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Psychiatric Coercion
Up one levelTechniques ranging from pressure to out right force in the mental health system.
- Those labeled "mentally ill" should be helped, not forcibly drugged by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-11-12 22:19
- An opinion piece opposing forced psychiatric drugging.
- Outpatient Forced Psychiatry by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-10 19:47
- More and more citizens are required to take super-powerful psychiatric drugs against their will while living in their own homes out in the community. Today 42 US states allow courts to order "involuntary outpatient commitment." An increasing number of countries are using "community treatment orders" and other techniques that make our homes into wards, our neighborhoods into psychiatric institutions.
- ACLU Lawsuit: "ICE Drugging Detainees Set for Deportation" by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-10-15 18:00
- CNN covers the story that the American Civil Liberties Union is suing over forced psychiatric drugging of immigrants facing deportation.
- Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-05-14 09:01
- The Washington Post investigated and documented the use of "chemical restraint" on hundreds of immigrants being deported from the USA.
- Congo immigrant reports forced psychiatric drugging by David W. Oaks — last modified 2008-05-14 09:00
- Washington Post: Michel Shango said he fled Congo after working as a journalist there. In America, he married and had children, but did not win asylum. Listen to Shango talk about his deportation experience. [Go to original Washington Post article to watch video.]
