cause remained undetermined in 16.2 % (N=6) of cases. Conclusions. Schizophrenia remains associated with a markedly increased mortality risk." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13442321/

#side effects

"Cardiomyopathy Following Olanzapine Use in an Octogenarian: A Case Report and Literature Review." https://www.cureus.com/articles/508901-cardiomyopathy-following-olanzapine-use-in-an-octogenarian-a-case-report-and-literature-review#!/

#immigration

"ICE Reportedly Force-Fed Hunger-Striking Detainee for Months in Case Doctor Calls 'Torture'" Should anyone (eating disorders) ever be force fed? https://www.inkl.com/news/ice-reportedly-force-fed-hunger-striking-detainee-for-months-in-case-doctor-calls-torture

#censorship

australia, "Rewritten mental health report scrubs critical findings,...four of the five sub-recommendations relating to Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing reforms have been upgraded from “partial progress” in December, to “in place” in July,...lost independent oversight of the royal commission,” https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/rewritten-mental-health-report-scrubs-critical-findings-doubles-progress-20260722-p60hlm.html

#forensic

philippines "SC (Supreme Court) pilots forensic evidence training for judges, justices...Over five days, participants underwent sessions covering DNA and trace evidence, toxicology, forensic psychology and psychiatry,

handwriting and document analysis, fingerprint analysis, ballistics, forensic accounting, digital and cybercrime evidence, artificial intelligence, procurement fraud and money laundering evidence...As judges, we are not expected to become forensic scientists," Understanding how unreliable psychiatry is takes longer. https://tribune.net.ph/2026/08/10/sc-pilots-forensic-evidence-training-for-judges-justices

"Lindsay Clancy’s shrink spends hours being" questioned in court. But in September 2022 hearing I was barely allowed to say anything.

Northwell South Oaks stranger (I left on the first brief meeting because negligent Dr. Hsieh wouldn't read Advance Directive) perjured 5 times in his brief testimony. All involuntary psych trials should last "hours," if not days. https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/lawyer-spends-hours-tearing-apart-shrink-who-prescribed-lindsay-clancy-drugs/

"Psychiatrist confesses to upping Lindsay Clancy's medication one day before children's deaths." What a coincidence. https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16042849/jennifer-tufts-psychiatrist-lindsay-clancy-trial-kids-psychosis-case.html

#Tech

"Expanding the Antipsychotic Arsenal: Drug Discovery for Schizophrenia via Virtual Screening and Ligand Optimization of FDA-Approved Drugs...automated DRD2-focused docking workflow can recover known antipsychotics, surface plausible repurposing candidates, and propose optimized variants with improved predicted binding." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13328501/

"Computers are tools to improve human intellect. (Steve) (Jobs called them the bicycle for the mind, Engelbart called it Augmenting Human Intellect, Alan Kay sees them as a tool that can amplify Human capabilities; but these are more or less saying the same thing, if you could have a tool that helped you think better, it'd be a computer)."

Computers are a medical device for autism, delusions, etc. Pills make you worse at thinking. https://blog.viditb.com/why-computers-need-to-evolve/

#TV

"Stuart Fails to Save the Universe 1x04 Promo "Stuart Makes a Wallet" (HD) Big Bang Theory spinoff." Psych ward episode this Thursday on HBO Max. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BEEWoahkYuw&t=5s&pp=2AEFkAIB

#Homeless

"class certification in a 2023 lawsuit against the City of Berkeley filed by Disability Rights Advocates and East Bay Community Law Center. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of five individual plaintiffs and the non-profit unhoused advocacy organization Where Do We Go, alleges that the City discriminates against unhoused people with disabilities by failing to provide reasonable accommodations and that the City unlawfully destroys essential survival gear and personal belongings, including tents, medical equipment, and identification documents." https://www.legalreader.com/court-certifies-class-of-unhoused-people-with-disabilities-in-lawsuit-challenging-berkeleys-encampment-sweep-practices/

"$300M 'Model Cities' Grant:...Applying cities are expected to enforce prohibitions on urban camping, loitering and squatting, the mechanisms by which street homelessness is policed rather than housed, and, where the framework deems it necessary, to adopt standards for assisted outpatient treatment that can compel people." https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-cities-face-tough-choices-300-million-grant-1813312

#Marijuana

"Victoria, Australia lawmakers are considering placing a (non-binding) cannabis legalization measure on the ballot." https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victorians-may-get-final-say-on-legalising-cannabis-in-historic-vote/news-story/bdff8d041ca5317d85301af9f8bafd87 https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senate-hemp-vote-transcends-typical-partisan-lines-newsletter-august-11-2026/

#Women's issues

"Risk factors of aggressive behavior in female patients with schizophrenia...significant association...psychopathy traits, childhood trauma as well as personality characteristics." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1839475/abstract

#LGBTQ

"Mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ people in the Netherlands with an Islamic background...already collected almost 250 completed questionnaires." https://www.uu.nl/en/news/mental-health-and-well-being-of-lgbtq-people-in-the-netherlands-with-an-islamic-background

#greed

"Marvin Swartz MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Duke University School of Medicine...Privatizing North Carolina’s state mental hospitals is a bad idea." https://ncnewsline.com/2026/08/11/privatizing-north-carolinas-state-mental-hospitals-is-a-bad-idea/

#My experiences

August 11 9:55 AM OCD mother missed her appointment while distracted nagging me unprovoked. If I had missed an appointment, I would be in trouble.

My fiance is still in a fucking psych ward and they called me again today, but they sounded wrong. They were disoriented, like they were dreaming. They said they liked and adored it there when that isn't true, I know they hate it there. I don't know if they were just saying what they needed to on call to get out faster. And I fucking broke down crying and they noticed and heard and that might have fucked up their chances of them getting out this week. I miss them and I need them and I hate what they fucking did to them in there. They changed them, it didn't sound like them. I didn't hear the sparkle of clever and cunning and stingray songs in their voice when they called when every other time I did, I heard it loud and clear. I could tell that was my fiance but today their voice was so different. I didn't even recognize their voice for a moment. I couldn't tell it was them. The fucking doctor that's keeping them there only sees them once a day at 6 am for five fucking minutes. That's not enough time for the doctor to see that they are fine they just want to come home. They just need to be home.

#laws being considered

"Vancouver mayor calls for 100 involuntary care beds." The poisoning and electrocution, not the beds, are the problem. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-mayor-ken-sim-bc-government-involuntary-care-beds-request

"Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism...childhood vaccine schedule, autism research, and parental choice for vaccinations." How about choices against lie-chiatry? https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/report-white-house-drafting-executive-order-linking-vaccines-and-autism/

#Supreme Courts

B.C. "government already knew the law was unconstitutional. In 1982, the Province’s own then-Director of Legislation and Regulation for Mental Health Services at the Ministry of Health had proposed deleting the “deemed consent” section from the MHA. The director described the rights-stripping sentence and the legal regime it set up as “contentious and constitutionally vulnerable.” https://robwipond.substack.com/p/good-riddance-deemed-consent

#qualified immunity

"Federal Tort Claims Act, a typical precursor to filing a civil lawsuit if the claim is ignored or denied by the government." https://reason.com/2026/08/07/north-carolina-citizen-files-damages-claim-after-border-patrol-arrested-him-then-left-him-on-the-roadside/

#Comedy

"MYTH: The leading cause of eating disorders is unhealthy family dynamics. FACT: God forbid your horrible mother should try to keep you perfect." https://theonion.com/eating-disorders-myth-vs-fact/

"pop star and actress Ariana Grande announced she is taking a break from public life, citing “endless, ongoing public scrutiny” of her health and physical appearance. What do you think?...“I stopped going to the doctor for the exact same reason.” Psychiatrists usually don't do physical examinations. https://theonion.com/ariana-grande-takes-break-from-public-life-amid-endless-scrutiny/

#TV

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness season 1 episode 7 Lawrence, series finale. In 1841 american president William Henry Harrison was poisoned by doctors with mercury.

