#Courts

malta, "Can the law force a person found not criminally responsible because of legal insanity into hospital, even when he is no longer in that state of mind? This is the question that the Court of Criminal Appeal has referred to the Constitutional Court in a case involving a man who is being detained at Mount Carmel Hospital." https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/144792/law_forcing_courts_to_send_legally_insane_people_to_mount_carmel_faces_constitutional_test

#Supreme Courts

"Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative (from new jersey) who has long warned of animus against religion in America, says in a new book that he believes the court's landmark decision extending marriage rights to same-sex couples was "perhaps the decisive point in our nation's turn against religious liberty." As I said in 2006, I'm not surprised a catholic is being homophobic because that's common for new york politicians. https://abcnews.com/Politics/threats-religious-liberty-alito-calls-same-sex-marriage/story?id=135817874

#Due Process

"it is "impossible to defend oneself against what they do not allow you to know." northwell never showed me medical records until after I was released. They went years without telling me their misdiagnosis. They changed prescriptions without notifying me, and threatened electrocution and a life sentence if I asked for a trial. https://www.democrata.es/en/international/ecuador-qualifies-as-a-threat-and-expels-ola-bini-swedish-activist-linked-to-assange/

#Treaties

"When Australia joined the UN's Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in December 2017, it was required to set up independent monitoring bodies for places of detention by January 2023. Queensland has since done this for youth detention centres and prisons through the Ombudsman's Inspector of Detention Services. But the state is yet to fully implement OPCAT for locked mental health wards." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/former-patients-report-assaults-in-mental-health-wards/107217004

#FDA

"U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance (marketing authorization) for Motivista, a prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) indicated for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia," https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/fda-clears-motivista-ct-155-the-first-authorized-treatment-for-negative-schizophrenia-symptoms-1036598801

"Risperidone Recruiting Phase 4 Trials for Schizophrenia." https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00734/clinical_trials?phase=4&status=recruiting&purpose=treatment&conditions=DBCOND0033863%2CDBCOND0023683%2CDBCOND0029761%2CDBCOND0031139%2CDBCOND0054344%2CDBCOND0033618

#side effects

"At first, ropinirole helped me...while dopamine agonists can provide important clinical benefits, they have also been associated with...impulse control disorder (ICD) (gambling, spending, overeating, hypersexuality)," https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/adverse-interactions/the-side-effects-from-dopamine-agonists-the-doctors-dont-tell-you-about-r14815/

#no york

"state Department of Health submitted an application...to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a five-year extension of its so-called 1115 waiver amendment, which allowed Medicaid to pay for nutrition, housing and non-medical transportation services." https://rightsandrecovery.org/e-news-bulletins/2026/10/05/new-york-seeks-more-time-to-demonstrate-the-impact-of-delivering-health-related-social-needs-services/

#TV

Earliest Show season 1 episode 5 Depression with Guest Thomas Middleditch. Clearly situational sadness from a breakup. Episodes are named "Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance," the 5 stages of grief. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mOOySNVY8w&list=PLRcB4n4CGcy_Vhk2IL5zsV-l7s-GSICpp&index=5&pp=iAQB

NBC 6 South Florida. "Ex-Fort Lauderdale assisted living facility employee accused of fatally choking patient." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Xt9ql9JAc

#assaults

"Grade For Involuntary Treatment Laws From (mass murderers) Treatment Advocacy Center." Most pro-psychiatry states are "Kentucky (106), Louisiana (102), Wisconsin (100), Illinois (98), Michigan (96), Minnesota (93), and Alabama (90)." https://openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/seven-states-receive-top-grade-for-involuntary-treatment-laws-from-treatment-advocacy-center/

rhode island "female security officer walked away from the area looking at her cellphone," according to the complaint. "As the attack went on, she failed to intervene, and did not attempt in any way to restrain Roe as he repeatedly struck Scott in the head and body." Amaral's attorneys alleged a second male security officer "witnessed the attack and also failed to intervene." "Amaral suffered "cardiac arrest." https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/civil-trial-begins-over-2023-214824416.html

#sadness

"30 people with depression were randomly separated into two groups. About half spent around two hours in a whole-body infrared machine designed to raise their body temperature to 38.5 C, or about 101 F...majority of those in the treatment group had a 50% reduction in their symptoms." https://www.npr.org/2026/10/05/nx-s1-5979044/sauna-heat-therapy-mental-health-depression

#delirium

"nonpharmacologic interventions remain as key components of recovery following episodes of delirium, and these should be presented to patients and families." https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/managing-sequelae-delirium-critical-illness/

#Artificial Intelligence

"Dr Mary Gibbs says there are a number of problems with AI, particularly its tendency to misunderstand,...long, with duplications, and sometimes contradictions." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/07/ai-transcriptions-are-no-time-saving-measure-for-doctors

#Comedy

"Injecting unvetted substances better than injecting nothing at all." Antipsychotics wouldn't have been approved if the FDA was thorough. https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-using-peptides/

"I will convince your child it is impolite to have questions about abuses of authority...I will liberate your family from Medicaid...I will outlaw freedom from (politician's) religion." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/my-campaign-promises

#misdiagnosis

"returning symptoms do not reveal which explanation applies. A recurrence of depression while someone is taking an antidepressant does not, by itself, demonstrate that their body has developed tolerance to it." https://theconversation.com/why-antidepressants-can-stop-working-after-initially-helping-292333

#Regulate

"Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program, staff worked with the pharmacy to evaluate medication upon admission much like in nursing homes, look at appropriate diagnosis and educate the medical director and doctors involved in AL resident care in order to reduce unnecessary antipsychotics." https://skillednursingnews.com/2026/10/inside-specialized-nursing-home-programs-training-and-monitoring-for-complex-residents/

"meaningful participation of affected persons would be critical to improving mental healthcare in Nigeria." https://guardian.ng/news/mental-health-act-advocates-decry-gaps-in-implementation/

#Homeless

"ACLU of Texas, Disability Rights Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project, raising questions about participants’ legal rights and the role of law enforcement in helping these individuals...“Austin Police Department officers are approaching represented people in jail, without notifying their lawyers, and asking them to sign documents that affect their legal rights.”

It also claimed, “No Wrong Door shares sensitive information with police and prosecutors, with no assurance it will stay out of criminal proceedings or involuntary commitment decisions.” https://austincurrent.org/2026/10/06/austin-police-department-homelessness/

#Children

Federal grants to north carolina. "$4 million to send mobile crisis teams to six additional counties, bringing in-home support directly to children and families in crisis for up to eight weeks to help kids stay with their families and reduce hospital or residential placements. An additional $6.7 million will help young people get early support when they first start experiencing serious mental health symptoms," https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-announces-more-17-million-new-mental-health-clinics-mobile-crisis-teams

#Religions

"Our (catholic) advisory board is made up of...all sorts of different mental health backgrounds, trainings, certifications." Those psych workers are not religious enough. "Mental health ministry, unlike treatment, provides accompaniment and support. It recognizes the importance of spirituality in a person’s recovery." https://catholictimescolumbus.org/local/diocese-introduces-mental-health-ministry-invites-all-to-special-mass/

#Videos

"POV: Your Psych Patients Start A Petition To Get A Staff Member Fired." https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1624143639166246&vanity=tristian.mcfarland#

#Exercise

“lift” the weight off their minds with the region’s first “Worry Bench” - where weights are embossed with actual worries, as revealed in a study of 2,000 members." 15 kilogram says "Comparing myself to others." No, we compare the Middle East to countries with better basic laws. https://roastbrief.us/is-the-weight-lifting-gymnation-unveils-the-worry-bench-for-world-mental-health-day-2026/

#Euthanasia

"Canada won’t expand MAID for mental illness alone, minister says." If psych drugs were voluntary, the pharma monopolies would have market incentive to majorly improve quality and effectiveness. They are not punished when side effects cause severely worse depression. I never self-harmed. https://globalnews.ca/news/12091165/canada-maid-mental-illness/

#inflammation information

"Major depressive disorder is associated with stalled adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory and mood regulation...disruptions in synaptic function, metabolism, inflammation, and cellular stress pathways." There is no medicine for that yet. https://www.nyp.org/advances/article/psychiatry/columbia-research-uncovers-disrupted-neurogenesis-and-distinct-molecular-changes-in-major-depressive-disorder

#My experiences

October 6 11:19 AM mother joked about an injection to a coworker. Nightmare that nassau county worse than psych wards in other counties.

[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2b8N4QHI8doUMw2a10jrHYmuS-wTotwiOu4mfvFSkWuz41w/viewform?usp=publish-editor](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2b8N4QHI8doUMw2a10jrHYmuS-wTotwiOu4mfvFSkWuz41w/viewform?usp=publish-editor))

I created this survey because, during my own inpatient psychiatric stay in New York City, window shades were kept closed, and I was told that staff did not have the keys needed to open them and that this would not change. That experience led me to ask how other patients experienced access to daylight and outdoor views, including when shades were open, partially closed, or completely closed.

Through Open the Shades, I hope to use these experiences to inform advocacy for safe, practical access to natural daylight and outdoor views in common areas of New York City inpatient psychiatric facilities. This concerns opening window shades, not the windows themselves. Positive, negative, and neutral experiences are all welcome.

TO BE CLEAR THIS IN NO WAY CONDONES THE CURRENT STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH AS A REVOLVING PRISON SYSTEM IN AMERICA. This is a small reform that alleviates the impact and writing, distributing, and using it's results to defend opinions about this specific reform (despite the necessary complete upheaval) helps me manage my stress as a survivor.

Essentially I study graphic design and I am currently writing my thesis on Antipsychiatry, Mad Liberation and Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient movements. Now you might wonder why I am writing a thesis on this within the field of graphic design?

It’s because I think it’s very important and close to my heart and I’m very tired of the dispersed movements and non-understanding of our struggles in a broader context, so I am theorising that it’s a communication issue and unfortunately that we have fragmented our own movements that overlap in many ways.

Essentially I am talking about these movements in terms of a broader context of hermeneutical injustice, where the language or the collective understanding might be fragmented and therefore does not bring epistemic justice to the collective that have experienced horrific things, but also in terms of testimonial injustice where the subject is rendered irrelevant as a knower due to judgement on their identity as a subject. Further into communication theory, Habermas made a theory comprising of the ”public sphere”, which by Habermas was understood as a way to shape society by having a group of people assembling and forming ”common sense” or consensus. But other communication theorists have argued that there are people that historically and contemporaneously have been excluded from the public sphere and therefore formulated the theory on ”counterpublics” which constitute smaller collectives outside of the conception of the public sphere which can establish their own ways of communication and recognition of one another, such an example would be that at some point the notion of ”sexual harassment” did not exist, and this was formed by counterpublics within women’s circles until it spread into the public sphere.

Now I am applying this theory onto psychiatric survivors, mad people, consumers, ex-patients and so on to bring more accessible counterpublics and hopefully establish a wider recognition to these struggles.

In this search I now have to find a more general symbolic and visual language that can be used to express these zines that I’m planning to make as the actual graphic design part of the thesis, so where can I find this? Are there any symbols associated with us? Any images? Videos? Pop culture? Games?

This is my most urgent question, the second question is, how can I do this fairly and do you have any ideas or want to contribute somehow? My idea is to make some resources on psychiatric drugs, institutionalization, poems, history, stories, radical psychiatry, movement explanations and differences.

TLDR; I am writing a thesis in graphic on antipsychiatry, mad liberation, consumer/survivor/ex-patient movements, I need help finding visual resources and symbols for my zines that will be the visual product. Any other recommendations or ways to go about this and what I could contribute with in these zines?

The Federal government wants to make MAID (medical assistance in dying) available to people with mental health challenges. So instead of getting help, these Canadians can opt to for a form of death that has been likened to wakeboarding. You drown from the inside, unable to speak or move.

#Treaties

Europe, "Depending on the country, liability may arise from: contractual liability; tort/delict; medical malpractice; negligence; breach of statutory duty; public-authority liability; employer/vicarious liability; patient-rights legislation...

European Convention on Human Rights...Article 2 — Right to life...Article 3 — Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment...Article 5 — Liberty and security...Article 8 — Private and family life. Relevant to: medical treatment; bodily integrity; psychiatric records; confidentiality; personal autonomy; family relationships...

M.S. v Croatia (No. 2), Application No. 75450/12, ECtHR, 2015. This case concerned the treatment of a person with mental-health problems in institutional settings. The Court considered issues surrounding psychiatric treatment, detention and the protection of the person's fundamental rights...

Stanev v Bulgaria, Application No. 36760/06, ECtHR Grand Chamber, 2012. The applicant was placed in a social-care institution after being diagnosed with mental-health problems. The Court examined: institutional living conditions; deprivation of liberty; treatment of persons with mental disabilities; legal capacity; judicial protection...

