Survivors and allies,

Today marks a special occasion in our fight to prevent psychiatrists from continuing their abuses unabated. Our power to overcome lie in us, the community, and now we can exercise more of it. We can attempt and achieve more together, far more than we thought possible before.

Today, the doors of the Organization for Psychiatric Abuse Awareness, OPAA, are officially open. Click the link and join. It's your home and base of operations, as well as hangout spot for those of us who have the unique experience of coming face-to-face with the evils of psychiatry.

Within our server and digital HQ, you'll find a:

• Hotline for exposing the evils of psychiatry, where we can then spread them to the world.
• Place to share your personal story of struggle and/or triumph among good company and receive support.
• Base to pitch and discuss your valuable ideas for how we can combat psychiatric abuse and rescue those in its clutches.
• Spot for us all to chill and talk about anything and everything.

What are the aims of OPAA?

OPAA's foremost mission is to uplift the lives of psychiatry survivors. It is a gathering place for those seeking to heal. It is a place to plan, coordinate, and execute audacious campaigns that bring shame to psychiatry. In short, it is a foundation for helping survivors live fuller lives and delivering blows to psychiatry.

That second aim may seem ambitious, or even fruitless. But remember, it is the first that OPAA views as uppermost. As for attempting the institution of psychiatry...

The question is: We will at least try?

To fight anything done in the dark, we need only the light. Psychiatry's best weapons are not its drugs nor its cruel detentions. Nay, they are its cover-ups. Psychiatry thrives on silence!

We have truth on our side. When we shine the light on psychiatry's most sickening evils, society, though it may despise us, will have no choice but to look.

Indeed, OPAA foresees campaigns leading to mainstream exposés, news segments, articles, podcasts and more.

Thus, the aims of OPAA can be summarized as follows:

1. Uplift the lives of survivor-fighters.
2. Protect the innocent and naive from falling victim to psychiatry.
3. Offer community to isolated psychiatry victims.
4. Promote stronger legal protections for those in the mental health system.

How will OPAA achieve its mission?

OPAA operatives or volunteers will reach out to psychiatric abusers across social media. We view this as foundational to our mission because isolation is among the weapons of psychiatry.

In addition, OPAA will produce content.

Our content will fall into two categories:

• Stealth: Will touch on general mental health topics, but with an inclination against the psychiatric institution and its drugs.
• Targeted: Will uncover psychiatric abuse in detail, including identities, locations, and events.

In addition to content, we will also hold Digital Protests. Exact details on this are en route.

Perhaps most interesting, OPAA will conduct digital and in-the-field espionage. Details will follow.

Who is leading OPAA?

After the first election, it will be your choice.

Until then, I will serve as Executive Chairman.

We will then hold elections in which a new Executive Chairman will be decided.

Other prominent roles in OPAA, to be decided through elections every 6 months will be:

• Executive Chairman: In charge of resource allocation.
• Community Czar: Maintains cohesion and good spirits among members.
• Chief Planner: Plays the central guiding role in the operational activities of OPAA.
• Healing Minister: Leads discussion and research into healing from psychiatric damage or leading a better life despite it.

Volunteers may choose any of these four teams depending on their talents, what they enjoy, and how they wish to help the community.

What do I do next?

Head to the OPAA server/digital HQ, make yourself at home, and introduce yourself.

It truly is a great day and the start of wonderful memories. Thank you for being part of OPAA, and being OPAA itself.

#Deinstitutionalization "Department of Justice (DOJ) said it opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the state of Michigan unnecessarily institutionalizes adults with serious mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals." https://www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/doj-opens-investigation-into-michigans-state-psychiatric-hospitals/

#1 antipsychotic is more than enough "antipsychotic polypharmacy was associated with an increased risk of relapse (relative risk [RR] 1·42, 95% CI 1·04–1·93; p=0·028), psychiatric hospitalisation (1·24, 1·12–1·38; p<0·0001), worse global functioning (standardised mean difference [SMD] –0·31, 95% CI –0·44 to –0·19; p<0·0001), and more adverse events, including extrapyramidal symptoms (RR 1·63, 95% CI 1·13–2·36; p=0·0098), dystonia (5·91, 1·20–29·17; p=0·029), anticholinergic use (1·91, 1·55–2·35; p<0·0001), higher side-effect scores (SMD 0·33, 95% CI 0·24–0·42; p<0·0001), longer corrected QT interval (0·24, 0·23–0·26; p<0·0001), and greater all-cause mortality risk (RR 1·19, 95% CI 1·00–1·41; p=0·047)." https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(24)00314-6/abstract

#Podcasts "Sadness should be viewed as an energetic experience. Depression is not a disease but a superpower...True love is a transformative force that drives growth." https://chrt.fm/track/6143C9/media.transistor.fm/5414d5e2/16e679ab.mp3