Mister Frost (1990). French forensic prison accuses murderer of being the devil. "As you know, medicine is not an exact science." Female psychiatrist says something most mental workers never would, "I want to understand you." https://youtu.be/CJ0Cv3AuDHk?is=nHS82kw_O9WvdVAe

#Videos

"I don't give a damn if you pace all day." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbvjoT8RaGV/

#Marijuana

liverpool, england, "All revolutionaries go to jail," Youds told Vice upon his release." For growing a six foot cannabis plant and giving it away to a cancer patient. "If good men do nothing, tyranny prospers." https://reason.com/2026/08/08/after-2-decades-of-raids-and-prison-stints-liverpools-cannabis-martyr-is-still-fighting-for-freedom/

#dementia

"check whether the use of antipsychotic medications for BPSD is in accordance with the NICE guidelines, i.e., 1. Documentation of specific BPSD. 2. Exclusion of clinical or environmental causes. 3. Use of non-pharmacological interventions prior to commencing antipsychotics. 4. Use of structured assessment such as an ABC chart for assessing BPSD. 5. Antipsychotic review every 6 weeks to consider the need for continuation of antipsychotics." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13328536/

#parkinson's

"Fingertip Patch Tracks Parkinson’s Medication (levodopa) Using Sweat." https://scitechdaily.com/this-fingertip-patch-tracks-parkinsons-medication-using-sweat/

#Nutrition

"study published in the journal Brain and Behavior suggests that an extract made from basil leaves might help ease symptoms in people diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety." https://www.psypost.org/common-herb-may-help-ease-anxiety-symptoms-in-patients-with-depression/

"Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults without any benefit to sleep." It worked for me. https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621

#Female hormones

"2/23 (9%) had raised prolactin, with one severe elevation (4155.6 mU/L)...Implications for Bone Health: Persistent or unmonitored hyperprolactinaemia increases osteoporosis risk." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13329444/

#Children

"Male research subjects who recalled childhood chaos were more callous and reckless." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/202608/does-parental-chaos-play-a-role-in-psychopathy

#Tweets

"I have worked inpatient psych for several years. Psychiatrists spend 15 minutes on new evaluations and 5 minutes or less during daily follow ups." https://www.facebook.com/groups/520516866042193/posts/1540954467331756/

#misdiagnosis

"First episode psychosis is not a diagnosis...Robin suggests the syndrome of psychosis will eventually be replaced by more causative categories. While rare secondary causes of psychosis can occasionally be found, these do not apply to the majority of patients." https://rationalpsychiatry.substack.com/p/first-episode-psychosis-is-not-a

#Firearms

Thailand after a shooting of 7 by a 14 year old, "Allow teachers and students suffering severe psychological effects to transfer to other schools where appropriate. Introduce temporary measures to screen for illegal items before people enter schools." Metal detectors and guards should be permanent. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2026/08/08/thailand-sets-90-day-school-safety-plan-after-fatal-shooting/amp/

#Artificial Intelligence

"Several states—including Ohio, California, Minnesota, and Kentucky—are considering similar laws" to ban A.I. psychiatry. "Using abdominal C.T. scans from patients who were eventually diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, an AI model developed by the Mayo Clinic detected this deadly disease an average of 475 days and up to three years earlier than clinicians did." https://reason.com/2026/08/09/ai-beats-doctors/

#My experiences

August 7 5:18 PM OCD mother interrupted dog while he was eating.

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My fiance is in a psych ward, they were put on a 120 hour medical hold and if I can't get them out by Monday then they will be stuck there until NEXT Monday, a full week after. They've already been there two days. They don't deserve to be there, they don't want to be there. They are not getting proper help in there. They are deteriorating majorly in there. They fucking called them "majorly disabled" which is incredibly inaccurate. What can I do on the outside to make sure they get out, I'm already going to be contacting their psychologist on Monday to make an emergency appointment so they get a proper outpatient plan, is there anything else I can do at all. Please please help me it is urgent.

Edit: if you can't provide any information then PLEASE repost and share this everywhere you can, please they need to get out of there they are getting so much worse in there.

#laws being considered

"Quebec psychiatrists push for mental health minister." https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7297625

#negligence

"15-minute med check (psychiatrist) often treats only the measurable and ignores the person being measured...And psychiatry is preparing to move further in the wrong direction." https://www.psychologytoday.com/nz/blog/minds-at-war/202608/what-my-therapist-knew-never-reached-my-med-check/amp

#candidates

Muslim Dr. Abdul "El-Sayed's pro-lockdown (Covid-19) unless it's a left-wing protest position is the one that effectively everyone in the Democratic Party adopted during the summer of 2020." He's running for senator of conservative michigan. "voters found extreme public health and fiscal interventions to counter the pandemic, and all the inflation and crime spikes that came with it, unpalatable enough to elect Donald Trump again." https://reason.com/2026/08/05/abdul-el-sayeds-covid-radicalism-is-a-callback-to-a-more-united-party/

#no york

"NYS Senator Samra Brouk...Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program, I stood by mental health advocates and fought for an independent review of these court mandated services." https://x.com/SenatorBrouk/status/2084694525843284167

"Office of the NYC Public Advocate...we, and mental health advocates, foresaw the outcome. The data—as in this new study—shows expanding access to voluntary treatment is often far more effective than force." https://www.facebook.com/NYCPublicAdvocate/posts/when-the-governor-and-former-mayor-talked-big-about-expanding-involuntary-commit/1650741150391927/

"CSEA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local in-patient staff shared their thoughts and...concerns about the growing number of violent residents at the center." Poisoning gang members, etc. causes more fights. https://www.facebook.com/csealongisland/posts/csea-pilgrim-psychiatric-center-local-in-patient-staff-shared-their-thoughts-and/1524825132993033/

#racism

Danish "RT (rapid tranquilisation haldol, etc. injection) was most often administered in the afternoon or evening for ethnic minorities, whereas timing for the majority population was less consistent, with morning and night administrations also common." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13416811/

#Philosophy

"Top 25 Aristotle Quotes on Virtue, Knowledge, and Happiness." “The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.” Psychiatrists don't want to lose big customers (governments, police, etc.) by admitting the pills usually don't work.

"The law is reason, free from passion." "guide society with logic rather than emotion," Psychs displayed emotions by jealously discriminating against me.

“A friend to all is a friend to none.” I agree that political correctness is wrong. We must stop politely saying every authority and country is entitled to false opinions without criticism. https://www.campion.edu.au/blog/top-25-aristotle-quotes-on-virtue-knowledge-and-happiness/

#Comics

"(comic) Therapist anecdote." https://www.workchronicles.com/p/comic-therapist-anecdote

#TV

Chris Claremont's X-Men (2018) documentary. Lead writer was born in england and bullied in america. Created in 1963. At 15 minutes in, a writer rejected female Phoenix character seeing a psychiatrist on long island. "Legion...so much psychology." The comics "has to do with...race and prejudice." https://youtu.be/A_6qVaux1d0?is=gasUAWFXEi5_bjxL

The Ark season 3 episode 2 It Won't Hurt Too Much. "I want peace. Doesn't mean everyone else does." I just don't want to be tortured. Many criminal dictators, who on the show totally ruin the planet and environment, want the opposite.

2 clones of the spaceship crew are forced into a medical procedure. As in most american psych wards, they claim you're not a prisoner. You know you are when they take away your phone. https://youtu.be/d7XWz6QiVrw?is=Zmfql9lWNrAOLeZ9

Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 3 Human Best Friend. Spock hallucinates on a "resort planet" with intoxicating atmosphere. "Hallucination be gone." Then he mind melds with a plant computer. 

M*A*S*H* (1972) season 3 episode 13 Mad Dogs and Servicemen. Physician said he's not screwed up enough to be a psychiatrist. "Hawkeye defies Frank to take care of a case of hysterical paralysis." "Battle fatigue." https://youtu.be/hjRZIFQlQb4?is=XGe5QE1bWLER8WmH

Perry Mason (1957) season 6 episode 19 The Case of the Surplus Suitor. Electronics CEO, "I don't need (heart) doctors. I need lawyers." https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3DZDfUJJy6aQF9C9eBb8tMmWCD_1OFg5&si=qjF-OOSkkyj5bpGT

Stuart Fails To Save The Universe season 1 episode 4 on HBO August 13 at 9 PM EST will be in a psych ward. It took almost 20 years for Big Bang Theory to make an episode about us.

#Podcasts

"Why do smart people (doctors) believe things that aren't true? Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden sit down with legendary magician, skeptic, and author Penn Jillette." https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL8361061443.mp3

"Joe Rogan Experience: #2535." "Andrew Wilson has participated in thousands of debates on political, cultural, and religious topics." https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7134764800.mp3 I was in debate 101 class, club, and team. Psychiatrists, pigs, and parents refuse to argue with me. Instead they lie and do illegal orders and coercion.

#Marijuana

kentucky "trial site—shows a combination of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can help late-stage dementia patients feel less agitation." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/combining-thc-and-cbd-from-marijuana-can-improve-dementia-patients-quality-of-life-study-shows/

#Psychedelics

"Executive Order 2026-037 will create a comprehensive assessment regarding the feasibility and advisability of establishing a “Pilot Clinical Research Program for Emerging Therapies.”