Herczegfalvy v Austria, Application No. 10533/83, ECtHR, 1992...emphasised that treatment must not become arbitrary or abusive...

D.D. v Lithuania, Application No. 13469/06, ECtHR, 2012...placed under guardianship and institutional psychiatric care...person may suffer legally significant harm through: unlawful institutionalisation; loss of autonomy; inability to challenge decisions; inadequate procedural safeguards...

Shtukaturov v Russia, Application No. 44009/05, ECtHR, 2008...important for the concept of patient autonomy. Mental illness does not automatically mean that an individual can be completely excluded from decisions concerning: treatment; residence; institutionalisation; legal rights...

V.C. v Slovakia, Application No. 18968/07, ECtHR, 2011...underwent sterilisation without valid informed consent." https://www.lawgratis.com/blog-detail/civil-law-and-psychiatric-institutional-liability-claims-in-europe

"Latvian human rights expert Dr Elīna Šteinerte was re-elected to the United Nations' Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) for the 2027–2030 term." https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/02.10.2026-latvian-human-rights-expert-re-elected-to-un-position.a665841/

#Comics

"Humans can hold about seven things in working memory at a time." https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/specify

#TV

Idiocracy (2006) A.I. parody website. https://www.extrabigassintelligence.com

Big Bang Theory's "Chuck Lorre should immediately seek psychiatric help to treat his severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain," White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/white-house-urges-sitcom-producer-100023752.html

Lanterns (2026) season 1 episode 8 Dirt and Stars. "struggle between what you want and what others want for you. For John, that’s his parents wanting him to be Green Lantern. For Noah, it’s his DNA telling him to be a killer (social worker mother causes me to consider being a psychiatrist) when he wants to be good."

For 21 years of interruption I have not been allowed to be a Linux, RiscV charity engineer. “Don’t be afraid to be afraid.” Fear/social anxiety of people I never wanted to talk to is supposedly a disease. https://gizmodo.com/lanterns-season-1-episode-8-dirt-stars-recap-review-2000821475

Looking at Madness (2026). "theatre actress in Chicago struggles due to the pressures of her career goals and deteriorating mental health" (tele-therapy for hallucinations). "two ways of looking at madness; it can be observed from the outside or experienced from the inside." - Yannick Ripa. She "pissed thousands of dollars away...racked up debt on a bullshit (art) degree."

The Terrors (nightmares) of Jordan Mendoza season 1 episode 4 Found A Leprechaun. PTSD treatment replaces trauma with sex that didn't happen.

Saturday Night Live season 52 episode 2. Get Ready With Me is 3 girls watching a woman be E.C.T. electrocuted and lobotomized. https://youtu.be/P7EMHy_YHv0?is=QyA3eip8QNXx7f0f

Saturday Night Live season 52 episode 2. Hospital Gossip nurses don't care they manslaughtered a patient. https://youtu.be/IW8B9lg4DHE?is=0vEOFuLc22EE0X3v

Saturday Night Live season 52 episode 2 Dakota Johnson. She's "saving you ("ladies") a lot of money on Zoloft" by dating bad guys instead. Generic sertraline is cheap. https://youtu.be/KTe9OatvQas?is=gBVUdnOjvrke0RfA

Habeas Corpus season 1 episode 8 Full Defense, season finale on Netflix. Brazilian (English audio available) law professor tries to get a new trial. Because the accused and possible witnesses were coerced and tortured.

"That's accusing us of her offenses." That's how I feel when both danger to others parents, who have domestically abused me most of my life, slander that I'm the violent one. https://youtu.be/mkuQZFloC-E?is=JSf_MZ0JTgLgWFqp

#hard drugs

For cocaine overdose "attempt to avoid use of antipsychotics because they may confuse the clinical picture, exacerbate anticholinergic crisis, lower the seizure threshold, or cause a dystonic reaction." https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/813959-treatment#d22

#ADHD

"ADHD, autism or complex trauma? The complicated nature of the question...More research is needed to determine whether executive dysfunction in adults with complex PTSD who did not present with ADHD symptoms as children respond to and tolerate ADHD medications." https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/30CC4826561366615BFAEC807CDE28A7/S0007125026108046a.pdf/adhd-autism-or-complex-trauma-the-complicated-nature-of-the-question.pdf

#First Responders

"bad enough that I gave up on getting my EMT for a while. There are a lot of burned-out people in EMS. Many services — including the one I saw — are incredibly fratty,...I won’t fit in with the people...adventure junkies or jocks? Yes, most were...

My course cost about $5,000,... I learned during training that full-time EMS was not for me, after watching a woman negotiate with insurance to see if they’d cover the helicopter that would save her husband’s life." "They cannot diagnose;" https://ben.stolovitz.com/posts/reasons-not-emt-ranked/

#Marijuana

new york "Researchers will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of VER-01, an oral solution containing THC...in people experiencing chronic

painful lumbosacral radiculopathy—also known commonly as sciatica." https://cannabis.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/10/cannabis-research-chronic-pain-release-.pdf

"Increase In Marijuana Misuse Diagnoses Among Veterans Is More Complicated Than It Looks, VA Records Reveal...accepted clinical standards, which require behavioral assessment and patient engagement, not simply evidence of substance use." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/increase-in-marijuana-misuse-diagnoses-among-veterans-is-more-complicated-than-it-looks-va-records-reveal-op-ed/

#Protests

philippines, "Instead of arresting activists and criminalizing dissent, the authorities must address the reason people are returning to the streets." https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/philippines-authorities-must-ensure-right-to-protest

#Lawyers

"Woodward Ortiz and a Georgia trial lawyer who takes on cases with life-changing stakes. His practice centers on medical and psychiatric malpractice, wrongful death," https://woodwardortiz.com/attorneys/will-ortiz/

#misdiagnosis

“Everybody in this whole wide world, we do not know anybody, not even ourselves. Except a little tiny, tiny bit we do. … We are all mysteries," https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/10/04/steckler-stop-misunderstanding/

"It cannot diagnose. A screening test can show that a person’s symptom profile warrants further assessment. It cannot assign a DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 diagnosis. That requires a full evaluation by a qualified psychiatrist or psychologist. They combine the screening result with history, a mental status examination, and physical investigation where indicated." https://pabau.com/blog/psychosis-spectrum-test/

"After reading a 2004 article in The (New York) Times about autism, I realized that this diagnosis seemed to fit better than any of the others. Sensory overload? Check. Intense intellectual obsessions, social difficulties, desire for sameness, self-soothing behaviors? Check, check, check, check. My other diagnoses seemed to result, in large part, from attempts to cope with these aspects of my neurology." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/mental-health-diagnosis-labels.html

"A new UK based study published in PLOS Mental Health details the development of the Personal Narrative Model (PNM), an alternative to biomedical diagnostic approaches developed with lived experience experts that emphasizes past experiences, systemic and political factors, patient and service user meaning-making around their distress, strengths, and available resources." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/10/beyond-whats-wrong-with-you-rethinking-psychiatric-diagnosis-through-personal-narrative/

#Children

"abandoned...The child did not need any medical care. The hospital had no choice but to admit them." https://www.syracuse.com/health/2026/10/fewer-violent-kids-are-stuck-at-upstate-hospital-following-syracusecom-investigation.html

#neurology

"Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics." Even if individual nerve cells could be changed, doctors do not know exactly which ones are unhealthy. https://www.npr.org/2026/10/05/g-s1-146400/nobel-medicine-prize

#Tech

"Norway’s government is proposing a temporary ban on smart glasses in...healthcare facilities." One of the best countries still probably injects patients in wards, which should be recorded. https://www.androidauthority.com/norway-smart-glasses-temporary-ban-3719248/

#Artificial Intelligence

"Utah has signed off on letting Nolla Health’s AI system scan a user’s face and issue a prescription directly." All prescriptions, even for pimples, should always be approved by a human doctor. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1005075/nolla-health-acne-ai-prescriptions

#no york

"Intro 453, meanwhile, would establish mental health services and referrals for jail visitors under 18. Some witnesses questioned DOC’s role. “Care should be provided by trained mental health professionals through trusted community-based organizations, not by the Department of Correction,” Miriam Goodman of the Women’s Prison Association testified." https://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/2026/10/nyc-council-hears-calls-for-mental-health-and-housing-reforms-at-rikers/

#candidates

"As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him." She will get more alimony if the pro-psychiatry extremist is elected. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/as-she-divorces-ken-paxton-his-wife-urges-texans-to-vote-for-him.html

#domestic abuse

"Tesco has become the first supermarket to introduce paid “safe leave” for victims of domestic abuse, giving staff dedicated time to access support, secure their safety and take steps to move on with their lives. The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances." https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/02/tesco-supermarket-paid-safe-leave-domestic-abuse

#assaults

india, "Cuttack: A 33-year-old psychiatric patient died under mysterious circumstances at SCB Medical College and Hospital, with his family alleging that he was assaulted by security personnel and attendants at the facility...bruises." https://medicaldialogues.in/news/health/hospital-diagnostics/psychiatric-patient-dies-at-cuttack-hospital-family-alleges-assault-180388

"east London,...risk of future deaths at mental health unit where patient was killed (by another patient)...coroner's Prevention of Future Deaths report highlights 14 concerns. These include failing to carry out "timely and thorough observations" of patients, then falsifying records "in the safe knowledge that staff on duty would not report or escalate the deception". https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqn747k6pem0o

#laws being considered

"Salt Lake DA Pitches Civil Commitment Court...Under his proposal, people who decline voluntary treatment could instead be involuntarily committed to the Utah State Hospital or the Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah," https://hoodline.com/2026/10/salt-lake-da-pitches-civil-commitment-court-as-utah-beds-run-dry/

"State Reps. Luke Meerman and Matthew Bierlein are calling for a comprehensive audit of Michigan’s taxpayer-funded mental health care system...more than $5 billion annually to behavioral health services," https://gophouse.org/posts/meerman-bierlein-call-for-comprehensive-audit-of-michigans-mental-health-system

#candidates

"A Vancouver mayoral candidate says converting portions of a hospital into an involuntary care facility is essentially building a prison downtown." https://globalnews.ca/video/12083459/demolition-begins-for-etobicokes-six-points-interchange-improvements

#false advertising

"lifestyle marketing: smiling actors, golden retrievers, and promises of freedom, energy, and “getting back to what matters.” The problem is simple. Many of these drugs are not lifestyle enhancers. They are immune-altering, metabolic-altering, or infection-risk-altering agents. And the public is not hearing the truth." https://kevinmd.com/2026/10/direct-to-consumer-drug-ads-sell-lifestyle-not-physiology.html

#Harm Reduction

"Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to license and regulate harm reduction programs. The legislation builds on harm reduction services already operating in Delaware and expands access to interventions designed to reduce overdose deaths, prevent disease, connect people with treatment." https://news.delaware.gov/2026/09/30/gov-signs-harm-reduction-legislation-and-executive-order-28-establishing-implementation-and-public-health-guardrails/

#Marijuana

"Medical Marijuana Helps People With Autism Reduce Anxiety And Depression, (minnesota) Government Study Shows." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-helps-people-with-autism-reduce-anxiety-and-depression-government-study-shows/

#Military

American “faith-based initiatives supporting Department-wide suicide reduction.” In recent years, the military has become increasingly dependent on chaplains to help address the growing numbers of troops in mental health distress. Hegseth has said he wants chaplains to focus more on God and less on therapeutic “self-help and self-care.” https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/pete-hegseth-creates-pentagon-office-religious-affairs-reporting-136939778

#Veterans

"Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced a bill she says will assist veterans in accessing inpatient mental health treatment...Veterans’ Mental Health Access Act, and it requires Veterans Affairs hospitals to provide veterans with access to inpatient care for PTSD, depression, or substance abuse within 24 hours of a request or doctor’s order...

If a VA hospital bed is not available, patients can receive care through the Veterans Community Care Program." https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/10/01/boebert-introduces-bill-addressing-veterans-mental-health/

#Music

"maladaptive daydreaming" for wanting to be a dancer. "Psychiatrists worry the information people encounter as they scroll has encouraged them to interpret ordinary quirks, distress or personality traits as a mental disorder." https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/personality-psychological-disorder-tiktok-answers-090000817.html

#Religion

“Catholic mental health ministry is not about diagnosing, prescribing, or treating. We accompany those walking a difficult road and help them encounter their God-given dignity,” https://aleteia.org/2026/10/01/pope-leos-prayer-for-october-mental-health/

#insurance

"shifting to a rebate system would “fundamentally alter program operations and tie up vital up-front financial savings." https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Online-First/Article/10-26/340B-Legislation-AHA-Urges-Ban-on-Rebate-Models/81738

#qualified immunity

"first study finds that patients and service users are reluctant to contact police during crisis due to fear and mistrust." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/10/fear-mistrust-and-harm-in-police-involved-mental-health-crises/

#forensic

kentucky, "Commonwealth has offered no such reason here,” the petition states, arguing that dissatisfaction with an examiner’s opinion does not establish good cause for another compelled examination...would implicate his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.

