Outpatient Forced Psychiatry

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.

Forced Outpatient Psychiatric Drugging *STOPPED* in New Mexico... So Far! by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-11-25 16:07

Finally, Something to Celebrate! New Mexico's Senate adjourned without passing an involuntary outpatient commitment law.

UK Considers More Forced Outpatient Drugging by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-10 19:42

BBC reports that UK House of Lords may make it far easier to coerce people living in their own homes who have not broken any laws to take psychiatric drugs against their will.

Psychiatric Drug Brain Hypo by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-10 19:41

 

A Victory for People with Psychiatric Labels in Virginia! by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-01-25 12:11

Alison Hymes announces that Virginia has stopped a proposed outpatient commitment program which would allow many Virginians to be court ordered to take psychiatric dugs while living in their own homes.

Debate on forced outpatient psychiatric drugging by David W. Oaks — last modified 2007-09-04 11:10

National Public Radio's show "Justice Talking" featured discussions with representatives of 'both sides of the story' about the issue of involuntary psychiatric drugging of people out in their own neighborhoods and homes using court orders.