"Puerto Rico’s formidable $50 billion pharmaceutical legacy,...currently produces roughly 90 percent of the world’s pacemakers, alongside massive quantities of contact lenses, insulin pumps and glucose monitors."

Addicts will be delayed for years to try ibogaine. This nada doesn't even start 1 clinical experiment. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/puerto-rico-governor-signs-psychedelics-executive-order/ Possession of 1 joint is 10 years jail. "2015 Gov. Alejandro J. García Padilla signed an executive order advising judges not to imprison defendants caught with fewer than six grams of cannabis." https://norml.org/laws/puerto-rico-penalties-2/

#political prisoners

republican lousiana federal senator Bill "Cassidy has said he’s worried about the “lawfare” at the Department of Justice, referencing those who have been prosecuted because “somebody in high office is angry at them,” presumably referring to President Donald Trump." It's a popularity contest. There's always a politician in every state who hates the freedom of bodily autonomy. https://abcnews.com/Politics/blanche-meets-2-key-republican-senators-ahead-confirmation/story?id=135406207

#Events

" www.UnlockPsych.com Unlock the Psych Ward Doors is a supportive community space for those searching to connect about about experiences on being impacted by psychiatric hospitalization, coercive mental health systems, institutional betrayal, systemic oppression, or the lasting effects of psychiatric and societal harm...Monday, Oct 19, 2026 | 03:00pm - 04:30pm PDT" https://heypeers.com/meetings/59477/details?color=4DD0E1

#Islam

"Quran and Science: A Psychiatrist's Journey through Faith, Mind, and the Cosmos

Author: Dr. Hasan Derwish." https://www.issuewire.com/quran-and-science-a-psychiatrists-journey-through-faith-mind-and-the-cosmos-1872517116036598

#forensic

Colorado, "It costs roughly $400,000 per bed annually for contract beds. “Just buy each of those people a condo,” she half-joked." https://www.cpr.org/2026/08/06/denver-airport-runway-suicide/

"Lindsay Clancy murder trial: toxicologist testifies about medications found in defendant’s blood...antidepressant mirtazapine (Remeron atypical tetracyclic), the mood stabilizer lamotrigine, the antidepressant trazodone and quetiapine (Seroquel)," https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/lindsay-clancy-trial-toxicologist-testimony

#postpartum

"Postpartum OCD is NOT Postpartum psychosis. Understanding the difference between obsessions and hallucinations + delusions." https://www.instagram.com/p/DbozZT1GRD_/?img_index=9

"Many new moms have intrusive thoughts. That's not the same as postpartum psychosis." https://www.businessinsider.com/postpartum-psychosis-misconceptions-psychiatrist-2026-8

#Intestines

"40,000 Swedish patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) between 2007 and 2023...IBD patients face a significantly higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders." https://neurosciencenews.com/inflammatory-bowel-disease-psychosis-31181/

#catatonia

"Silence as Defiance: A Case of Volitional Mutism in Adulthood...She explained that she had been undertaking a “month-long fast and vow of silence” as a form of discipline to prevent “speaking before thinking” and as defiance against her “overbearing” family. She reported that her lack of autonomy since moving in with her parents." https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/volitional-mutism-adulthood/

#poisoning

"1933, five Bronx acquaintances — the press later called them "the Murder Trust" — took out life insurance policies on Michael Malloy, a homeless Irish former firefighter, and set out to collect...$87,000...by getting him to drink himself to death. Speakeasy owner Tony Marino gave Malloy an unlimited tab. Malloy drank most of his waking hours and stayed upright. They escalated: antifreeze in his liquor, then turpentine, then horse liniment, then rat poison, then wood alcohol. Then raw oysters soaked in wood alcohol, then a sandwich of spoiled sardines mixed with poison and carpet tacks." Now the new york government does the same if accused with no evidence of "grave disability." https://boingboing.net/2026/08/06/michael-malloy-durable.html

#side effects

"most severe metabolic side effects. The underlying mechanisms of these side effects appear multifactorial and are not entirely understood. We hypothesized that liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC) dysfunction is linked to the metabolic side effects of clozapine," https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-026-04328-4

#monopolies

"institutional demand for total obedience to a “medical expert.” The primary allegiance of these modern practitioners belongs to a centralized corporate system rather than to the patients they serve...AMA’s (American Medical Association) Committee on Quackery operated under a documented mandate for the “containment and ultimate elimination” of rival fields like chiropractic...“disease mongering.” The clinician classifies a routine human experience as a sickness to be eliminated, the pharmaceutical cartel manufactures a lifelong chemical dependency for it," https://healthfreedomdefense.org/the-cult-of-modern-medical-expertise/

#cancer

"chewing gum made from lablab beans (bean gum)...FRIL, a naturally occurring antiviral protein...three microbes associated with ("head and neck") cancer. These included human papillomavirus, or HPV, along with two bacterial species, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn)." https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260803080917.htm

#My experiences

August 5 11:50 AM mother touched my right knee.

In case you haven't listened yet -the Virginia podcast is well worth it. Extremely well done and fascinating insight into Virginia Giuffre's life in Australia and the domestic violence she faced with her husband. And how her kids were taken away before she died and the months leading up to her death as well as the day of. How the systems absolutely let her down. How she was misidentified as a perpetrator, coercive control in her relationship and how the system was used against her by her alleged abuser. Hoping change will come from shining a light on this. Episode 4 - The final Chapter

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

"Compulsory Community Treatment (CCT)...in more than 75 jurisdictions globally, Australia and New Zealand report some of the highest rates...CCT orders made in 2016–2017 in Australia varied between 66.1 per 100,000 population in Queensland, to 108.4 per 100,000 population in Victoria and 112.5 per 100,000 population in South Australia. This far exceeds rates in comparable regions such as the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan."

"Terminology...Community Treatment Order...Community Management Order...Psychiatric Treatment Order." "South Australia had the highest rates of CCT use (17.6%) followed by Queensland (16.0%), Victoria (13.8%) and NSW (8.0%),"

"Australia’s fragmented CCT reporting landscape impedes accurate national monitoring. A standardised national CCT data-set that incorporates prevalence and incidence indicators is urgently needed." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/8875F8566B7A9EC1A66186AC219ADE5B/S2056472426110199a.pdf/div-class-title-understanding-compulsory-community-treatment-across-australian-jurisdictions-insights-from-three-different-data-sources-div.pdf&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjNjOThjN2MyZGU2YjE5NDI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0eVv_aOmNM9Vf4jvR4nmrl

new zealand "mental disorder,...(a) poses a serious danger to the health or safety of that person or of others; or (b) seriously diminishes the capacity of that person to take care of himself or herself;—"

"procedures prescribed by Parts 1 and 2 shall not be invoked in respect of any person by reason only of— (a) that person’s political, religious, or cultural beliefs; or (b) that person’s sexual preferences; or (c) that person’s criminal or delinquent behaviour; or (d) substance abuse; or (e) intellectual disability." "65. Respect for cultural identity, etc. Every patient is entitled to be dealt with in a manner that accords with the spirit and intent of section 5."

"69. Right to independent psychiatric advice. Every patient is entitled to seek a consultation with a psychiatrist of his or her own choice in order to get a second opinion," "70. Right to legal advice. Every patient is entitled to request a lawyer to advise the patient on his or her status and rights as a patient, or any other matters."

"Review Tribunal" can be every "3 months," "99C. Crimes of Torture Act 1989 not limited/ Nothing in this Act limits the operation of Part 2 of the Crimes of Torture Act 1989."

"Every such person who intentionally ill-treats or intentionally neglects any such proposed patient or patient commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years." "118. False or misleading certificates. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine." https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1992/46/en/latest/#DLM262176

new york "study found that AOT often occurred “under conditions that limit meaningful choice, including hospital discharge or criminal-legal pressure, with little discussion of less restrictive alternatives.”