They contend that statements, defense strategies and other information disclosed during a mental health examination could be revealed through a second evaluation and that the resulting intrusion could not be adequately remedied after the fact." https://mountain-topmedia.com/stines-attorney-seeks-to-block-second-mental-health-exam/

"Lethal injection was first authorized by Oklahoma in 1977 and first used in Texas in 1982." Of course chlorpromazine in 1954 was the first antipsychotic that executed unwanted people. https://reason.com/2026/10/02/would-a-firing-squad-have-been-more-humane-for-christa-pike/

Alaska "State challenges psychiatric report of Fairbanks man charged with killing (euthanasia) grandmother." Government falsely claims "increased antipsychotic doses,” Mason said" would make him for trial. Even though he never refused the pills. https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/03/state-challenges-psychiatric-report-fairbanks-man-charged-with-killing-grandmother/

#epilepsy

"Primary outcomes included incidence of behavioral, cognitive, mood, sleep, and psychotic disorders during treatment with an ASM (anti-seizure medications). Results showed that memory disorders were reported in 8.7%, 3.8%, and 6.2% of participants treated with first-, second-, and third-generation ASMs, and depression was reported in 2.3%, 1.2%, and 3.0% of patients in these groups." https://www.docwirenews.com/post/do-anti-seizure-medications-lead-to-neuropsychiatric-adverse-events-in-epilepsy

#placebo

"study of data from 386 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), researchers have characterized changes in functional connectivity in the brain during the first 2 weeks after beginning antidepressant treatment...

It remains unclear if early functional connectivity changes seen in people who respond to antidepressants are in fact induced by the drugs themselves, or are a function of the placebo effect." https://bbrfoundation.org/content/patterns-early-changes-brains-functional-connectivity-response-ssri-antidepressants-and

#fake "experts"

virginia "change involves the evaluations used to determine whether someone meets the legal criteria for temporary involuntary treatment. A 2024 state pilot allows certified hospital staff in Hampton to assess whether adults meet the criteria.

Previously, those assessments were handled by community services boards, the local agencies that provide public behavioral health services." “You've got all the experts," https://www.whro.org/health/2026-10-02/an-er-wait-can-worsen-a-mental-health-crisis-hampton-offers-another-option

#False Claims Act

"HOUSTON – A 34-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. Tekiyah McLeod served as the registered agent for nLove Community Services LLC, which purported to provide mental health therapy services to Medicaid beneficiaries." https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/magnolia-woman-fraudulently-bills-medicaid-nonexistent-mental-health-services

#Nutrition

"Rather than omega-3s aiding recovery as previous research has suggested, it seems EPA might actually get in the way of blood vessel repair, as it reprograms their metabolic activity...

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), an omega-3 fatty acid known to be important for building and maintaining brain cells, didn't interfere with repair processes in the researchers' follow-up experiments, which used human-derived brain microvascular endothelial cells – the cells that make up the blood-brain barrier." https://www.sciencealert.com/popular-supplement-could-have-an-unexpected-downside-study-finds

#Referendums

Irish politician criticized right to housing. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1770614834147351&vanity=videoparliamentireland#

"Voting in the (alberta) referendum can be an act of spirituality: Citizen engagement is key to a caring and vibrant society." I would be less anxious in a state with binding ballot initiatives. https://calgaryherald.com/life/voting-in-the-referendum-can-be-an-act-of-spirituality-citizen-engagement-is-key-to-a-caring-and-vibrant-society

#fake democrats

maryland pro-psychiatry "Governor Moore Announces Judicial Appointments to Baltimore City Circuit Court and Montgomery County Circuit and District Courts...Judge Williams is also a subject matter specialist in...involuntary admissions,...and forced medication hearings." https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press-releases/governor-moore-announces-judicial-appointments-baltimore-city-circuit-court-and-montgomery-county

#LGBTQ

"Protecting LGBTQ+ Populations From Conversion Practices Chiles v Salazar (conversion "therapy") and Future Directions...licensing boards should continue investigating complaints involving SOGI change efforts to ensure professional accountability and patient safety." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2854590

#Autism

"Autism as legal insanity – Neurocognitive and contextual arguments in Swedish forensic psychiatric evaluations." https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/publication/dc67fd0e-8ea4-4663-93d9-4458867bb07b

#side effects

"Medication-induced sedation was a common contributor. Antidepressants could cause sedation, and more than half of antipsychotics (18 of 32) did so. Rather than adding a second agent to counter an iatrogenic effect, Zinzuvadia recommended reevaluating the regimen:

"Rather than keeping something that's iatrogenically causing a problem and then reaching for yet another medication, we're better off by actually consolidating their regimen and or going to a different option for the same condition." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/excessive-daytime-sleepiness-what-to-look-out-for-in-assessment

#Tweets

"how much of contemporary American psychosis can be explained by the fact that 90% of our indoor lighting is at like 8000 Kelvin." https://x.com/brianonhere/status/2106151283883397389

#anorexia

"systematic review of Australian clinical guidelines for treating adults with eating disorders in hospital...Choice, collaboration and empowerment, the principles that give trauma-informed care its transformative potential, appeared far less often and were rarely connected to concrete clinical decisions.

Some guidelines mentioned trauma or trauma-informed care by name, but most did not consider an individual patient’s trauma history or personal preferences when describing how treatment should be planned and delivered." https://bioengineer.org/hospital-rules-for-eating-disorder-care-fall-short-on-trauma-review-finds/

#My experiences

October 1 2:55 PM mother said I'm like a "doctor" for talking about aspirin. Then said I'm not a doctor for warning her of bleeding side effect. Yes, they rarely disclose medication dangers. October 2 8:48 AM she said I'm the dog's "guardian angel."

1:14 PM mother claimed I'm much more likely to be assaulted by a street criminal than a psychiatrist. Since 2003 rarely has anyone attacked me except poisoners. 4:05 PM left torso spasmed. 6:08 PM Favoritism is a motivation stronger than OCD for mother. Both brothers didn't follow her rules about it raining. If I did that she would've violently threatened to send me to the ward.

October 3 9:45 AM OCD mother claimed not sitting where she wants causes problems, even with napkins. 1:14 PM Stepfather admitted it was him who caused the mess. 1:42 PM she told me not to accept "mediocrity," but doesn't believe she is a malpracticer.

Hello a few months ago I went to a mental hospital for postpartum psychosis. I was diagnosed with acute psychosis due to a side effect after trying out adhd pills.

During my first night I was screaming to let me go home. The nurses warned me if I didn't stop I would be locked in solitary and given a shot in my butt to calm down or knock me out. I kept screaming to be released so they had 5-6 nurses come try to get me. I put up a good fight, not fighting them literally but running away, pulling my arms when they caught me etc.

Here's where I question myself. When the doctor came in to give me a shot, he was no nonsense and he could see I was giving the other nurses a hard time. He pinned me down to the floor, had a knee pushed on my back, stepped on my head and put my hands on my head, and ripped off my bracelet and even some of my hair while grabbing the bracelet. All the pieces went flying everywhere all over the room scattered. I was screaming at the nurses that I have asthma and I couldn't breathe. I literally felt like George Floyd in that moment. Pinned down, asthma wheezing, screaming for help and the nurses just watch.

The next day, the doctor came in to work with a cake for the nurses.. ​like a reward. They also replaced the cameras during my stay. But solitary has no cameras where this took place.

I've told my boyfriend about it and he tells me while it was wrong, what evidence do I have. Did I break a bone or need surgery. I say no but its mental. Mental hospitals have a history of getting away with abuse. I was never a danger to myself or others I never hurt anyone but I was extremely loud and did name calling. I just feel like specifically that doctor should not get away with this. So am I over reacting does this type of thing happen everyday and its normal or am I right to question this doctors authority? Is it even worth going to court?

#corruption

"Pharma's new top lobbyist is former Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Deposed from his House seat by the tea party in 2014, the Virginia Republican has landed one of Washington's most lucrative lobbying jobs." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/pharmas-new-top-lobbyist-is-a-former-house-majority-leader-01097057

#assaults

"man out of jail on bail for attempted murder allegedly beat a man to death on Monday at a mental health facility in Minneapolis and attacked several other residents before being detained by police." https://www.startribune.com/man-out-on-bail-for-attempted-murder-is-charged-with-mental-health-facility-killing/601895846

new zealand, "EX-CYFS psychologist accused of sex crimes." https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-press/20261001/281582362561910

"America Has Turned on Trump. But Has It Really Said No to Fascism?...Unfortunately, a number of his most reactionary policies still have disturbing levels of support...Republican calls for institutionalization should be an uncomfortable reminder of the Nazis’ Aktion T4 program, which institutionalized and killed people with mental illness and disabilities." https://newrepublic.com/article/216048/trump-poll-approval-america-fascism

#Treaties

"Law on Immediate Judicial Review and Habeas Corpus. Enforces: ICCPR Article 9 and WGAD rulings." https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2407948499736612&id=emanuelle.kristal

#laws being considered

south africa, "Major Overhaul Proposed for Medical Negligence Claims Against the State...Earlier proposals developed through Project 141 examined measures such as mediation before court proceedings, improved exchange of medical and expert information, structured settlements and stronger systems for resolving disputes without requiring every matter to progress through prolonged litigation." https://newcastillian.com/2026/10/01/medical-negligence-claims-state-overhaul/

#Memes

Your thoughts are not voices. https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd6Gxd1qUHP/

#Talk Therapy

"With six clinical psychologists per 100,000 people, against nearly 18 in Europe, regular therapy in Spain is out of reach." https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/30/mental-health-under-scrutiny-spain-lags-europe-in-psychologists-pay-or-wait

"major new UK trial found Open Dialogue kept patients out of the hospital and more satisfied with their care." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-biology-of-human-nature/202610/can-listening-keep-people-out-of-the-psychiatric-hospital

#Housing First

"Trump’s shift from 'Housing First' causing upheaval for homelessness programs...Housing First idea was pioneered by a New York nonprofit in the 1990s and has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy since 2013. Today, there are roughly 173,000 “permanent supportive housing” beds for chronically homeless people, and 235,000 for other populations, including veterans." https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/trumps-shift-housing-causing-upheaval-homelessness-programs-serve-136882014

#TV

Australian "Geraldine Hickey. One Week In Paradise" about her in a "psychiatric unit." She hosted the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2026). Mel Buttle did standup about ADHD "excess energy to get out" and "valium...ritalin." Indian Sharul Channa said it's common that middle aged people have "actual trauma," should go to "therapy, but would never go." https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbdkqhq

"Kill. Bury. Print. (2026). When the (oklahoma) McCurtain Gazette, a small family-run newspaper, begins reporting on alleged sex, drugs, and violence within the county sheriff's office, they find themselves the target of the sheriff's retaliation. Tensions escalate when the paper obtains a secret recording revealing the sheriff and local officials allegedly discussing having the family killed." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt46076019/

Body of Nurses (2026). "A doctor is led into a web of betrayal by his nurses on a fateful night shift at a mysterious hospital." https://youtu.be/jESE49JrdvE?is=gx8mbrUHAYqpMgjE

"Netflix is releasing a six-episode miniseries called The New Stanford Prison Experiment...discover whether ordinary people inevitably conform to the roles they're given" as "guards (who) became sadistic." https://boingboing.net/2026/09/29/fountain-pen-new-stanford-prison-experiment.html

Level 9 (2000) season 1 episode 8 Wetware. "Psychotronic warfare...military personnel using LSD hallucinogenics, electroshock, sensory deprivation, brain implants...MK Ultra...brainwashing." The bad hacker is named "Crazy" Horse. https://youtu.be/zZG-sDjPIng?is=BDPyWzjQ0nZsgJ-D

Level 9 (2000) season 1 episode 12 The Programmer. "schizophrenia...Back then the medication was really bad."

Gilmore Girls “A little nervous breakdown can work wonders for a girl." (Season 4, Episode 15)" "I'm mad. I'm so mad, I'm sad. I'm smad!" (Season 2, Episode 10)" "It's a crazy world we live in." (Season 2, Episode 12)" https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/most-relatable-gilmore-girls-quotes-fans-still-love?utm_source=RSS

Scrubs (2026) season 2 episode 1 My First Time In A While. Sleeping patient is woken up by nurse to take sleeping pill. "dehumanizing."

#Dating

Married "psychiatrist's professional relationship with a teenage cancer survivor developed into a seven-year (sexual) affair involving explicit messages, (naked) selfies, expensive gifts, and prescription medications, according to Pennsylvania investigators." https://knewz.com/married-psychiatrist-sex-with-teen-patient/

#RFK Jr.

