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Stories and information challenging the use of coerced lock-ups in psychiatric institutions.

Psychiatric Abuse of Walter Vetsch by David W. Oaks — last modified 2006-11-23 12:14
MindFreedom member Walter Vetsch has chronicled his ordeals as a college student in the 1960’s who was tortured by psychiatrists for seven years after the university psychiatrist said he was "schizophrenic" and ordered his commitment.
USDOJ INVESTIGATION, PATTON STATE HOSPITAL by Mike Tierney — last modified 2007-09-05 18:24
A USDOJ investigation report on PATTON STATE HOSPITAL. was issued in May of 2006. If you think that the death in Georgia was unconscionable, just read for yourself the findings of the USDOJ.

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Kris Yates

Kris experienced forced electroshock while locked up in a psychiatric institution in India. Kris became an MFI leader, and is shown here at a Highlander strategy conference. A powerful story teller from a poor Appalachian background, Kris obtained her master's degree and became accredited as a family counselor in California. Her practice specializes in nondrug voluntary and humane alternatives for people labeled with psychiatric disabilities. (Photo by Tom Olin.)
 
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