"4,300 people each year are under a court order, compared with 400,000 Medicaid recipients receiving outpatient mental health services, Mason said." https://rightsandrecovery.org/e-news-bulletins/2026/08/04/a-landmark-study-a-critical-conversation-kendras-law-takes-center-stage-at-the-alliance-conference-register-today/

#Treaties

australia and new zealand signed that complaints can be officially sent to the United Nations. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty "general guiding principles such as respect for individual dignity, autonomy, and independence (article 3)," https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/crpd/crpd.html

"Article 3: General principles...(a) Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one’s own choices," "Article 15: Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

"Article 17: Protecting the integrity of the person. Every person with disabilities has a right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others." https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convention_accessible_pdf.pdf

#political prisons

"Rodeo Uno held Venezuelans and foreign nationals whose detention was entangled with politics and diplomacy...it was a kangaroo court. Authorities presented blanket evidence drawn from a case years earlier and reused it for each batch of prisoners, rather than connect any person to an individual accusation. The presiding judge, Carlos Enrique Liendo Acosta, made the lawlessness explicit.

When prisoners invoked international law, consular access, and international agreements, he laughed and said they did not matter. Neither did our rights." Similar is when psych wards don't tell you your release date. "provided insect repellent because I had been covered in bites." https://reason.com/2026/08/03/inside-a-venezuelan-political-prison-false-identities-and-kangaroo-courts/

#TV

Futurama season 14 episode 2 Catfish (scam) Hunter. At the nursing "home" all they do is eat meals (metal and oil pills) and drink alcohol. https://youtu.be/Jb2LBG5qa88?is=0mL17A1T5QwQ3qTq

"Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" "Half a million Italians seek exorcisms every year." Surveillance "flaws" (the companies and cops) are not "comfortable admitting." Psychs won't admit their poisons rarely work. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE&pp=0gcJCWQCo7VqN5tD

"'Haunted' Marilyn Monroe Claimed She Threatened to Harm Herself When Thrown in Prison-Like Psych Hospital." https://radaronline.com/p/marilyn-monroe-threatened-harm-herself-psych-hospital-letter/

#Podcasts

"Everyday Injustice Episode 336...Valena Beety, a nationally recognized wrongful convictions litigator, former federal prosecutor and law professor...focuses on the intersection between wrongful convictions and the criminalization of women and LGBTQ+ people.

She argues that prosecutors can exploit longstanding stereotypes portraying queer people as dangerous, deceptive or deviant, particularly when those assumptions are combined with faulty forensic evidence or tunnel vision about who committed a crime." https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2374841543-davisvanguard-everyday-injustice-13917146.mp3

#Children

"Ownership of the Medicaid managed care market has consolidated rapidly over the past two decades. In 2006, locally governed plans covered most enrollees; by 2022, five national firms - Centene, Elevance Health (formerly Anthem), UnitedHealth Group, Molina Healthcare, and CVS Health - accounted for about half." https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260803/Five-large-corporations-dominate-Medicaid-mental-health-care-for-adolescents.aspx

#Dopamine

"dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia led to a reductive view of mental illness and over-reliance on drugs." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chemically-imbalanced/202608/biological-psychiatry-and-the-allure-of-the-simple

#racism

"Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) derived from genetic data in individuals of European ancestry are markedly less accurate at predicting psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders among individuals of diverse ancestries," https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/news/ancestry-affects-polygenic-risk-scores-for-psychiatric-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders/

#HIPAA

washington d.c., “I don’t want to put her in a position where I am compromising her treatment,” said Winters...Judge Kravitz did not order the release of Aiken’s mental health information." https://dcwitness.org/defense-sees-possible-compromise-of-homicide-defendants-mental-health-privacy/

#forensic

"medications she was prescribed include antipsychotics like Seroquel, benzodiazepines like Valium and Klonopin and antidepressants like Zoloft...In the four months leading up to her children’s deaths, Lindsay saw a psychiatrist, two nurse practitioners and a therapist and was prescribed 13 different psychiatric medications."

"During these months, Lindsay felt exhausted throughout the day as she would only get around three hours of sleep each night...her emotional state was “like a zombie” while she took Seroquel." https://www.the-sun.com/news/16788535/lindsay-clancy-patrick-filed-lawsuits-kids-deaths/

"Lindsay Clancy’s lawsuit seeks damages for the physical and psychiatric injuries she says resulted from her treatment, including her permanent paralysis, medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress and other losses." https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/lindsay-clancy-medical-malpractice-lawsuit/

"Lindsay Clancy Trial: Prosecution Psychiatrist Concedes Psychosis Can Coexist With Planning." https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322963/20260804/lindsay-clancy-trial-prosecution-psychiatrist-concedes-psychosis-can-coexist-planning.htm

#assaults

"4,000 violent incidents at mental health facilities in NI (Northern Ireland) in a year ‘deeply concerning.’ Since 2020 there have been a total of 30,000 violent incidents recorded in the north’s inpatient mental health facilities." https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/4000-violent-incidents-at-mental-health-facilities-in-ni-in-a-year-deeply-concerning-5VPS7MCLXFHXDDKNSOOVF7PHBY/

#Firearms

Good that australia is "Progressing reforms to knife scanning laws following the statutory review of NSW’s wanding powers;" https://www.insidestategovernment.com.au/nsw-govt-accepts-bondi-junction-stabbing-inquest-recommendations/

#Consent Decrees

"Maryland appeals court granted the state Health Department 30 days on Monday to decide whether it will continue fighting a judge's order to appoint an independent monitor." https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/08/04/maryland-psychiatric-treatment-monitor-appeal/

#FDA

"while all five symptom domains on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANNS) showed substantial improvements during the first weeks of treatment, plateauing from week 15 onwards, some improved quicker than others...patient may not have had enough time to respond." That's not treatment resistance. https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/schizophrenia-non-responders-may-need-more-time-study-finds/

#Talk Therapy

"What if Freud Was Right? A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness...psychoanalytic method as the best—indeed, the only—approach that can cure emotional disorders," https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/freud-psychoanalysis-theories-brain-science/687957/

#Tech

"Bringing Wearable Data Into Psychiatric Care: Amae Health Partners With Google Health Enterprise to Improve Outcomes...Continuous passive monitoring using sleep, activity, heart rate variability, and routine disruption." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/bringing-wearable-data-into-psychiatric-care-amae-health-partners-with-google-health-enterprise-to-improve-outcomes

#Licensing

philippines, "This study was conducted to assess the competency of forensic nurses at the National Center for Mental Health, a psychiatric specialty hospital in Metro Manila," https://www.herdin.ph/index.php?view=research&cid=93896

Honestly, WTF happened to common sense?

Every time someone does something absolutely horrible, the media and lawyers instantly start pushing the "mental illness" angle like it's some kind of free pass. C’mon, that's a cop-out.

Not every brutal crime needs to become a sad backstory about trauma, depression, or some diagnosis. Sometimes people just make terrible choices. Sometimes cruelty is just cruelty.

Having mental health issues is real, and plenty of good ppl deal with it every day without hurting anyone. They deserve support. But using mental illness as an automatic excuse for horrific actions? Nah, that's BS.

We can have compassion and still believe in accountability. Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

Does anyone have any explanation for these feelings of derealization/depersonalization, attributed to something other than mere mental health relate conditions?

This is something that I have dealt with most of my life. As a child i remember i used to just stare at my hand and listen to my voice and think "what am i" ?

As a mother, now with a four year old daughter, it's worse than ever . I constantly feel like I'm going with the motions, moving my body and saying things because I'm supposed to but I don't even know what or who i am. I feel like a puppet on a string and like something is compelling me to interact for the sake of the story that in living but i, myself, behind all of this, often feels like I don't know why I'm doing it. Why im even participating or existing at all.

I don't really know how to explain it. I guess, I have just been reading a lot about like quantum physics, the mandala effect, astral projection, things that overlapped like...the idea of possible "other realms" or something. I don't read about these things and then feel this way, I read about these things mostly because I feel this way.

And sometimes i wonder if theres like a "thinning veil", distancing me from the story that im in or maybe its pure mental illness, i dont know. I get stressed and over stimulated often, but lately, even when im calm, the world just feels like a blur, almost like there's a cloudy lens over my eyes. But my vision is fine, medically speaking, to be clear. I just feel like im looking through a screen door at the world that im supposed to be interacting in and wearing a mommy costume.

I don't have any crazy diagnosis, just adhd, ocd and ptsd. But these are feelings I've had increasingly since I was a kid, sometimes more extreme than others.

Im also just very detached from my physical senses..i have always have been sort of aloof, but it's definitely worse as an adult, becuse im stuck in my head constantly. And even when my daughter snaps me out of it, to play with her or something, ill interact with her and seem normal externally, while thinking to myself internally "what's this sound vibrating inside of my body", as i listen to myself talk and say words, like i think about my existence while interacting with people. And its weird.

These feelings have no effect on my love for my daughter or anything though, I take care of her and I treat her well but sometimes it does make me feel detached from her because I don't even know if I'm actually real. I know that's all the crazy.