#No FDA? "would be for Congress to enact "international drug reciprocity." This would allow American doctors and patients to access drugs and devices approved by regulatory agencies in similar, trusted countries." FDA approved many poisons that are worse than placebo. We need a better FDA like with prescription Sativex, MDma, and magic mushrooms in canada. https://reason.com/2024/11/14/abolish-the-fda-2/

#eww, marriage "Schizophrenia Alone Not Grounds For Divorce Without Proof Of Severity: Allahabad HC." https://www.news18.com/india/schizophrenia-alone-not-grounds-for-divorce-without-proof-of-severity-allahabad-hc-9120812.html

#Sober Norway, "Exploring the unconventional: health professionals’ experiences into medication-free treatment for patients with severe mental illness." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-06251-8

#Class Action Lawsuits canada, abilify "Failed to Warn of Risks of Compulsive Gambling, Settlement Reached." https://www.casinos.com/ca/news/drug-failed-to-warn-of-risks-of-compulsive-gambling-settlement-reached-in-class-action

#RFK FDA RFK Jr. nominated to "HHS oversees major health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-picks-robert-kennedy-jr-head-department-health/story?id=115875007

#My experiences November 14 5:54 PM social worker mother doesn't want cerebral palsy patient to use free apple Eye Tracking mouse app. https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/iphone/iph66057d0f6/ios

#To Pass "Senate Bill 1048, sponsored by Webber, would prohibit any Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) executive office staff from being appointed to or serving on the state’s Recipient Rights Advisory Committee and add representatives from Disability Rights Michigan, Mental Health Association in Michigan, and Arc Michigan as permanent standing members." https://www.misenategop.com/webber-calls-for-hearing-on-legislation-to-protect-patient-rights-improve-oversight-for-state-run-psychiatric-hospitals/

#dangerous trump "belongs" in an "institution" "Experts say this law-and-order approach has already been tried, and failed." https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/13/nx-s1-5188664/trump-mental-institution-tent-city-addiction-unhoused "25th Amendment to the Constitution..."the vice president and Cabinet...act (on being too impaired for the job)." https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/07/919400859/what-happens-if-the-president-is-incapacitated-the-25th-amendment-charts-a-cours

#poison is not "well-being" "Your (federal) Protections Against Discrimination Based on Conscience and Religion." https://www.hhs.gov/conscience/your-protections-against-discrimination-based-on-conscience-and-religion/index.html

#racism "Racial Disparities in Schizophrenia and Echoes of “The Protest Psychosis” (book) in the U.S." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Air5dWdInQw

#TV St. Denis Medical season 1 episode 1 a nurse said a religious man died because he refused an antibiotic. I only am against intoxicating drugs. https://youtu.be/k1NkZGmN1Eg

#Videos "Importance of Being Critical of Psychiatry...Awais Aftab, MD." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-importance-of-being-critical-of-psychiatry

#Harmless "evidence was insufficient with respect to the imminence of harm." https://archive.is/vEDsT

#misdiagnosis "gangrenous appendix was simply anxiety." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/joy-spence-appendix-er-1.7370548

#addiction is not mental Massachusetts, "Although a mood disorder clearly qualifies as a mental illness, substance use disorders do not. 104 Code Mass. Regs. §§27.05(1) and 27.18(2)...what caused the basis of the respondent’s mood disorder — depression, bipolar, or substance abuse — was uncertain." https://archive.is/AvWad

#Comedy "confrontations with demonic...“We are not OK, and that’s OK.” https://oaklandnorth.net/2024/11/13/oakland-mental-health-comedy-hour-brings-laughter-and-healing/

#artificial intelligence "As AI in mental health evolves, Utah wants to regulate it while encouraging innovation." https://www.yahoo.com/news/ai-mental-health-evolves-utah-130253406.html

#misuse of psych words "Iran to open hijab clinic, framing defiance as mental health issue." https://www.iranintl.com/en/202411128960

#side effects "FDA updated a warning on the label of esketamine nasal spray (Spravato) about the long-term cognitive and memory impairments that have been reported with ketamine misuse or abuse." https://archive.is/2ThBE

#My experiences November 13 8:10 AM mother threatened to take away my dog if I "upset (parents') feelings" with a protest. 5:42 PM she said she'd put up a sign against my religious beard.

I've known quite a few people who have created additional accounts or used stalking tools to look at people's stories, etc., after being blocked, because it's so common to call people out or take their posts out of context nowadays.