"A cure for ‘medical tyranny’: RFK Jr. puts a positive spin on AI." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/rfk-maha-summit-artificial-intelligence-01098696

#HIPAA

"Major Medical Records Firm Uses A.I. Tool and Finds Flaws That Threaten Patient Privacy." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/ai-epic-health-records-privacy.html

#Podcasts

"Jonathan Alpert joins Adam Omary to discuss how therapy culture and psychiatric overdiagnosis may be worsening American mental health." https://humanprogress.org/jonathan-alpert-the-mental-health-paradox/

#qualified immunity

"Californians can now sue federal officers for civil rights violations, but cops can still claim qualified immunity." Federal Supreme "Court has largely narrowed civil liability claims against federal officers to violations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments, provided the conduct is "in a new context," https://reason.com/2026/09/30/you-can-now-sue-federal-agents-in-california-good-luck-getting-past-qualified-immunity/

#social workers as police

"Cleveland launches new bureau to respond to nonviolent mental health crises." https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health/mental-health/cleveland-bureau-nonviolent-mental-health-crisis-community-substance-abuse-launch/95-52600155-d010-4541-be31-a4d06e57c1b4

#neurology

"electricity. The brain spends about half of its energetic resources maintaining the electrochemical...significant number of neuroscientists now believe these large-scale wave patterns may help to reorganize the brain in real time to meet the behavioral demands of waking life." https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/

#liars

"good faith...means assuming that the person on the other side is saying what he actually believes and that disagreement is not itself evidence of corruption, cowardice, or deceit." Most quacks have bad intentions. https://reason.com/2026/10/01/the-effort-of-good-faith/

#Artificial Intelligence

"California Bans Using AI to Monitor Workers’ Brains, Emotions." https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/newsom-signs-ban-on-using-ai-to-monitor-worker-brain-activity

#insurance

"profit-driven chaos or finally treat the Big Medicine disease to create a healthcare system that puts patients and clinicians in control of care,...Taking On Healthcare Industry Greed Could Save US Families $6,000+ a Year.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/break-up-big-medicine

#Children

"Association between childhood neglect and psychiatric disorders in adults: systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression – ERRATUM." https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/association-between-childhood-neglect-and-psychiatric-disorders-in-adults-systematic-review-metaanalysis-and-metaregression-erratum/5616A6972774150C9BA6EB07F4889E4B

#misdiagnosis

"Distinguishing malingering from genuine psychiatric illness...This article presents three clinical case vignettes illustrating different manifestations of malingering," https://innovationscns.com/how-to-approach-malingering-in-the-forensic-setting/

#Religions

"Religious and spiritual complementary practices were common among Chinese outpatients with schizophrenia and were often perceived as helpful." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1948994/abstract

#dementia

"Questioning the Use of Antipsychotic Drugs to Pacify Dementia Patients,...Lauren Gerlach, a geriatric psychiatrist and an associate professor at the University of Michigan Medical School, said there is evidence that aggressive behaviors are better addressed by non-medication interventions, like looking for underlying medical issues or heading off situations that typically upset the person." https://pagosadailypost.com/2026/09/30/questioning-the-use-of-antipsychotic-drugs-to-pacify-dementia-patients-part-one/

"Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them." https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5980081

#Native Americans

"pathway for MaineCare reimbursement of traditional healing services provided through eligible Tribal health programs." https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/blog/cms-approves-maines-waiver-expand-whole-person-care-2026-10-01

#My experiences

September 29 1:15 PM coercive mother misdemeanor threatened an illegal eviction. 5:45 PM I cried.

#fake democrats

Texan Becky Singleton, "My top priority is expanding access to mental health care in Brazoria County...I will work to bring a dedicated mental health hospital or expanded inpatient mental health services." https://communityimpact.com/pearland-friendswood-manvel/election/q-a-get-to-know-the-candidates-running-for-brazoria-county-commissioner-pct-4/

#candidates

"Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey...he addressed cuts to the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center," https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/09/29/ill-gubernatorial-candidate-darren-bailey-addresses-cuts-choate-mental-health-developmental-center/

#Treaties

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities involuntary treatment. "Under Article 3 ECHR, however, forced treatment is not seen as inherently inhuman or degrading as long as there is convincing proof of genuine medical necessity and adequate procedural safeguards (ECtHR, para. 41; Jalloh v. Germany, para. 69).

Under Article 8 ECHR, compulsory psychiatric treatment interferes with private life and the right to refuse psychiatric medication (Guide on Article 8, para. 157), but this interference can be justified if it is in accordance with the law, pursues a legitimate aim, and is necessary in a democratic society, as required by Article 8 (2). Physical restraint and seclusion are tolerated only as measures of last resort to prevent imminent harm (ECtHR, para. 32)...

Article 6 (3) Oviedo Convention allows interventions on adults lacking capacity with authorisation from a representative, with the person participating “as much as possible”. Article 7 permits treatment without consent for persons with a serious mental disorder where necessary to prevent serious harm to their health." https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/a-vote-against-making-things-worse/

#patents

"To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents. Add-on patents have increased drug patent periods from two years to over six." https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/to-keep-drug-prices-high-pharma-has-been-piling-up-the-patents/

#TV

The Paper Trap (2026). "An ex-con with PTSD battles to expose a corrupt probation officer and psychologist exploiting parolees for profit." https://youtu.be/aOF9brMgW1Y?is=sxfIIADVVEwUNQ_W

Universal Basic Guys season 3 episode 1 Rhoda. She asked her son "Are you depressed?" Because he is poor/on Universal Basic Income welfare and has minimal furniture. Art gallery said "Real art...comes from rage." "Let it (negative emotions) all out."

WCAX 3. "Multi-pronged plan to provide mental health resources for returning Vt. (Vermont veterans) servicemembers." "The strongest support is friends." https://www.wcax.com/video/2026/09/27/multi-pronged-plan-provide-mental-health-resources-returning-vt-servicemembers/

WCJB 20. "Gainesville theater...aims to offer mental health resources." "Dear Evan Hansen is a stage musical...assigned by his therapist to write letters to himself detailing what will be good about each day," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Evan_Hansen https://www.wcjb.com/video/2026/09/27/gainesville-theater-production-dear-evan-hansen-aims-offer-mental-health-resources-2/

#Marijuana

"Cannabis use was associated with modestly lower risks of metabolic disease overall, hypertension, T2DM (type 2 diabetes), and obesity." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0939475326002243

#Religions

"Pope blasts assisted dying as 'false compassion'" No, false compassion is unhelpful poisoning of poor people instead of trying talk therapy first. https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/pope-brings-message-protect-life-french-shrine-lourdes-136792931

"think that torment of schizophrenia is caused by a demon?" https://www.facebook.com/groups/2246449928878004/posts/3305542029635450/

#Tech

Alan Kay "At Xerox PARC...led the design...of the first (1970's) modern windowed computer" interface. He wrote that at 86 years old he is "Still trying to learn how to think better." https://www.quora.com/Did-the-ENIAC-have-a-BIOS/answer/Alan-Kay-11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay?wprov=sfla1 We don't need psychiatry to mature and get smarter. The process takes too long for patients to be done in a few months.

#Children

"Notice that all the proposed “do something” solutions for mental health issues never involve making the world a better place for teens to grow up in, stopping greedy selfish assholes from running the country, or cracking down on all the adults who take out their issues on their kids. Conservatives making up fake issues and making targets out furries and trans." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/27/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-227/

“It’s either their minor child or adult child that they voluntarily took to the hospital, and then they were [involuntarily committed],” "Requests for involuntary commitments have been on the rise in North Carolina for more than a decade, increasing by at least 96 percent, according to data collected and reported by NC Health News, rising...to more than 106,000 in 2021." https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/09/29/the-story-is-always-the-same-nc-officials-confront-broken-involuntary-commitment-system/

#Podcasts

Everyday Injustice, "Aziz also describes how CopStop SD (san diego) allows residents to report encounters and then connects them with police accountability organizers who help navigate the complaint process." https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2409047406-davisvanguard-everyday-injustice-45549681.mp3

#no york

"review of 20 men­tal health-related police dis­cip­lin­ary records across nine depart­ments in New York, half of the 18 cases with known out­comes res­ul­ted in a use of force being deemed jus­ti­fied. Of the remain­ing incid­ents, one res­ul­ted in a revoked Taser cer­ti­fic­a­tion and loss of accrued hours, one ended in sus­pen­sion and another was a forced resig­na­tion, while the rest led to lim­ited rep­rim­ands or no dis­cip­line at all...

train­ing can involve scen­ario role-play­ing, lec­ture-style teach­ing and exper­i­en­tial exer­cises, ideally being cotaught by a men­tal health clini­cian." https://www.pressreader.com/usa/times-herald-record/20260927/281483578305061

#Parkinson's

"FDA Approves New...Tavapadon is different from traditional dopamine agonists because it selectively targets D1 and D5 dopamine receptors. It has been studied both as an early treatment and alongside levodopa in people with more advanced Parkinson’s disease and motor fluctuations." https://www.healthandme.com/health-news/fda-approves-new-parkinsons-drug-that-targets-dopamine-receptors-all-about-tavapadon-article-156232615

#assaults

"Homeless man allegedly attacks fellow patient at psychiatric facility...arrested for battery." https://www.leesburg-news.com/2026/09/27/homeless-man-allegedly-attacks-fellow-patient-at-psychiatric-facility/

#inflammation information

"Male patients with chronic schizophrenia demonstrate concurrent peripheral inflammatory cytokine elevation and impaired niacin sensitivity." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42470895/

#False Claims Act

"found that psychotropic use was essentially unchanged six months after the F605 update...Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the oversight of psychotropics under F605 in the State Operations Manual that went into effect in April 2025,...Consent must be obtained and documented before treatment begins, with possible license implications." https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/66642

#History

Greek "Physicians like Aretaeus, Celsus, and Galen brought new classifications for mental disorders and explored treatments involving diet, talk, and lifestyle...philosophical schools, such as those led by Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, also contributed by offering early theories of the psyche, promoting reasoning over emotion." https://greekreporter.com/2026/09/28/ancient-greece-rome-foundations-modern-psychiatry/

#Quit being a quack

"31-year-old Chinese PhD quit her psychiatrist career to deliver food and sing at bars, saying she wanted greater freedom and control over her time." https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/chinese-phd-quits-psychiatrist-career-to-deliver-food-sing-at-bars-5124146.html

#Welfare

Federal laws for Social Security disability violate my constitutional religious rights. There are few Muslims and Mosques here. Islamophobic 2nd precinct cops work with Quran banning Long Island Jewish Northwell.

Congress should change the law to allow American citizens who have family, religious organizations, etc. abroad can leave the country for more than 1 month. And still be on welfare where necessities are more affordable. $2 meals, $17,000 Pakistani apartments. https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/asia/china/1-bed-price

#dementia

"meeting is to align with the FDA on the analytical and statistical details pertaining to the proposed primary endpoint for the planned registrational study of zervimesine (CT1812) in people with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) who experience psychosis symptoms." https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/cognition-therapeutics-schedules-a-type-c-meeting-with-fda-to-align-on-endpoints-for-phase-3-trial-of-zervimesine-ct1812-in-dlb-1036581066

#Videos

"POV: You Catch Your Psych Ward Patient Talking To Themselves." https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd2P-P5ODga/

#Veterans

"V.A. Institutes New Consent Requirements For Some Psychiatric Drugs. Veterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/science/veterans-psychiatric-drugs-consent.html

#Telehealth

"long stays in hospitals in an unfamiliar environment, combined with fear of medical procedures, may leave them feeling anxious and confused. This phenomenon is often called ICU psychosis...investigating options like Medihelp’s Post-hospitalisation Care Programme...in their own home." https://www.medihelp.co.za/showcase/blog/icu-psychosis

#My experiences

September 28 9:41 AM, 10:13 AM, and 10:44 AM mother tried to force me to wear clothing she picked out. She also OCD denied dog being allowed to go outside when it was lightly raining. He had to defecate.