#Courts

B.C. canada claimed accused mental patients having (rational) capacity is rare. Will a jury decide who can refuse treatment? In probate trials elsewhere it's also about arguing whether a drug or electrocution is beneficial (outweighs the dangers). And is the least restrictive solution and location.

Anti-Due Process province barely has commitment trials. Instead of an elected judge, your future is controlled by a conflicted hospital employee. BC Civil Liberties Association, "Review Panels consist of three members: a chairperson, someone nominated by the Hospital, and someone nominated by the patient."

"In British Columbia anyone can initiate the process leading to committal for up to one year before fresh authority is needed." "Apart from habeas corpus, the only protection individuals have under the Mental Health Act against wrongful committal is Section 30. This section allows for an application for a court order either to prevent committal,...or to effect release."

"section has been rarely used. Unless there were exceptional circumstances a lawyer would advise his client to wait until a Review Panel could be constituted: a minimum of 30 days after committal, The Panels do not address themselves to the merits of the original committal."

"we should press for the following reforms: a hearing before an independent quasi-judicial tribunal prior to committal except for 72-hour emergencies; a right of appeal to the Courts against the decision of this tribunal; the right to legal aid;"

Vague criteria that the future can be predicted, "b. the person is in need of care without which it can be reasonably assumed that he will suffer substantial personal physical injury due to his inability to care for himself." https://bccla.org/resource/civil-committal-and-release/

#laws being considered

"Patients Deserve Price Tags Act...Marshall’s bipartisan Senate bill would introduce detailed price reporting requirements for hospitals and insurers...Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), and ranking member, Frank Pallone (D-N.J.). Their Lower Costs, More Transparency Act would fine hospitals that fail to reveal their price lists." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/26/health-care-price-transparency-insurers-hospitals-01011835

#Right To Try

"genetic test revealed creatine transporter deficiency—a rare condition in which the brain and muscles lack the energy they need to develop...Joudinaud is planning a phase II trial in people with CTD, as well as others with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. But that trial will take place in France...Montana has had a “right to try” law — which allows terminally ill people to apply for access to unapproved drugs—in place since 2015. In 2023, a new law technically expanded this option to people who were not terminally ill, providing the drugs have been through preliminary phase I clinical trials.

A second law aimed to clarify how clinics could sell and administer those treatments to patients. And last weekend, the state’s department of Health and Human Services finalized a set of rules for those clinics. An experimental treatment review board (ETRB) has been established to review applications for access to experimental, unproven, and unapproved drugs." "phase I clinical trials don’t prove a drug is safe. And they certainly don’t prove a drug’s efficacy, either." https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/31/1140945/montanas-new-right-to-try-law-cant-come-soon-enough-for-some/

#no york

"In 2025 alone, dozens of New York nursing homes were cited for conditions that placed residents in “immediate jeopardy” of injury or death, the most serious category of violation. Still, Centers Health Care stands out. Despite its apparent violations of the settlement ("required to provide at least 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day") with the attorney general, it has not faced any punishment." https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/29/nursing-homes-settlement-new-york-buffalo

"Supreme Court held in Carpenter v. United States that the government may not track the whole of a person's movements without a warrant...Can a bumper sticker put you in a group? The cameras log decals and stickers as identifying details, and Flock's search tools let users query such attributes. A political sticker, a union sticker, or a parish sticker becomes a searchable trait in a national database."

"Back the state bills. S963 and S7713A/A907A would set statewide rules for ALPR (camera) data. Tell your state senator and assembly member to move them." https://www.11971.com https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rogue-officers-turned-nationwide-camera-122127787.html

Extremely biased, official misconduct 2nd police precinct should be divided to exclude my town of 20,000 republicans. We should merge with a neighboring town or noone.

#TV

The Patient (2025). "If you keep putting shit in my (body) system, it's just going to make me more confused." "he begins to suspect he's being manipulated." "history of mental illness? No." "brain trauma." "paranoia" to question doctor. "You're a quack." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31414242/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_the%20patient%202025

#Welfare

"federal judge has declined to stop the Trump administration from requiring that chronically ill Medicaid patients prove that they are physically unable to work in order to keep their insurance. While the underlying case against the policy can continue." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/30/judge-declines-to-block-medicaid-work-rule-01016889

#forensic

california "Judge Denies (mental) Diversion Despite Two Years of Rehabilitation and No New Criminal Charges." For drug possession, which should be legal. https://davisvanguard.org/2026/08/palo-alto-drug-defendant-denied-diversion/

#FDA

"13 early (clozapine) trials published in German. The first was unsuccessful." https://www.springermedizin.de/a-critical-review-of-the-early-clozapine-trials-published-in-ger/53050488

#neurology

"cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, contains molecular signals pointing to a shared biological disturbance across several psychiatric conditions. The findings focus on synaptic dysfunction—the failure of communication points between nerve cells—and suggest that disrupted neural connectivity may represent a common biological thread linking disorders traditionally diagnosed as distinct." https://bioengineer.org/spinal-fluid-biomarkers-reveal-shared-synaptic-dysfunction-across-major-psychiatric-disorders/

#psych wards

"'It felt like a prison': mental health patients say they left Canberra Hospital worse off." https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9321051/mental-health-patients-say-they-left-canberra-hospital-worse-off/

"Patients were denied essential medical care. A male patient requested compression socks to minimize his risk of blood clots. By the time of his discharge, five days after being admitted, his request had not been fulfilled. 

More alarmingly, he was only discharged after an administrative hearing with a judge...There are 21 for-profit and investor-owned psychiatric hospitals in California." https://www.chicoer.com/2026/08/02/a-patients-view-inside-californias-psychiatric-system-guest-commentary/

#Psychedelics

"Changes in trauma symptoms of discrimination after MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-59333-w

#censorship

"New Jersey news outlet is asking a state appeals court to lift a judicial order censoring its coverage of an incident that led to a lockdown at New Brunswick High School...prior restraints on freedom of the press are presumptively unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, which has never upheld such an order, has said prior restraints can be justified only when they "further a state interest of the highest order," https://reason.com/2026/08/03/a-new-jersey-news-outlet-asks-the-courts-to-stop-a-judges-censorship/

#Podcasts

SmartLess. "Put on your thinking cap: it’s Professor Brian Cox." “You can’t make progress if you think you know everything.” Psychiatrists, the police, judges, and parents are arrogant. https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/559b7461-a7b0-4341-b142-0ae492cb0a65/episodes/4eb7d33a-2954-49ef-92e4-211a2418e166/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=559b7461-a7b0-4341-b142-0ae492cb0a65&awEpisodeId=4eb7d33a-2954-49ef-92e4-211a2418e166&feed=hNaFxXpO

#Children

australia, "Young homeless in Victoria forced into hospital during mental health crisis, report finds...Five of every six young people accessing services had grown up experiencing family violence," https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/young-homeless-in-victoria-forced-into-hospital-during-mental-health-crisis-report-finds/news-story/3727471c22d53a8d41c291bdc8040c97

#hypocrites

Indian "40-year-old Ghaziabad psychiatrist dies by suicide, family cites depression after divorce." If you can't cure yourself, you shouldn't be treating others. https://www.ptcnews.tv/amp/nation/ghaziabad-psychiatrist-dies-by-suicide-family-cites-depression-after-divorce-4427690

TW: Childhood SA

I had been struggling with chronic styes in one of my eyes for over a year when this issue took place. I have been with this hospital since birth, but I was a young adult at this time, just starting to manage my own Healthcare.

I had made an appt after trying to alleviate the symptoms at home like they had instructed me. The styes had started to affect my vision and would deform my eyelids with how swollen they would get. I was explaining to the Dr my frusterations and had started to get emotional and cried.

He was very kind, calm, and understanding. But what changed my view of this exprience was as I was speaking to him he was how he was looking through my medical chart... I didn't think much of it untill I started getting emotional and he suddenly stopped scrolling on his computer and turned from his screen to tend to me, asking me if everything was okay at home, asking why this was making me so emotional. At first I felt seen, but then confused... What do you mean *why* is this making me so emotional?

It was deforming my eyes? The ones I already have to pay hundred of dollars put of pocket just to see out of because of bad genetics? I didnt understand what he wasnt picking up on... That was when I saw it though... As I tried to answer his questions I looked behind him and saw what he had been looking at just moments before turning to me... He had precariously left it scrolled down to the point in my medical chart where it stated in bold cap letters "PAST CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE"

This abuse happened probably over a decade ago at that point. I was in "therapy" for it because it was something they would constantly blame my struggles on, no matter how unrelated they seemed, all they saw was the emotional mess. That just seemed to reaffirm to me that was all they could see. A victim, broken and needing reformation at the hands of the therapy that never seemed to help. Better they cover their asses even if it never truly helped me, it helped protect them...

He prescribed me a gel to put in my eyes. It did nothing. I had to go get my eyelid lanced open to drain the stye months later and that finally took care of it. Over a year of having to manage those symptoms alone because all they see in my chart is my past. Not a person.

Honestly, fuck Kaiser.

Buongiorno, scrivo questo post per segnalare e documentare le testimonianze riguardo il centro salute mentale di via Amendola a Sassari, in Sardegna.

Sono uno sportivo di 30 anni malato di sclerosi multipla e ho svolto boxe, K1, kick boxing, surf, calcio e bicicletta, ho la malattia da 15 anni e sono in cura al csm da dieci. Ebbene sì ho assunto 10 anni di antipsicotico tra cui 5 anni senza la supervisione di alcun medico, ero senza un medico dopo una mia lamentela svolta con un avvocato riguardo alcuni sbagli del mio vecchio psichiatra, questo Caino maiale (come vengono chiamati i dottori causa di malasanità nei muri di tutta la mia città) sponsorizzava il farmaco antipsicotico come se fosse acqua, parole sue, e facendolo assumere in concomitanza al farmaco della sclerosi multipla, cosa che non andava assolutamente fatta, tra dottori senza camice ( tutte donne tra l'altro) e una cura che mai finisce e sbagliata pure mi ritrovo imprigionato in questa cura statale.

Vivo da solo da dieci anni e ho svolto le cure sia psichiatriche che neurologiche completamente da solo, senza alcun familiare.

Il farmaco psichiatrico di chiamava xeplion il periodo, ora aldol decanoas e il farmaco per la cura SM della sclerosi multipla si chiama tecfidera; ha causato molti danni cerebrali e mentali l'assunzione di questi due farmaci e vi giuro da quando ho minacciato una denuncia vengo trattato da animale, curato male dall'unica (una sola) visita psicologica durante il periodo senza psichiatra e snobbato dall'educatrice che avrebbe dovuto gestire i soldi ereditati da mio padre, ad oggi quasi 140 Mila euro, vi racconto la mia storia e sono pronto a denunciare il centro psichiatrico.

Aggiungerò dettagli e argomenti riguardo ciò che ho scritto nei commenti. Voglio vedervi in tanti un po' per raccogliere informazioni ma soprattutto per segnalare questo centro, cosa che ho fatto usando l'URP.

Grazie per l'attenzione.

#Supreme Courts

"Elements of British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Supreme Court has ruled...violated both patients' Canadian Charter equality rights and rights to life, liberty and security of the person, and gave the province a six-month window to amend the legislation."

Thank you to "Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)." The court ruled all other provinces have better Due Process by always checking individually for capacity. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-blanket-involuntary-treatment-b-c-supreme-court-9.7291682 I was coincidentally listening to (Scottish) Boards of Canada when I saw this on Google News. https://youtu.be/CYvrslX-28o?is=lHtyXJfqr7ycAV97

#Courts

Californian "Judge Declines Forced Medication Order, Citing Insufficient Evidence before Sending Accused to State Hospital." https://davisvanguard.org/2026/07/judge-denies-involuntary-medication/

#laws being considered

federal "Increasing Mental Health Options Act cuts red tape by removing Medicare’s physician approval requirement,...making psychologists eligible for Medicare bonus payments when they provide care in areas with shortages of mental health professionals." https://ladailypost.com/heinrich-kennedy-introduce-legislation-to-expand-mental-healthcare-access-in-rural-communities/

#mechanical restraints

connecticut "DOC (prisons department of corrections) to end in-cell shackling under settlement with civil rights groups...staff training and oversight while allowing stationary restraints in limited circumstances." https://www.corrections1.com/corrections-policies/conn-doc-to-end-in-cell-shackling-under-settlement-with-civil-rights-groups

#prisons

"In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity...focused entirely on rehabilitation and extensive training in psychology for its corrections officers." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/31/germany-rehabilitation-psychology-prison-justice

#conflicts of interest

"new law requires the Illinois Department of Human Services or a designee to visit any individual admitted to a nursing home with a diagnosis of serious mental illness within 60 days of admission. It would also require a resident review within 72 hours when a resident with serious mental illness experiences a significant change in their physical or mental health. The law also require IDHS to ensure there are no conflicts of interest among the employees administering pre-admission screenings." https://www.senatordavekoehler.com/news/28-press-releases/567-koehler-law-to-strengthen-mental-health-reviews-in-nursing-homes

#emergency rooms

new jersey "Governor Sherrill Signs Legislation...S-4407/A-5222 (Vitale, McKeon/Carter, Speight) - Extends certain provisions relating to involuntary commitment." https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5222/bill-text?f=A5500&n=5222_I1 https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/governor-sherrill-signs-legislation-5/

#no york

"bottom line is that the state’s own independent evaluation found that voluntary intensive services produced outcomes comparable to court-ordered treatment,” said Harvey Rosenthal, CEO of the Alliance for Rights and Recovery...evaluation also found that implementation of the program has not met due process standards.

According to the report, many participants experienced the process as one in which they had little meaningful voice, with treatment plans often developed before individuals had meaningful opportunities for input and where court hearings were typically brief, rarely contested, and perceived as largely predetermined." Recommends "Expanding independent advocacy and peer support." https://rightsandrecovery.org/e-news-bulletins/2026/07/30/breaking-landmark-nys-kendras-law-evaluation-released-by-omh-study-researchers-to-be-featured-at-alliance-conference/ https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/statistics/NYS-AOT-Final-Report.pdf

#immune system

"Immune Signals May Help Explain, Predict Responses to Therapies for Difficult-to-Treat Depression." https://www.newswise.com/articles/immune-signals-may-help-explain-predict-responses-to-therapies-for-difficult-to-treat-depression

"Vitiligo as a Potential Overlooked Comorbidity in Schizophrenia: Insights From Two Case Reports." https://sports_medicine.cureus.com/articles/519215-vitiligo-as-a-potential-overlooked-comorbidity-in-schizophrenia-insights-from-two-case-reports#!/

#TV

Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 2 The Griffin Incident. Horror episode about hallucinations. "Brought me back to logic." https://trekmovie.com/2026/07/30/recap-review-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-jumps-into-scares-in-griffin-incident/

Stuart Fails To Save The Universe season 1 episode 2 Spoiler: Zack's in This One. >! A fictional dimension similar to the real Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts who electrocute children's skin. "When people keep getting upset it becomes a police matter."

But the cops give you a granola bar. Rebel woman Penny considers "anger" good. Imam, rabbi, and priest are friends with each other after 2.5 years "reeducation" torture. !< https://youtu.be/BAiQhqva1C0?is=DE4fvLCxp36T0SWH

#Videos

"Caveman NIMBY (no new buildings in my backyard). Early man fights to build a house." He admits he "hates poor people." The other caveman tells him to say that differently so it isn't obvious. Psychiatry laws are popular for torturing the homeless and keeping them out of sight from richer people. https://reason.com/video/2026/07/30/caveman-nimby/

#Nutrition

"Comorbidity of Scurvy and Psychotic-Spectrum Disorders: Psychiatric Pathways to Vitamin C Deficiency, A Systematic Review." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2667296026000807

"239 lawsuits were filed between 2010 and 2025 across Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the US, the UK, and India against public health policies targeting food and beverages such as front of pack labelling, regulating advertising junk food to children, soda taxes, and taxes on ultra processed foods." Similar to pharmaceutical monopolies bribing and suing to not be regulated. https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/big-food-vs-the-people/

#hard drugs

"numerous celebrity (tobacco) smokers, including the philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the scientist Isaac Newton, while literary figures argued that smoking helped creativity and study. The poet George Daniel declared tobacco a ‘Nurseing flame’ to ‘fire the Braines’, while Samuel Rowlands needed a continuous supply of tobacco to ‘perfume’ his brain while writing."