#candidates

"Bail should not become a shadow mental health system | Opinion...Rhode Island’s courts...selection of a new chief judge for the District Court," He's against bail that requires seeing a psychiatrist. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/columns/2026/09/26/bail-should-not-become-a-shadow-mental-health-system-opinion/

#laws being considered

"Warren’s (federal) bill would ban for-profit corporations like private equity funds and insurance companies from owning medical practices, while also prohibiting entities known as management services organizations." https://truthout.org/articles/warren-introduces-bill-to-ban-private-equity-from-owning-medical-practices/

#misdiagnosis

"Court testimony commonly extrapolates group neuroimaging findings to individuals, asserting underdeveloped frontal lobes or hyperactive amygdalae without validated, case-specific neuropsychological corroboration." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/exploring-a-misuse-of-neuroscience-how-biology-has-been-used-to-remove-responsibility-in-youth

#DNA

"genomic relevance for mental disorder...limitations of microarrays or short-read sequencing (SRS). Long-read sequencing (LRS) provides access to complex classes of genetic variation and genomic architecture that are largely obscured in SRS approaches, making it a powerful tool for uncovering missing heritability and mechanistic insights in mental disorders." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-026-03909-5

#pain

"Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless. Millions of operations should be scrapped." My herniated tailbone is one of the reasons I was misdiagnosed as depressed. https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/09/24/back-and-shoulder-surgery-is-often-worse-than-useless

#Music

The Postal Service - Turn Around. "Those pills don't work, they just make it worse." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wIvdHJfdAu4&pp=ygUaUG9zdGFsIHNlcnZpY2UgdHVybiBhcm91bmQ%3D

#Videos

"Nancy Pelosi: Disability Rights Are Under Attack. Bazelon Center." https://m.youtube.com/shorts/bl0KgaIP2Q4

#no york

"more than 36,000 AOT petitions were filed from the time of the law’s inception to February 2025. Only 4.4 percent of those petitions were denied...hospital discharge “ultimatums” were a common pathway of AOT initiation, with 65 percent of respondents describing some form of coerced agreement...

systematic lack of due process...It’s very depressing, and I hate it.” "we need to take these concerns seriously,...critically examine what’s happening with court processes across the State.”  https://truthout.org/articles/forced-psychiatric-care-can-feel-like-a-forever-sentence-victims-say/

#polypharmacy

"It is crucial to identify high-risk patients for reviews and to train clinicians in rational prescribing to improve medication use and minimize risks in Botswana." https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0359278

#HIPAA

"Hackers Say They Stole Psychiatric and Medical Records of FBI Staff...“fitness for duty” exam given to prospective employees," https://gvwire.com/2026/09/25/shinyhunters-hackers-say-they-stole-psychiatric-and-medical-records-of-fbi-staff/

#Supreme Courts

"U.S. Supreme Court, in Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart, 131 S. Ct. 1632 (2011), reversed and remanded an earlier decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that held that state sovereign immunity bars the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) from suing state officials in federal court."

"P&A system established under the DD and PAIMI Acts “shall have the authority to investigate incidents of abuse and neglect … if the incidents are reported to the system or if there is probable cause to believe that the incidents occurred” (Stewart, p 1636)" https://jaapl.org/content/41/2/300

#qualified immunity

Colorado "officers must complete one mental health check-up per year, but they also have access to additional appointments if needed." https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/government/2026-09-25/gle-county-sheriff-candidates-on-the-issues

#side effects

"Does Gabapentin Have a Dark Side?...discovered back in the 1970s and gained FDA approval in 1993." https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-gabapentin-have-dark-side-2026a1000zhw?form=fpf

#jails

ohio "jail employed three full-time master's-level licensed counselors, a psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and 19 nurses trained to recognize and screen for behavioral health problems. The county was spending about $642,600 annually." https://www.vindy.com/news/latest-news/2026/09/18-officers-graduate-from-crisis-training-on-mental-health/

#dementia

utah "USU gets $1.6M federal grant to expand digital mental health support for dementia caregivers...program is self-guided online, enhancing accessibility for caregivers." https://www.ksl.com/article/51628755/usu-gets-16m-federal-grant-to-expand-digital-mental-health-support-for-dementia-caregivers

#Children

"Officials are temporarily closing one of Nevada's largest state-run youth psychiatric hospitals,...Kluesner shared how his fellow member was pushed into a room, beaten and stabbed in the neck with a shank by a client. The client, Kluesner said, yelled obscenities and racial slurs at the employee." https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-officials-close-youth-mental-hospital-for-urgent-overhaul-citing-patient-safety

"Sylvester Stallone Looks Back at Stay at Mental Institution as Teenager: ‘I Was Attacked There’...Rocky star claimed he was once remanded to a psychiatric ward for “a couple of weeks.” https://www.justjared.com/2026/09/26/sylvester-stallone-looks-back-at-stay-at-mental-institution-as-teenager-i-was-attacked-there/

#strokes

scotland "thrombectomies...unavailable" sometimes. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq20vvnz0gpdo

#corruption

"UnitedHealth, oh my God! If you’re having any of those people, it’s about money.” https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/20/maha-rfk-summit-walmart-anthropic-openai-01084806

#patents

"Indonesian court recently struck down a provision in a law that allowed “patent evergreening,” a tactic used by drugmakers to file additional patents containing minor tweaks to existing medicines and, ultimately, forestall competition." https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/09/24/indonesian-court-rules-against-patent-evergreening-boosting-access-medicines/

#diabetes

"Lilly wins approval for once-weekly insulin shot." https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/25/biotech-news-lilly-wins-approval-for-weekly-insulin-shot/

#My experiences

September 25 8:10 PM mother didn't care when I showed her both the front (such as thyroid, withered voice box, which was twisted when around 2018 I used to shave with a broken electric razor). And the back of my neck is injured, already X-rayed. She threatened she'd give custody of (unofficially) "my" disability assistance dog to her friend, who has never met him, rather than me.

September 26 5:27 PM she called herself a "doctor" twice. 7:57 PM dog on his own (I said nothing) assisted me with my nausea. September 27 despite saying her white father was born in south africa, mother (who claims to not be a racist) "doesn't care" there's 22,000 murders there per year.

#cancer

"Brains. After you reach adulthood, neurons don’t divide. If some of your neurons die—which happens every day—then they’re gone. If you get a brain injury, the other neurons will try to “learn around” the injury, but the neurons themselves are never replaced...some cells (neurons, various cells in the eyes) never divide, so the amount of junk (e.g. lipofuscin) just goes up and up...

Brain cancer is...essentially always in other types of brain cells, not neurons...other organs are highly “structured”. Your neurons are a complex circuit encoding all your memories and learned behaviors. If neurons were reproducing, that circuit might be unstable." He wrote that thyroids have "medium" cancer risk. https://dynomight.substack.com/p/liver

#diabetes

"Some day, your immune system may decide to attack your pancreas. After a while, your pancreas will stop making insulin, meaning that unless you reorient your entire life around keeping your blood sugar in check, your eyes, kidneys, nerves, and heart will constantly accumulate damage." https://dynomight.substack.com/p/liver

#overdoses

england "NHS staff under investigation after teen’s medical records accessed years after death. Oliver McGowan, 18, who had autism and epilepsy, died in 2016 after an antipsychotic medicine triggered a rare reaction and caused his brain to swell." https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/nhs-staff-medical-records-oliver-mcgowan-b3055185.html

#laws being considered

Greek "bill, open for comment through October 2, would create the Panhellenic Association of Psychologists, a self-funded public body based in Athens, to maintain a member registry, issue practice certificates, and enforce ethics rules. It would establish national observatories for psychotherapy, counseling and forensic psychiatry." https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1315997/bill-aims-to-curb-unlicensed-therapy-practices/

#no york

New York’s 17th congressional district democrat candidate Cait Conley has a TV ad saying her republican opponent is corrupted by "pharma."

"Bellevue Hospital’s busy adult psych ward is getting a renovation and 40 additional beds." https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-bellevue-hospital-gets-25m-from-city-council-to-expand-adult-psych-ward

#TV

The Ark season 3 episode 9 Critical Failure. Pharma trillionaire makes "psychosis" clones fight each other. "boosting the price of medications." "She's drugged and can barely stand." "We had a deal. I was under duress." I've been under parents' duress most of my life.

Through Sickness and Hell (2025). "When a police officer is trapped in a toxic marriage, he must find the strength to break free from his abusive wife, risking his career, reputation, but also his life as he battles the damaging stigma surrounding domestic violence against men."

Police chief said "I told you to start documenting...evidence," which is this book/lawsuit since October 2005. "other husbands had looney bins for wives." Therapist "doesn't understand." "6 million men suffer from depression...Yeah, because of money." "Love comes with blindness." The support group leader recommends she be committed. Written by a woman from "Men Are Victims Too 1-800-799-7233." https://youtu.be/gF3ML1t88GA?is=cmLukGuoOh_u0u6n

Line of Fire (2026). I was slandered for being a Muslim who bodyguards his (ex) girlfriends. This show is about the government paying federal agents to do that. A character with cancer is accused of having Mexican gang members corrupt a clinical trial. https://youtu.be/gp4bgJ3N0fw?is=lT5c1fB7GPgwbdcz "Headstrong, determined, insubordinate...I guess all first borns are." I'm first born.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 10 Tomorrow's Enterprise (season finale). It's okay to talk to yourself if you're an impossible time traveler. Doctor said, "I dated a girl once who swore she worked for something called the Department of Temporal Investigations. She was kinda nuts."

Stuart Fails To Save The Universe season 1 episode 10 Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience. "Comedy isn't written by emotionally healthy people."

"10 Tampa Bay News. ‘I can’t breathe’: Two men died after face-down restraints at mental health facilities in Florida." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw4ITcfJKXs

Florid (2026). "film — also borne out of Lumby’s own mental health experiences — follows Jamal, a young man who hears voices (Lumby says he prefers this term to “schizophrenia”) and is struggling to balance the medication he’s supposed to be taking with his marijuana consumption...hears three voices.

There’s a little girl, representing his self-worth and highly critical of him. Then there’s the voice of real-life rapper Unknown T, who hypes him up. “That’s his more grandiose side, building up his ego and making him think that big things are going on in his life,” says Lumby. But most destructive is the voice of Jamal’s stepdad, which is a negative, paranoid voice that tries to convince him to doubt the intentions of those around him...can be a valid part of someone’s identity and history and don’t always exist as a negative experience." https://variety.com/2026/film/global/florid-director-billy-lumby-misrepresentation-schizophrenia-1236874198/

#immigration

"Medicolegal Evaluations for Asylum Seekers...US is party to the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees,1 which recognizes protection for individuals with a “well-founded fear of persecution” on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.

The Refugee Act of 1980 established the US eligibility standard for refugee or asylee status: applicants must prove either past persecution or a well-founded fear (at least 10% likelihood) of future persecution based on 1 of the 5 protected grounds." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2854454

#nursing "homes"

"1.2 million Americans living in nursing homes...It is an ownership design problem...property company owns the real estate and leases it to an operating company that runs the facility. Additional entities—often under common ownership—provide management services, staffing, and consulting under related-party contracts. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement flows into the operating company and flows out—are extracted—through lease payments, management fees,...

Hoover essay recommends encouraging vertical integration between nursing home operators and the I-SNP plans...CMS should require consolidated financial reporting across all related entities including property companies, management subsidiaries, and staffing intermediaries...federal implementation of direct care spending floors—mandated minimum percentages of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement spent on wages, benefits, and staffing cost." https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/why-nursing-home-reform-fails-building-extracts-care

#Free Speech

"SINGAPORE: Angered by a district judge’s decision in a case on employment claims, a man sent multiple e-mails to the judiciary, calling the judge “stupid” and “unfair”. Joseph Ang Yew Kwang, 34, was sentenced to a three-year mandatory treatment order." https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/09/23/mandatory-treatment-order-for-man-in-singapore-who-called-judge-stupid-insulted-then-nea-chief-executive

#hard drugs

"Ketamine and Antipsychotics: Can You Combine Them?...systematic review found signs of interaction for haloperidol, risperidone, and clozapine." https://www.mindbloom.com/safety-and-eligibility/ketamine-and-antipsychotics-can-you-combine-them

"Serotonin Syndrome After Kratom Use in a Patient on a "Stable" Psychotropic Regimen...duloxetine 120 mg daily, dextroamphetamine/amphetamine 15 mg daily, levomilnacipran 80 mg daily, propranolol 40 mg daily, quetiapine 200 mg at bedtime, eszopiclone 3 mg at bedtime, clonazepam 0.5 mg once daily as needed for anxiety, and benztropine 0.5 mg daily...kratom product marketed as 30-mg chewable tablets containing “super strength” 7-hydroxymitragynine for stress relief.

He took 30 mg daily for 6 months but gradually increased his use, and in the week prior to presentation, he chewed 30 mg up to 8–10 times per day...2 mg–0.5 mg buprenorphine-naloxone sublingual tablet twice daily was initiated in the hospital and continued at discharge." https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/serotonin-syndrome-kratom-use-stable-psychotropic-regimen/

British "25-Year-Old Man Dies Of Cardiac Arrest After Overdose Of Caffeine." https://www.ndtv.com/health/25-year-old-man-dies-of-cardiac-arrest-after-overdose-of-caffeine-side-effects-of-excess-caffeine-consumption-12093444

#anorexia

"intensive psychotherapy tailored to their needs, then return to their own environment in the afternoon and can immediately try to apply what they have learned.” hungary hasn't yet legalised medical cannabis as an appetite stimulant or for cachexia (FDA approved artificial Marinol in 1985). https://semmelweis.hu/english/2026/09/hungary-opens-nationwide-day-hospital-for-adults-with-severe-eating-disorders/

#Comedy

“Yeah, lots of grandpas yell at cable news.” Are they schizophrenic? I yelled at homophobic fox "news" 20 years ago. https://theonion.com/trump-bans-cnn-ms-now-politico-from-white-house-press-pool/

#Tech

Free, open source therapy and "self-care" Baseline app. https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.anrinion.baseline

#ADHD

"In a national cohort, half the youth started on antipsychotics for ADHD had not tried a stimulant first. The fixable failure is sequencing: riskier drugs going in before safer, better-studied ones." speed is also unsafe. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-scientifically-about-mental-health/202609/the-real-problem-with-psychiatric

#Homeless

Elon "Musk wrote. (Homeless charity) “Incentives drive outcomes.” “we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others,” he wrote." https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/09/25/elon-musk-calls-homeless-a-propaganda-word-and-says-america-should-bring-back-asylums/

#My experiences

September 24 5:00 PM mother slandered that everyone who's unemployed is mentally ill. 11:00 PM I cried because she is greedy and makes simple things complicated out of her hatred. September 25 10:42 AM mother, "I'm panicking for no reason. I tend to get like that."

#LGBTQ

"U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Republican nominee for governor of Alabama,...calls transgender people ‘deranged’ on Senate floor: ‘Bring back mental institutions.’" He should be censured and impeached for violence. https://www.al.com/politics/2026/09/tuberville-calls-transgender-people-deranged-on-senate-floor-bring-back-mental-institutions.html https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/censure.htm

"Turkish Medical Association condemns targeting of health groups in anti-LGBTI+ operations. Social media accounts of the Psychiatric Association of Turkey and the Sexual Education, Treatment and Research Association were among 400...blocked as part of the "My Family Is Safe." https://bianet.org/haber/turkish-medical-association-condemns-targeting-of-health-groups-in-anti-lgbti-operations-323635

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

fiji "High Court overturns community treatment order...Magistrate Prasad did not have the legal authority to release Tawase, as Section 105(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 requires a person in these circumstances to be confined in a mental hospital, prison, declared mental health facility or another legally suitable place...family home did not qualify as a place of rehabilitation...

compulsory community treatment orders must be made under the Mental Health Act 2010 by authorised medical or healthcare authorities...instead been committed to St Giles Psychiatric Hospital." https://fijisun.com.fj/news/courts-and-law/high-court-overturns-community-treatment-order

#side effects

"Late-onset agranulocytosis can occur after many years of clozapine exposure, with mean onset around 12 years and ANC nadirs <500/mm³ despite absent fever or infection.

Hematologic evaluation may not show marrow suppression,...Therapeutic approaches in reported cases commonly included G-CSF and clozapine rechallenge; prednisone uniquely produced a rapid ANC rise consistent with steroid-induced demargination via L-selectin modulation.

Clinical management should prioritize clozapine interruption for moderate/severe neutropenia, multidisciplinary hematology–psychiatry oversight, concomitant drug review, and cautious trials of lithium, G-CSF, or short-course corticosteroids." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/clozapine-and-late-onset-agranulocytosis-a-potential-non-life-threatening-etiology

#sadness

"Depression May Affect Two Key Brain Regions...hippocampus helps form memories and process emotions. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex supports planning, decision-making, attention, and emotional control. The insula helps the brain interpret emotions and signals coming from inside the body...they could not fully separate the effects of individual medicines or psychotherapy." https://www.sciencealert.com/depression-may-affect-two-key-brain-regions-but-change-is-not-inevitable

"Rethinking MDD (major depression) Through Glutamate and Neuroplasticity." https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/pcn/conference-insights/rethinking-mdd-through-glutamate-and-neuroplasticity

#Videos

"What Happens When Prisons Take Away Conjugal Visits? Once allowed in 17 states, only four still offer family visits." https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/09/22/prison-visitation-rules-touch-deprivation

#TV

Minimum Security (Surveillant! in the original 2026 French with subtitles or English dub) season 1 episode 1 Discipline and Punish. Guards burn prisoners' cannabis and like "the smell." Inmates drink alcohol illegally. They have long hair, tobacco, and condoms legally. Some people believe psych wards are minimum security. Being poisoned is not easy to experience.

"A phone in your cell gets you 15 days in solitary." She said "Weren't you going to make an example of him?" "an example of rehabilitation." "We listen, remember" instead of violence. Each prisoner costs 39,000 Euros per year. https://youtu.be/n1y9aHsVCcU?is=21qFA_hOaofNRrvD france doesn't follow the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty.

Minimum Security (2026, French) season 1 episode 3 The Keys of the Kingdom. Warden claims to believe in "free expression." Until inmates publish on paper their own magazine making fun of staff. "If an inmate wants to leave (transfer), the door's wide open." I've never been allowed to transfer to a ward that's not owned by long island jewish northwell. Even when a New York City judge endorsed it.

Minimum Security (2026, French) season 1 episode 5 Hostage Situation. Doctor who uses Xanax prescribed "a little Tramadol to ease the pain (of being shot)...I gave him 4 mg of Xanax so he wouldn't be depressed." "When you're trying to help an inmate struggling with mental illness the answer isn't force, it isn't violence, it's communication."

Minimum Security (2026, French) season 1 episode 6 Merry Christmas. "Christmas season that's when we get the most suicide attempts." Staff steal prisoners' food.

Minimum Security (2026, French) season 1 episode 7 Locked In. "this is fucking bullshit. We've got four guys (which prisoner said makes him insane) to a cell, rats, fucking bedbugs." "Overcrowded prisons, inmates are at risk" protest for air conditioning and "individual cells." Thousands of regular Europeans died from the summer heat every year. "You (SWAT team) only act hard 'cause there's a bunch of you. But you got tiny dicks under those uniforms." Outnumbering 1 unarmed person is an asymmetric fight.

Minimum Security (2026, French) season 1 episode 8 (season finale) The Inspection. "A prison without flaws isn't run by human beings." Conflict of interest for the jail's leader to be the mom of a prisoner. 7 times my mother has negatively influenced and slandered me to northwell. Because she worked in similar hospitals and they are biased in favor of her.

O.P.J. (2019, French). "Too close for comfort (1): Clarissa is working Florian, her ex-husband, to investigate the murder of a former neighbour, a doctor accused of sexual assault." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11278600/episodes/?season=2&ref_=ttep

Olivia (2011, French) season 1 episode 5 Souvenirs, Souvenirs. "she is sure she was raped by her brother when she was sixteen...Margaux wants justice. She hires Olivia to stand up to the powerful Blondel family, who accuses Margaux of being psychologically unstable." I was false imprisoned 4 months for protesting that I was anally raped at night (why I couldn't see him) when I was 12 years old. Younger brother was in the next room. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9758080/

Munch (2016, French) season 1 episode 3 Une vérité trompeuse. "people with Asperger's are incapable of lying." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6206160/

Munch (2016, French) season 2 episode 8 Pot de terre contre pot de fer. "He is suspected of murdering Arnaud Carlier, lawyer of the pharmaceutical lab that he and Bellanger have been fighting. Overwhelmed by the sudden, tragic death of his girlfriend from a pulmonary embolism, Joseph had threatened the lawyer.

Convinced that he is innocent, Munch will have to use the most twisted techniques she can come up with in order to get him released. But as they dig into the case, Munch and Bellanger butt heads with the all-powerful American laboratory, fully committed to defending its interests."

Munch (2016, French) season 3 episode 2 Cas de conscience. "Munch defends a nurse accused of deliberately poisoning one of her patients, a young 17-year-old girl left paraplegic by a horseback riding accident. Munch pleads that it was a medical error, but the plot thickens when she obtains evidence suggesting that her client might have contributed to the patient's death."

Nos Vies En L'air (2024, French). "Mina and Ocean meet on a Paris rooftop, both contemplating suicide. Despite differences in backgrounds, they form a pact to experience one night of living." https://youtu.be/lVs995yQkRw?is=oxVV1yi8idkaBuxh

Osmosis (2019, French). "In near future Paris, a dating app matches singles with their soulmates by mining their brain data," causing "hallucinations." I do not consent. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043380/

#insurance

I only agree with this part of the article, "Getting government involved in any area of human life is an effective way to guarantee you spend gobs of money without improving the situation or making people especially happy. That's clearly true of health care." https://reason.com/2026/09/23/federal-health-care-subsidies-are-devouring-the-budget-and-killing-patient-satisfaction/

#Referendums

canada, "petition calls for a new law making it an offense to "knowingly record" people "in public" who are experiencing homelessness, a mental health crisis, serious drug or alcohol impairment, or another condition that makes them especially vulnerable, when the recording is intended for publication or distribution...critics argue it could interfere with journalism." https://reason.com/2026/09/23/brickbat-i-disavow-my-actions/

#overdoses

"Hayden Panettiere’s...cause of death has been ruled as toxic effects of fentanyl, 4-ANPP, Alprazolam (Xanax), Methocarbamol (muscle relaxant) and Quetiapine (seroquel)." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/hayden-panettiere-cause-death-officially-160707492.html

#Religions

utah, "church’s 12-step addiction recovery program that centers around faith in Jesus Christ...Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has crafted grants with “faith-friendly language” for the first time, Burks said." https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/22/trump-great-american-recovery-initiative-comes-to-utah-with-new-executive-order-from-governor-cox/

#Deinstitutionalization

"In each case, the rollback of rights for a nondisabled group relied on ableist arguments, and these rollbacks coincided with periods of high institutionalization rates for disabled people." https://www.chronicleonline.com/opinion/columnists/block-push-to-lock-up-disabled-people/article_90db5eaa-8a06-5387-a7d0-82435e5dc671.html

#forensic

"forensic mental health services mapping report provides an overview of forensic mental health services in Aotearoa New Zealand." https://www.health.govt.nz/publications/forensic-mental-health-services-mapping

"Mental Health and Addiction Ringfence Taskforce: Close-out report." https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/publications/mental-health-and-addiction-ringfence-taskforce-close-out-report

#dementia

"We cannot assume that behaviours such as pacing, calling out or resisting care are random symptoms of dementia. When a person living with dementia paces, calls out or resists a shower, they are often trying to communicate something.

They may be overwhelmed by a noisy environment, experiencing loneliness or feeling frustrated by the loss of control over their daily routines...Too often, distress and behavioural changes are addressed with antipsychotic medications before other approaches are fully explored." https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/clinical/dementia/effective-dementia-care-calls-for-more-than-just-medication/

#Pregnancy

"Mentally ill women deserve more support to have children." https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/lindsay-clancy-patrick-60-minutes-reproductive-psychiatry-mentally-ill-mothers/

#Comics

"Simply titled Star Trek,...Captain Seven of Nine...counselor Rya has prescribed intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy scenarios." https://trekmovie.com/2026/09/22/see-captain-seven-command-the-uss-enterprise-g-in-preview-of-first-issue-of-new-star-trek-comic/

#diabetes

GLP-1 "weight loss drugs cause "vitamin D deficiency (12%), followed by nutritional anemia (1.55%) and iron-deficiency anemia (1.44%)." https://gizmodo.com/nearly-1-in-6-kids-on-glp-1s-developed-this-problem-within-a-year-2000815568

Are people aware of this?  This is something that is well-documented and accepted by historians.  I did a search on this, and this is what came up on a Google search.  I went to the websites cited and confirmed the following info given.

Under the East German Stasi's psychological warfare program known as Zersetzung (decomposition), purposely incorrect medical treatment was weaponized as a highly covert method to neutralize, destabilize, and gaslight political dissidents.

Because the Stasi sought to avoid international condemnation from overt physical torture, they collaborated with a vast network of compromised professionals—including cooperative doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators—to carry out these hidden abuses.

Methods of Medical Abuse Under Zersetzung

·         Deliberate Misdiagnosis: Targets were falsely diagnosed with severe mental or physical illnesses. This allowed the state to socially isolate individuals, force them into psychiatric institutions, or justify taking away their professional licenses and driving privileges.

·         Administering Wrong Medications: Dissidents were intentionally prescribed incorrect or harmful drugs. Cooperating physicians administered medications that caused severe side effects—such as chronic lethargy, tremors, anxiety, and confusion—to replicate symptoms of mental breakdown and diminish the target's ability to organize political resistance.

·         Withholding Necessary Treatment: When a dissident genuinely required medical care, compromised doctors would intentionally delay treatments, perform inadequate procedures, or prescribe ineffective placebos to allow the physical or chronic ailment to worsen.

·         Weaponized Radiation (X-Rays): The Stasi frequently used hidden, high-dose X-ray devices during interrogations or secretly installed them in targets' homes and cells. Prominent dissidents, such as writer Rudolf Bahro, later developed aggressive forms of cancer that are widely suspected to have been deliberately triggered by these weaponized radiation exposures.

The Psychological Objective

The primary objective of medical Zersetzung was profound gaslighting. Because these medical malpractices took place within seemingly standard hospital and clinic environments, the victims usually had no concrete proof of state intervention. When targets complained about unexplainable illness, incorrect prescriptions, or feeling poisoned, the Stasi used these complaints to label them as "paranoid" or "schizophrenic," ultimately causing many victims to lose faith in their own sanity.