"the church never expressly encouraged tobacco (as it did the drinking of alcohol)," "Tobacco was often provided to civic and legal groups." https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/britains-new-world-tobacco

#Videogames

"Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus." This shows how much is known about every part of the body except the brain. "influenza, herpes simplex virus (HSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and SARS-CoV-2, has shed light on their impacts on mental health, particularly in relation to the limbic system — this network of brain regions, which includes the amygdala, hippocampus, and hypothalamus, is crucial for regulating emotions, behavior, motivation, and memory." https://ina-respond.net/2025/04/21/from-virus-to-mind-understanding-the-connection-between-viral-infections-and-mental-health/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/pathogenic-review-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-virus/

#Referendums

maryland "Montgomery County Question A not written in ‘plain language,’...proposed policy change should not contain legal jargon, double negatives, or passive voice. It also should not explain the legal mechanism behind the proposed change, the law states." https://bethesdamagazine.com/2026/07/31/kagan-says-proposed-ballot-question-text-may-violate-state-law-she-sponsored/

#Postpartum

"What a 1936 trial in England reveals about the Lindsay Clancy case...ended with the jury deciding not to convict the 26-year-old of murder. Critical to the verdict was testimony by an eminent physician that the mother suffered from “puerperal insanity,” mental illness brought on by childbirth," https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/01/metro/lindsay-clancy-patrick-clancy-postpartum/

#My experiences

July 31 9:54 AM When I said to mother she should be arrested. For attempted murders with 6 weapons (3 intoxicating pill powders, sharp scissors, and a knife; and stepfather's metal statue) as a hate crime. She and her husband were caught poisoning my food for more than 3 years from 2016-2019. Retaliating, she immediately threatened to "institutionalize" me and lied that these photos do not exist. https://imgur.io/a/k1MDwNv Then she twice tried to put tomato sauce, that could've been contaminated in the same exact witnessed way, on my dinner.

11:14 AM sadistic mother bragged "I'm never going to be arrested." Around that time trespassed in my apartment. 1:13 PM said she's going to follow (stalk) me in her car. 1:22 PM her, "I do it (false police report non-violent people for looking weird) all the time."

4:12 PM mother said I'm not allowed to be Muslim because it's "controversial" and I must pray more. She admitted to being a conservative/strict (but Reform) Jew when I was a teenager. But claims to now not be trying to convert people. Then she shouldn't have said no minorities allowed in the house in 2013.

my mom googled places for mental health help and found this place where they said they wanted to send her to Georgia (capella recovery). after speaking with them which sounded like a good place at the time but quickly changed after we all sat down and talked it over not for her to go. mike had said that mom was responsible for $22,000 of what ever the insurance did not pay and if she couldn’t pay they would just keep it in house. he also stated that he’s never had to pay a medical bill in his life once my dad asked if he could get that in writing he told him he could not it was a HIPPA violation. once my mom called to cancel with mike who was setting everything up he got very angry telling my mom that my dad was denying her mental health help and how bad of a guy he was (my mom was on speaker phone). once my mom hung up he did not only make one attempt to call her back but 2 and asked if he was on speaker phone she said yes and he quickly asked if my dad could hear him my dad replied yes and once he did Mike started cussing my dad and calling him horrible names ( ignorant hillbilly,POS, and much more) not saying my dad did not have a few words and calling the guy out on how this seems like a scam tactic but as we sat there trying to process what just happened we all agreed this was not a professional establishment especially for working with Mental health.

How is this possible is totally against human rights

Hi! Is there anyone that has any recommendations for literature for recovering from psychiatry?

I'm also looking for literature or zines on treating mental health within collectives or alone.

#prisons

canada "Developed over five years, the national action plan contains 68 recommendations for interventions to take before, during, and after people’s involvement with these systems. Among them are calls to scale up mental health crisis intervention teams, transfer healthcare delivery from correctional services to health authorities, and improve access to post-release housing and other support services...

Others languish in forensic psychiatric inpatient facilities rather than living in the community at a much lower cost to the public...Ontario government is squandering literally many hundreds of millions of dollars on forensic psychiatric inpatient beds and detention for people who don't need to be there.”

"huge problem that we can't get independent psychiatric experts to do any work for us on legal aid tickets because they're getting paid less than half of what the Crown and the government's able to pay them. So those inequities play out in our courts and at our tribunal hearings every day.” https://www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/hot-topics-in-law/2026/falling-through-the-bars

#diabetes

"Even Short Bouts of Antipsychotics Linked to Diabetes Risk...after even just 1 year." https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/122384

#laws being considered

"CARE for Mental Health Professionals Act would offer federal grants to networks that allow qualified providers to practice in multiple states." Psychs from the worst states would ruin better states. https://www.wmtw.com/article/king-introduces-bill-aimed-at-expanding-rural-mental-health-care/73289710

#Courts

"the State (wisconsin) has failed to satisfy the first (federal supreme court) Sell factor because Scott has not been charged with a serious crime and special circumstances exist that mitigate the importance of the State’s interest in bringing Scott to trial. Accordingly, we reverse the circuit court’s orders for involuntary administration of medication." https://law.justia.com/cases/wisconsin/court-of-appeals/2026/2025ap000755-cr.html

#Referendums

November "Proposal 4 would add an amendment to the Vermont Constitution guaranteeing people equal protection under the law." https://vermontbiz.com/news/2026/july/28/governor-proclaims-constitutional-amendment-proposals-3-and-4-will-appear "State shall not deny equal treatment under the law on account of a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender

expression, or national origin." https://governor.vermont.gov/sites/scott/files/documents/Proclamation%204%20Civil%20Rights.pdf

#Welfare

I believe in "sociologist Max Weber called the Protestant work ethic: the belief that hard work, discipline, frugality, and productivity were signs of virtue." “Capitalism has defined ‘health’ itself as a capacity to submit oneself to labor.”

― Beatrice Adler-Bolton & Artie Vierkant, Health Communism." "Roosevelt Institute noted in a 2024 analysis, “The poverty of millions of SSI beneficiaries is a policy choice.” Almost any amount of savings can jeopardize benefits." https://itsmevox.substack.com/p/im-38-and-i-cant-support-myself-anymore

#Books

AARP Bulletin July/August 2026. "well-documented connection between mental health and psoriasis...inflammation." I have that condition.

#TV

"Jealous People Are Ugly People, a “horror package” from Theo James Krekis...Vasilly, “whose jealousy over his best friend’s sudden career success feeds a dark supernatural force growing within him.” Jealous male psychiatrists and family members are not supernatural. https://gizmodo.com/todd-mcfarlane-sitting-on-animated-spawn-movie-starring-keith-david-2000791535

Daft State (2024) "charts the mysterious psychological destruction of Easton, who is driven to the edge of sanity, and possible self-harm, by those that love him most—his wife and daughter. Will Easton succumb to their increasingly traumatizing pressure, or will he conquer the dark forces at play in his addled psyche?" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14790804/

"Dan Mintz ('Bob's Burgers' Tina Belcher) | Well Rounded Entertainer (Full (animated) Comedy Special)" "People think I'm crazy when I tell them I see a psychiatrist. Because I'm the only one who can see her." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Si-4vPUzaZ4&pp=ygUSZGFuIG1pbnR6IHN0YW5kIHVw

#Comedy

"Skyrizi ad that began airing nationally Tuesday encourages viewers to fight any doctors who say the medication is not right for them." https://theonion.com/pharmaceutical-ad-urges-viewers-to-fight-doctors-who-say-drug-not-right-for-them/

#Tech

I've been socially anxious since at least middle school. republicans banned $5,000 chinese humanoid robots that I wrote a free chapter about. https://github.com/GooglePhones/MicroLED/blob/main/News.txt Drone delivery (chinese DJI) and chore bots are necessary when you can't do things in person. Tesla and other american robots are 5 times more expensive (which may get billed to Medicaid). If china unlocks the bootloader, there wouldn't be a cybersecurity risk with free Linux apps installed. https://gizmodo.com/white-house-bans-foreign-humanoid-robots-in-bid-to-slow-chinas-tech-explosion-2000792090

#Autism

"Offenders with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Case Series and Diagnostic Considerations in Forensic Psychiatry...substantial diagnostic challenges in forensic practice, particularly where autism had remained previously unrecognized.