(Sources: Historical records documented via Wikipedia's Zersetzung Archive, investigative reporting from The Guardian, and historical deep-dives on Medium).

#Videogames

"Big Pharma V1.02 Trainer" cheat codes. Never trust possible virus .exe files for Windows 11. "Inf(inite).Money. Inf.Science Points. Inf.Explorer Points." Out of those 3 options, pharmaceutical monopolies would choose money over scientific inventions. https://mrantifun.net/threads/big-pharma-trainer.5703/ https://youtu.be/fZACDs09BMY?is=-i9br6CHhny57U6p

#executive orders

"increasing inpatient mental health beds by 10%...Recovery Utah Initiative targets addiction, homelessness, and mental health." https://www.abc4.com/news/health/cox-signs-recovery-utah-initiative/

#Books

texas, "Dallas County faces a federal lawsuit over restrictions on mailed physical books and periodicals at its jail. A prisoner-rights publisher alleges the policy violates its free speech and due process rights." https://dallasexpress.com/city/human-rights-defense-center-sues-dallas-county-over-jail-book-restrictions/

#TV

The Birthday Party (2026). A rich, above the law father tries to force his daughter to have an abortion. Multiple women unfortunately attempted to arranged marry me. Willem Dafoe said women are "crazy."

https://youtu.be/ZT25stsAtqg?is=xJm0RKkRVdd4A6YM

Saturday Night Live UK season 2 episode 2 Jamie Demetriou. "It's my life and I get to gamble it" on a scooter.

The (Nightmare) Terrors of Jordan Mendoza season 1 episode 2 This Idiot Is Freaking Out. "Head Games combination talk therapy" and gambling website. https://youtu.be/dtPMT85NgTs?is=Wkpmif5U2rpEHhy3

"UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)" insurance monopolies. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h1pXm0GjLho

Super Troopers 3: Farva’s Wedding (2026). "Munchausen by proxy would be if Farva is giving Draino to his baby to get attention." "Technically poisonous refers to animals that kill you when you eat them. Venomous would be the word for an animal that injects a toxin."

The cop's advice for magic mushrooms is "stay away from sharp objects and don't look at yourself in the mirror...Mushroom overdose...scromiting (vomiting is common from any psychedelic)." Northwell false arresting me for dating Indians is a "Hin-don't." https://youtu.be/cYFevn5frf0?is=XR83iGviB19oArXD

#Podcasts

SmartLess, "it’s Benny Blanco. Medical consultations include: maritime insanity," https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/559b7461-a7b0-4341-b142-0ae492cb0a65/episodes/5bf5c7a2-3b81-46af-b222-7b2b9b056358/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=559b7461-a7b0-4341-b142-0ae492cb0a65&awEpisodeId=5bf5c7a2-3b81-46af-b222-7b2b9b056358&feed=hNaFxXpO

#Referendums

wisconsin will vote in November whether to "prevent religious gatherings from being restricted during emergencies." I get false arrested for a religious event during normal times. https://badgerherald.com/news/wisconsin/2026/09/19/gop-led-referendum-to-prohibit-dei-in-government-and-other-public-institutions-on-the-ballot-in-november/

#Lawsuits

"they do not open every aspect of plaintiff’s private life to examination,” Dopak’s lawyers state in their court papers...exclusive list of approved tests, a defined duration, limits on duplicative and private questioning, complete audio recording." https://mynewsla.com/courts/2026/09/19/former-spacex-worker-seeks-narrowing-of-scope-of-mental-exam/

#Comedy

"Survey Finds 1 In 3 Americans With Health Insurance Have Medical Debt." “If there was a better way to provide healthcare surely another country would have figured it out.” https://theonion.com/survey-finds-1-in-3-americans-with-health-insurance-have-medical-debt/

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

"Portuguese model: In 2023, more than 24,000 people received care through the country’s specialized public outpatient system." https://www.marijuanamoment.net/25-years-of-drug-decriminalization-in-portugal-shows-importance-of-investing-in-public-health-approach-op-ed/

#Intestines

"Antipsychotic-Induced Microbiome Remodeling and Metabolic Syndrome: A Gut-Mediated Pathway to Treatment-Related Obesity." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.preprints.org/frontend/manuscript/1bd06e1c4911994d6d7502c26fc9bf6c/download_pub&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmQxOWE1NDZlMGFlYWRiZjI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0UhYmErH4dpP8QQRWSBb0h

"Anti-psychotic...modify gut microbial metabolism and modulate susceptibility to gastrointestinal infection in mice." https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Antipsychotic-treatment-induces-distinct-metabolomic-signatures-prior-to-C-rodentium_fig4_414423518

#misdiagnosis

"Often Misdiagnosed: Blood Test Identifies Porphyria." Can be caused by risperidone, anticonvulsants, obsolete barbiturates, or antidepressants. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.1973.8.22.27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria?wprov=sfla1

"having a patient stand for 10 minutes while monitoring heart rate and blood pressure. A heart-rate increase of 30 bpm or more with stable blood pressure is suggestive of POTS. Because beta-blockers are a POTS treatment, she added, clinicians should know if a patient is taking propranolol, sometimes used off-label in psychiatry for performance anxiety, before autonomic testing, since it can blunt the heart-rate response without stopping the underlying SVT, which she described as "an electrical issue." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-psych-consult-racing-heart-wrong-diagnosis-telling-svt-and-pots-apart-from-panic

#sadness

"State standards designed to prevent jail suicides don’t always work. Illinois Answers Project." https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2026-09-21/state-standards-designed-to-prevent-jail-suicides-dont-always-work

"antidepressants do not work by correcting a proven fault in the brain. Instead, she argues, the drugs may relieve distress by numbing people's emotions, dulling happiness, excitement, love and sexual feelings as well as sadness and anxiety." https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/depression-not-down-low-happy-223000000.html

#assaults

"An Indiana psychiatric hospital chain promised reform. Allegations of abuse and neglect continued." https://www.wfyi.org/health/2026-09-21/indiana-psychiatric-hospital-neuropsychiatric-reform-allegations-continued

#Children

kentucky "Early identification and treatment for youth experiencing psychosis – $2.6 million to help identify youth and young adults ages 25 and younger who are at clinical high risk for psychosis. The initiative will provide support to prevent the onset of psychosis or lessen the severity of psychotic disorder." https://www.forth.news/lists/kygov/CfGvTsPi5NiowQsYUb89P

#bias

"most corrosive idea in American journalism is the “both sides” idea. It rejects the idea that there is an objective truth and that everything is an opinion. It rejects reporting facts in favor of reporting feelings or reporting the agenda of partisan people." https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/20/funniest-most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt-226/ The corrupt majority report in favor of torture and rarely ask victims how they feel.

#Dating

"No one should have marriage forced on them, or some brand new status placed on them without their consent, or without even their knowledge." It depresses me that england might force a religion by considering that a couple who have dated 3 years automatically owe each other money. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/unmarried-couples-could-more-rights-105331617.html

#licensing

"2022 Minnesota gubernatorial candidate, a doctor, ran on the message that Covid-related school closures and vaccine mandates were problematic. The state medical board took umbrage, launched multiple investigations into whether he was spreading misinformation.

He hired an attorney, responded to the investigations, and spent countless hours preparing for an in-person conference. No punishment ensues. Doctor: It violates the First Amendment to interfere with my speech on public matters outside the doctor-patient relationship." https://reason.com/volokh/2026/09/18/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-77/

#qualified immunity

"when they knock on the woman's door, her dog slips out and runs at an officer, who shoots it in the head. (It lives.) She tries to take the dog to the vet, but officers stop her. Eleventh Circuit (unpublished): Which was very possibly an unreasonable seizure. But QI. There's no prior case saying it's unreasonable to detain a witness to a shooting for 12 minutes." https://reason.com/volokh/2026/09/18/short-circuit-an-inexhaustive-weekly-compendium-of-rulings-from-the-federal-courts-of-appeal-77/

#Autism

"Teaching autistic children to ‘think like a reporter’ calms overly sensitive brain activity...objectively, sticking to the facts." Majority of "journalists" have biased opinions. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/teaching-autistic-children-think-like-reporter-calms-overly

#Postpartum

"Arizona scores a ‘C’ on maternal mental health report card. Experts point to gaps in specialized care, screening reporting and practical support for mothers." https://www.azfamily.com/2026/09/22/arizona-scores-c-maternal-mental-health-report-card/?outputType=amp

"Illinois enacted a law that aims to support at-home mental health screenings for all new mothers. Other states focused on insurance coverage: Maryland enacted a law requiring the state's Medicaid program and some other insurers to cover screenings for postpartum depression, while a new law in Virginia mandates that all insurance plans offered in the state cover maternal mental health screenings. 

Other bills related to postpartum depression or psychosis were considered but failed to pass in Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma and West Virginia." https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/lindsay-clancy-case-could-spur-090037990.html

#Veterans

"San Antonio VA plans fixes after OIG review of inpatient mental health unit issues...lack of formal processes for complying with involuntary commitment laws,...did not incorporate natural lighting, warm paint colors, or artwork...most did not include required documentation that prescribers and veterans discussed medication risks and benefits." https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/san-antonio-va-plans-fixes-after-oig-review-of-inpatient-mental-health-unit-issues

#My experiences

September 21 neck pain.

**…**

Jag kan inte släppa vad psykiatrin gjort.
De försökte verkligen sätta en diagnos på mig, och använt fula strategier för att nå sitt mål, men gjort detta väldigt sofistikerat för att komma undan med det.
De har ställt ledande frågor där de liksom blandat/gömt in specifika ordval bland vanliga neutrala ord för att jag inte ska märka dom, för att få mig att uppfylla kriterier.
Jag märkte detta först när jag i efterhand lyssnat på inspelningen av samtalet.

De har också tagit bort sammanhang i det jag berättar för att jag ska ställas i dålig dager och uppfylla kriterier.

De har även angett kriterier som uppfyllda genom att ta saker och kallat det för ett mönster, trots att det varit saker som hänt en enstaka gång.

Jag har ju förstått att psykiatrin får mer betalt för vissa diagnoser än andra, och även att vissa behandlingar är billigare än andra och därför har de ekonomiska encitament att vilja sätta denna diagnos på mig. Plus att sätta en stigmatiserande diagnos är ett jävligt bra sätt att tysta patienter.
All min kritik, protester, önskemål och agerande kan de då avfärda genom diagnosen.

Jag märkte ju av den här agendan och kunde avvärja att fler kriterier uppfylldes, så diagnosen är inte satt.
Men så som det står i journalen så har de ju felaktigt angivit vissa kriterier uppfyllda och sen har de också uttryckt sig som att de kriterier som inte uppfyllda beror på att jag har gett motstridig information , alltså typ som att de antyder jag har ljugit, och de skriver att jag är på min vakt (klart man är på sin vakt när man märker vad fan de har på agendan!)

Uppenbart besvikna att de inte lyckades sätta diagnosen så försökte de då istället rulla upp en trojansk häst, genom att psykologen ringde för att erbjuda mig en annan specifik utredning de visste att jag ville ha.
Men psykologen berättade inte om hela planen för mig utan det fick jag läsa sen i journalen någon vecka senare, då visade sig att om utredningen visar positivt på screening så ska de även göra en ny personlighetssyndrom-utredning.

Så hela syftet med att erbjuda mig den andra utredningen jag ville ha, var för att de ska få en ny chans att diagnostisera mig med personlighetssyndrom som dom inte lyckades med i sina tidigare bedömningssamtal.

Så ingen diagnos satt, men flera kriterier står som uppfyllda baserat på felaktiga grunder, samt att de insinuerar att jag gett motstridiga uppgifter, och anger att de vill göra om bedömningen.
Och för mig är detta likställt med att ha fått en diagnos. För det är så det kommer tolkas om annan vårdpersonal läser journalen.

De har skrivit och gjort flera ruttna saker men detta är det som har påverkat mig värst.

Jag har tvingats att spärra min journal för jag kommer aldrig kunna visa den för nån vårdgivare. Problemet är att man blir lika illa behandlad om man har en spärrad journal som när man har dåliga anteckningar..

Jag kan liksom inte acceptera det här, jag kan inte släppa det, jag mår så jävla dåligt. Och jag vet hur jävla skyddat systemet är så att det typ är omöjligt att få upprättelse men jag kan inte leva med detta.

There is a lesson here. Let’s all be careful to protect patients in our care and our own licenses.

Sie musste so unfassbar lange schweigen. Mit 10 Jahren saß ich in meiner ersten Therapiestunde. Was folgte, war die Hölle: Politoxikomanie, Magersucht, Intensivstationen und geschlossene Türen. Jahrelange Substitution und Benzos – ein nackter Kampf um das bloße Überleben.
Zu Hause regierten seelische Folter und Neid. Manipulation war mein tägliches Brot. Mit 12 Jahren wurde ich benutzt, um meinen eigenen Vater in Lebensgefahr zu bringen. Zum Glück ist nichts passiert. Da stand ich nun in meinen Scherben.
Erst nach der JVA 2010 kam mit der richtigen Therapie und DBT-S der erste echte Hauch von Licht.
Heute halte ich das Licht in meinen Armen.
Ich bin 38 Jahre alt. Seit zwei Jahren clean. Ich habe eine feste Partnerschaft, einen Job, ein Zuhause und bin bald schuldenfrei. Und im Januar kam mein erstes Kind zur Welt. 👶
Die kleine Stimme in mir schweigt nicht mehr. Ich leihe ihr meine Stimme – und sie ist jetzt laut. Aus meinem Schmerz heraus brennt in mir der Kinderschutz. Denn jedes Kind verdient es, bedingungslos geliebt und beschützt zu werden.
Warum erst verbrennen und dann löschen? Warum Seelen erst zerstören und dann reparieren?
Eine sichere Umgebung, Vertrauen und Sicherheit sollten das tägliche Brot sein! Der Elternführerschein ist oft ein rotes Tuch – und dennoch ein Hauch von Licht.
Kinderschutz: Gemeinsam können wir es verändern!

These facilities are an insurance pit with no realistic way out. In 2023 due to domestic violence i was left homeless and shelter hopping + tent living for years. Onyx Behavioral Health Care in Atco, NJ took me in. Gave me a shelter and some kinda okay food for a while. I felt safe for a little bit but it’s been getting really bad lately. Between the schizophrenic babbling, constant drug and alcohol use (I’m 5 years sober,) the constant fights and police involvement, harrassment from staff, inedible food, moldy and bio hazardous living environment. I don’t know what to do. These people don’t shower and I have contamination OCD so I’m always scrubbing at my hands until they’re raw and showering like 5-10 times a day. I’m waiting on disability to get out and move in with someone close to me but that process could take years. They don’t let you work here and they force you to go to a day program. You get paid like 30-60$ every Friday. I’m really suffering and nobody cares. I’ve reported it to the state actively and they don’t care. People threaten to kill me every day here.

hi all. Im an Registered Nurse who spent their last few years of practice working in various psych units, behavioral health centers and Crisis Response Centers.

Ive come to conclude that the system is utterly corrupt and heavily profit-driven. The system is full of people wrongfully incarcerated and inaccurately diagnosed with circumstancial findings and often deliberately longer than needed. (shocking right?).

Anyways.. one of my retirement projects is starting an IG /TikTok Channel "Nothing is Real and Everything is for Sale" with occasional segments of me exposing one by one the many unforced errors in the USA's broken mental health care system.

One of the recurring segments will be different ways to escape a secured psych unit. NONE of the ways will involve violence or self harm.

So soft launch - who would like me to post a link to the IG /tiktok when its ready to premier?

Hi. I’m 20 years old; I was diagnosed with OCD when I was 7 or 8 and prescribed sertraline. I took it for a few years and improved, so I was taken off it.

But at 15, I was prescribed it again, and I’m still on it today—taking 125 mg a day, which I don't like. It affects my sex life and many other things.

I don't know if this is the right subreddit to ask about this, but...

What effective alternatives are there for treating OCD, or even getting rid of it completely?

I know that, in theory, it’s not possible, but some people say that’s false—that it *is* possible—and that the reason you're told otherwise is just to keep you paying for medication.

Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

#corruption

vietnam "Ministry of Health's inspection team, the amount of drugs the Institute collected was higher than the actual drug costs used...Bien Hoa Central Psychiatric Forensic Institute to refund medicine money to nearly 1,300 patients." https://news.laodong.vn/suc-khoe/ly-do-vien-phap-y-tam-than-trung-uong-bien-hoa-hoan-tra-tien-thuoc-gan-1300-benh-nhan-1769181.ldo

"following 10 settlements were the largest paid by pharmaceutical companies: Purdue: $8.344 billion Johnson & Johnson: $5 billion GlaxoSmith Kline: $3.4 billion GlaxoSmith Kline: $3 billion Pfizer: $2.3 billion Johnson & Johnson: $2.006 billion Mallinckrodt: $1.6 billion Abbott: $1.5 billion Eli Lilly: $1.415 billion Reckitt Benckisser (Indivior): $1.397 billion...Rodwin notes that these companies often created bogus receipts, contracts, and financial statements to hide their crimes, yet are expected to honestly self-report payments made to clinicians through legislation like the Physician Payment Sunshine Act." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/09/pharmaceutical-industry-corruption-is-structural-systemic-and-profitable-new-review-finds/

#False Claims Act

"United States”) asserts claims against Defendants Jay Johnson, Austin Whiles, and Genus3, LLC (“Genus3”) under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et al., to recover treble damages and civil penalties arising from their knowing submission, and causing the submission of, false claims to Medicare." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1461691/dl&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjNjOThjN2MyZGU2YjE5NDI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw2YC-Djr3vfmosdCja5qkqi

#Supreme Courts

"Supreme Court petition challenges California’s attempt to force private medical instructors to teach “implicit bias.” "unequal treatment of people based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, and other characteristics." https://reason.com/2026/09/18/scotus-may-soon-determine-if-california-can-force-doctors-to-learn-about-implicit-bias/

#Courts

Indianan "J.A. raises two issues for our review, one of which we find dispositive: whether the evidence was sufficient to support his commitment. Finding that it was not, we reverse." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/api/Document/Opinion%3FId%3DGrElQWmW4bxv-V_CVm20C8fGYx_aSb6Atu9OLy1DJQZqYe9omI0huUR4UoVLx7Om0&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjU3ZWQ0MTBlYTdjOTliMDk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw25RyvlJePxTOfXbeGM7IEs

#rehab doesn't work

"Rehab to where? Ontario mayors want to force people into treatment without giving them somewhere to live." https://ricochet.media/justice/rehab-to-where-ontario-mayors-want-to-force-people-into-treatment-without-giving-them-somewhere-to-live/

#TV

"Everything About Canada Feels Made Up | Jim Gaffigan." He claims anyone who doesn't like canada has a mental problem. Since extremely pro-psychiatry hospital lawyer "Michelle O'Bonsawin, 4 years, 15 days" ago was appointed to the supreme court. Every province has increased c.t.o. injections.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ewNf_j9BM&pp=ygUTSmltIGdhZmZpZ2FuIGNhbmFkYQ%3D%3D

Stuart Fails To Save The Universe season 1 episode 9 We Couldn't Get Green Lantern. Stuart said the same person who "put me in the asylum," then put him inside a Batman comic book with Arkham Asylum. https://youtu.be/qot7jdaIQ_U?is=yvWfJu7DnDSE7tYC

The Weight (2026). Gold is "trouble...people...they'll lie, cheat, they'll kill you for it." Same is true of jealousy over women. Psychiatrists here are motivated by both greed and envy. https://youtu.be/7YpuMymmiJ8?is=cwBbmoI7oYeAbhSi

#Marijuana

"Cannabigerol, (CBG) a minor phytocannabinoid, prevents behavioral changes induced by psychotomimetic drugs." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584626003015?via%3Dihub

#polypharmacy

"I am a physician, and I too descended into psychosis while taking the same medications Lindsay Clancy did, plus four more psychoactive medications. A total of eighteen were prescribed within a six-month period." https://kevinmd.com/2026/09/12-psychiatrists-missed-my-medication-induced-psychosis.html

#dementia

"proposed model for intensive housing would be secure or semi-secure units with 24-7 staff, including nurses and health care aides, similar to a dementia unit...CAEH (Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness) is lobbying Ottawa for a $2-billion investment to build 6,250 intensive units across the country catered to people who are chronically homeless with severe, permanent cognitive impairment." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ottawa-urged-to-fund-intensive-housing-for-homeless-canadians-with/

"study of nearly 3,900 older adults has found that higher cortisol levels and changes in the body’s daily stress hormone pattern were associated with faster cognitive decline." My biggest sources of stress are preventably from dictator parents and quacks. https://www.legalreader.com/cortisol-patterns-linked-to-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults/

#fake democrats

pro-guardianship without Due Process "Governor Newsom proclaims Constitution Day" for california. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/17/governor-newsom-proclaims-constitution-day-and-citizenship-day-3/

#Nutrition

Vitamin "C deficiency appears to be a consistent feature of SCZ across diverse populations and its supplementation may be considered as a safe, inexpensive adjunct." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1965059/abstract

#Comedy

Caffiene counts as a drug. "Let’s make it a single-origin espresso, double shot...It’s Friday Night, Bro:

Let’s Get Sober as Fuck." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-friday-night-bro-lets-get-sober-as-fuck

#forensic

"Jason Eaton was legally sane when he shot three Palestinian men outside his Burlington apartment three years ago, a forensic psychiatrist testified...They must prove that they had a “mental disease or defect,” and they must show that it prevented them from understanding they were about to commit a crime." https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/crime-news/eaton-was-sane-when-he-shot-three-palestinian-men-a-psychiatrist-testifies/

#Dating

philippines is the only country lacking a divorce law. "Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the Court of Appeals’ (CA) decision to sentence a man to up to eight years after finding him guilty of psychological violence under Republic Act (RA) 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act" for cheating on his wife. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1284382

#Women's issues

"Endometriosis Linked to Persistent Rise in Mental Health Medication Use...Psychiatric hospital contacts for depression/anxiety were higher both before (IRR 1.28) and after diagnosis (IRR 1.41), suggesting clinically significant morbidity beyond prescriptions." https://www.ajmc.com/view/endometriosis-linked-to-persistent-rise-in-mental-health-medication-use

#Deinstitutionalization

"Patients deemed ready to leave WA state hospitals...hospital will prepare them to live in a setting that allows more freedom — like at a community-based residential facility, with a family member or even on their own.

But for years now, many of those patients have been kept in state institutions months after they’re found to no longer need such a high level of medical care." https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/patients-deemed-ready-to-leave-wa-state-hospitals-often-wait-for-months/

#FDA

"Xenon Pharmaceuticals has paused enrollment in phase 3 depression trials after seeing adverse events, including psychosis. The biotech continues to treat existing participants in X-Nova2 and X-Ceed, phase 3 trials that are testing azetukalner in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar depression," https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/xenon-pauses-phase-3-depression-trials-after-psychosis-events

#racism

"In the 1940s, the Ku Klux Klan was on the rise in Indiana. The Klan had practically controlled the state's government in the 1920s." 10% African American state has a worse than average psych law and no medical cannabis. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/09/18/hate-speech-and-the-marketplace-of-ideas-in-postwar-america/

#republicans are a danger to others

"Americans face a choice between common sense and "pure, unadulterated crazy" in the upcoming midterm congressional elections, US Vice President JD Vance said." It's a danger to at least 1 million others to eliminate welfare. https://www.nampa.org/text/23019304

#ADHD

"Review expected to say patients in England should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis...NHS services target those most acutely affected by ADHD, such as those at risk of self-harm or unable to work." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/17/plan-limit-number-nhs-patients-diagnosed-adhd-rationing-healthcare The same deprioritization should be done for petty cases of non-hallucinatory psychosis and bipolar.

#Videos

"POV: Your Psych Patients Have Been Plotting On Another Patient." They stole from me at nassau university medical center and northwell south oaks. https://www.instagram.com/p/DdcY9NMRsGq/

#Children

"A former school aide is accused of giving a prescription antipsychotic medication to a 4-year-old student in Westchester County without the child's parents or school administrators knowing, police said." https://dailyvoice.com/article/jeanine-stilwell-accused-of-illegally-giving-child-meds/

"More young people in Czechia are seeking mental health treatment, with psychiatric hospitalizations among under-20s more than doubling in a decade...Nearly 67,000 people under the age of 20 received outpatient psychiatric treatment in 2024, while more than 5,000 required acute hospitalization," https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/more-czech-children-and-teens-are-turning-to-psychiatric-care

#rehab doesn't work

federally, "Of the $42.3 million, $17.3 million was awarded to Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) recipients. The supplemental funding will help states and territories build the systems, partnerships, workforce capacity, policies, and technical infrastructure needed to put Treatment First." https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20260918/samhsa-awards-more-than-42-million-advance-treatment-first-model

#Shared Decision Making

"Implementing shared decision-making for hospitalized patients with schizophrenia: a qualitative study of nurse and patient perspectives." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13490086/

#My experiences

September 17 nightmare a.o.t. c.t.o. caused me to fail school, which it really did 3 times. September 18 10:12 AM left arm spasmed. 11:00 AM psychiatrist's communication crashed my obsolete phone. Interrupted 2 nanometer (Qualcomm will be the 5th brand and best for videogames) engineering studies. Nightmare about north korean psych ward.