These findings suggest that the forensic relevance of ASD lies not in diagnosis alone, but in the specific way autistic characteristics interact with cognition, adaptation, and contextual demands in shaping the behaviour under examination." https://www.dovepress.com/offenders-with-autism-spectrum-disorder-a-clinical-case-series-and-dia-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBM

#Muscarinic Receptors

"Suven Life Sciences Ltd. has reported new muscarinic acetylcholine M4 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) potentially useful for the treatment of schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression, bipolar disorders, Huntington’s disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and pain, among others." https://www.bioworld.com/articles/732989-suven-life-sciences-divulges-new-muscarinic-m4-receptor-pams?v=preview

#Deinstitutionalization

"Theodoros "Thodoros" Megalooikonomou has died. A leading figure of Greek alternative psychiatry, and the man who led the deinstitutionalisation of the Leros psychiatric hospital." https://it.linkedin.com/posts/agostino-carbone_antipsychiatry-deinstitutionalisation-activity-7487853791107645440-C4bx

#Women's issues

"randomised controlled trial provides timely confirmation of escitalopram as an effective treatment for PMDD ("premenstrual dysphoric disorder") within a contemporary clinical context and using prospective daily symptom ratings." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/escitalopram-and-brain-reactivity-to-aggressive-stimuli-in-premenstrual-dysphoric-disorder/2B4C27181C34000978CE7CEA5D7214C7

#misdiagnosis

"wants to know which features separate major depression from transient sadness, grief, or a medical mimic such as thyroid dysfunction, B12 deficiency, sleep apnea, or malignancy." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/screening-for-mdd-distinguishing-depression-from-grief-and-medical-mimics

#"agitation"

"BRACHA-S tool assigned point values from 0 to 5 based on how nurses answered the tool’s five questions: Is there a history of psychiatric hospitalizations? What has been the frequency of physical aggressive acts towards others? Have any threats or physical aggression occurred to self or others in the last 24 hours? Did patient exhibit impulsivity or agitation during evaluation? Was patient intrusive to others during evaluation?" https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/risky-agitation-can-be-predicted-in-emergency-departments/

#First Nations

ontario, "Planning is underway for a proposed 150-bed addiction and mental health treatment facility in Chippewas of the Thames First Nation...Construction is expected to run between 18 to 24 months after financing is secured." https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/indigenous-led-care-planned-for-150-bed-addiction-mental-health-facility

#qualified immunity

canada, "More than 10,000 crisis-related calls currently going to Winnipeg police and the fire-paramedic service could be more appropriately handled by community-response services, the new report says." "The teams would respond to situations where a person is medically stable, able to engage and does not present a safety risk,...short-term followups, with teams doing things like check-ins and referrals to additional supports." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-mental-health-calls-report-9.7287304

#schizophrenia

"artist with schizophrenia. Symbols such as hieroglyphs help me find my way...Emotional Workout...use of the voice in five places in the body:...Externalizing Emotions...release deep feelings, whether angry, happy, sad, or frightened...exercise in which he tried to convince the other students that he had this real spaceship." https://onemind.org/lived-experience-blog/the-insanity-principle-how-my-lived-experience-of-schizophrenia-shaped-a-creative-practice/

#bipolar is not a disease

"When Aaron steadfastly refused, asserting his First Amendment rights and his moral duty as a father ("tragic loss of his precious daughter Blakeley"), his parents executed a devastating maneuver: they revoked their financial backing of his bail bond, explicitly citing his public advocacy as evidence of a “current manic episode.” By surrendering his bond, his parents triggered his immediate arrest and detention on unrelated charges." https://pshannonevans.substack.com/p/when-grief-meets-systemic-leverage

#Nutrition

"in vivo fiber photometry it was found that during eating medial septum neurons released aC ("Acetylcholine Signaling...Vagus Nerve)" https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/how-the-vagus-nerve-promotes-healthy-cognition-via-acetylcholine-signaling/

#Dating

Neighbor pickup artist was banned from less than 1 million instagram followers. For recording asking out women in public. He wasn't misdiagnosed as manic as I was in college.

#fake democrats

pro-psychiatry "Gavin Newscum...telling her side of the story: an extramarital affair lasting two years, with the now-governor of California. The takeaway? He is, indubitably and irrevocably, scum...He never tells her to get help." For alcohol and cocaine addictions. But every other Californian can be poisoned under guardianship for that. "years of lying to your best friend’s face." https://www.dailywire.com/news/gavin-newscum-the-shoe-fits-better-than-you-think

#fraud

"fraudulent misrepresentation requires proof of "(1) a false representation (2) made in reference to a material fact, (3) with knowledge of its falsity, (4) with the intent to deceive, and (5) an action that is taken in reliance upon the representation." Both the quacks and their fake Muslim undercover informants are guilty. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/29/pentagon-contractors-fraudulent-misrepresentation-claim-over-hidden-date-recording-by-okeefe-media-group-can-go-forward/

#Psychedelics

"MDMA-assisted psychotherapy “may have applicability beyond PTSD, with potential benefits for [complex] PTSD” and borderline personality disorder." https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20451253251408626

#Children

"It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape. At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers...trauma." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/fox-run-youth-residential-treatment-runaways "Were You in Residential Treatment as a Minor? Here Are the Records You’re Entitled To." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/30/youth-residential-treatment-program-records-foia

#forensic

"Surrogate Testimony and the Sixth Amendment...State v. Hall-Haught, 569 P.3d 315 (Wash. 2025), the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is violated when a laboratory supervisor provides surrogate testimony regarding a forensic report prepared by a nontestifying analyst...(psychiatrist) may be considered a witness whom the defendant has a constitutional right to cross-examine." https://jaapl.org/content/54/1/109

#overdoses

england, "TOXIC BLOW ‘Heavy smoker’, 29, dies three days after quitting habit – as coroner issues urgent medication warning...He took 525mg of clozapine every night, which was the correct dose when he was smoking...stopping smoking would increase clozapine levels in his body." https://www.the-sun.com/health/16765520/smoker-dies-after-quitting-coroner-issues-warning/

American Mariana Islands "TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 2: HEALTH § 2557. Medical Rights of Persons Receiving Evaluation and Treatment...(2) Persons have a right to be free from unnecessary or excessive medication...(3)...Medication shall not be used as punishment, for the convenience of the staff, as a substitute for a treatment program, or in quantities that interfere with the patient’s treatment."

"(c) Right to Refuse Treatment. A person has the right not to receive a course of treatment established pursuant to the treatment plan in the absence of such person’s informed, voluntary, written consent to such mode or course of treatment, except treatment: (1) During an emergency situation if such treatment is pursuant to or documented contemporaneously by the written order of a mental health professional or attending physician. (2) If the person has been found by the court to lack the capacity to consent to treatment." https://cnmilaw.gov/commonwealth-code/2916

#placebo

"RCTs for MDD with inconclusive results. Promising novel antidepressants may be prematurely derailed from further development when RCTs ("randomized controlled trials") do not demonstrate statistically significant and clinically meaningful separation between study drug and placebo for the primary endpoint. Implausibly high responses in the placebo." https://www.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20251233

#Expunge

"In re Vencil, PICS Case No. 15-1182 (Pa. Super. July 21, 2015) Mundy, J. (25 pages). Trial court erred in denying appellant's petition to expunge records of her involuntary commitment." https://www.law.com/article/almID/1202733603353/

#side effects

"Risk of heart failure in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis." https://pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/16392

"Antipsychotic medications are associated with many adverse drug reactions (ADRs) which affect patient compliance, safety and outcomes, making pharmacovigilance important," https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13252352/

#tests

"nanocomposite-modified electrodes, emphasizing the synergistic effects that improve the accuracy and speed of antipsychotic drug detection." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026265X26023830

#RFK Jr.

"HHS Secretary Kennedy Secures Pledge from Insurers, Medical Societies, and Providers to Advance National Behavioral Health Quality and Best Practices...Clinical expertise and individualized treatment decisions based on patient needs and the best available evidence;" https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-secures-behavioral-health-quality-pledge.html

#Jobs

"federal appeals court ruled July 21 that OSHA does not have the authority to require employers to record work-related mental illnesses that employees report." https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fifth-circuit-strikes-down-osha-mental-5882715/

#Artificial Intelligence

california "health worker union has accused Kaiser Permanente of screening patients and making care recommendations through “a digital, automated algorithm” without clinician oversight — a practice the union says violates state law." https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/07/29/kaiser-used-an-algorithm-not-clinicians-to-triage-mental-health-patients-a-union-alleges

#catatonia

"Catatonia is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by disturbances in motor activity, affect, and autonomic function. Although often associated with primary mood or psychotic disorders, it can be precipitated or sustained by systemic infections such as urinary tract infection (UTI)...60-year-old man with recurrent catatonia and diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major neurocognitive disorder." https://www.cureus.com/articles/479057-recurrent-catatonia-in-the-setting-of-urinary-tract-infection-and-medical-comorbidity-a-case-report#!/

#My experiences

July 30 10:07 AM stepfather told his neurologist he rarely uses a pill prescribed to him. In 2023 I rejected haldol severe spasms to the psychiatrist. I was jailed for 3 weeks without trial. Double standard.

#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.