Hello everyone,

Researchers at Washington University in Saint Louis’ Brown School are interested in understanding Autistic adults’ experiences of trust in mental health care and crisis intervention services for psychological and emotional distress. Crisis services can range from police, EMT/paramedics, emergency departments, inpatient psychiatric care, peer respites, etc. We are recruiting autistic adults (self-diagnosed or formally diagnosed) who have direct lived experiences with mental health crisis services to participate in a 10 minute survey. By completing the survey, you can enter into a $50 gift card lottery. Complete the survey here: https://redcap.wustl.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=87HNAACD9WHJL4D3 

Also attached is the flyer for this study. Please feel free to post any questions/concerns on this post.

https://preview.redd.it/8qhv5adgdk0e1.jpg?width=668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecadc77fa0186e670517e14fa9669d82412c30a9

#Treaties "United Nations Standard Rules for the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, the World Program of Action Concerning Disabled Persons...(south african) gentleman who uses a wheelchair explained that each time he takes a taxi, he is charged extra." https://m.polity.org.za/article/sa-sindisiwe-chikunga-address-by-transport-minister-launch-of-disability-rights-awareness-month-11112024-2024-11-12

#Never trust quacks "Institutional betrayal is one mechanism through which inpatient psychiatric facilities may cause iatrogenic harm, and the potential for betrayal was larger at for-profit facilities." https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20240022

#Quit being poisoned "research priorities on reducing and stopping psychiatric medication." https://www.news-medical.net/news/20241112/Study-identifies-key-priorities-for-research-on-reducing-psychiatric-medication.aspx

#racism "if you were Black or Hispanic, you had a significantly higher risk of being prescribed first-generation antipsychotics compared with White folks, and this included haloperidol, fluphenazine, and chlorpromazine." https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/racial-inequities-antipsychotic-prescribing-2024a1000kj2

#Religions "BYU religion professor Justin Dyer found an increase in temple attendance may improve mental health." https://universe.byu.edu/campus/byu-religion-professor-finds-connection-between-temple-attendance-mental-health

#Islam "cultural expectations...Quran and Sunnah suggest mental health issues serving as a test in life, with supernatural entities like jinn, shaytan (the devil), and nazar (the evil eye) being responsible for the onset of symptoms brought on by a lack of faith or disobeying God’s commandments [1, 3, 5]" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40596-024-02085-4

#assaults alaska, "2017, there were 50 patient-on-patient assaults at API...male staff were allowed to walk into a female patient’s bedroom, bathroom or shower for a routine safety check while the patient was undressed." https://www.adn.com/opinions/2024/11/11/opinion-alaska-must-stop-treating-mental-illness-like-a-crime/

#Metabolism "Evaluation of routine health monitoring for metabolic disorders in patients with serious mental illness on psychotropic medications: a study from Ethiopia." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-06266-1

#TV Brilliant Minds season 1 episode 7. If only jealous mother were like "Who my son chooses to be with is none of my business." mental "illness is (sometimes) wellness."

#artificial intelligence punishes people with poison singapore, "CDRT will also be able to issue mandatory treatment orders." https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/community-relations-unit-dispute-management-mediation-bill-4742921 Noises from my protests are not a crime worthy of 2 months (3+ years outpatient) jail torture.

#My experiences November 12 11:45 AM mother violated HIPAA, then yelled discriminatory insults. I'm "no longer a human being...(she) don't care."

3:39 PM I cried because I've been cured for years and could get a life sentence from biased fools who make me repeat myself. 5:54 PM father yelled "oh my god" at dog for wanting exercise. 6:04 PM audrey threatened with a snap of her fingers she could "institutionalize" me.

TLDR; I delve into a layman’s analysis of psychology and psychiatry, as it appears on face value, delve into some criticisms, and raise the need of many constructed “dimensions”, if we are to stay stubborn in placing people within boxes.

I am of the belief that all, or most of science, can only be seen as an approximation of reality. If it works, and can predict something, that’s fantastic. Thing is, we can’t know for certain if a given principle operates at all levels. For instance, I know little to nothing about physics, but if I recall correctly, the major theories have not been unified, to this day. Yet they have the capacity to predict certain things. It works, but it clearly is not precise to the highest degree.

I am under the impression that psychology and psychiatry, generally, have a negative reputation within scientific circles. Given how the conclusions which can be drawn from any particular psychological study are very loose, and the pure conjecture involved in a lot of the process… I can see it. However, I can see some value in psychological work, particularly in combatting negative stereotypes of any given group (marginalized or otherwise). But… it seems very soft. A “soft science”, I suppose. And you have to wonder if the boxes we have invented caused unintended suffering in a large segment of human beings.

We as humans find meaning in the words we attach to ourselves. Perhaps a lot of psychological and psychiatric work amounts to inventing new words, new abstract constructions which, if tweaked a certain way, can give a small window into a larger reality. But it seems silly to say that these concepts represent objective reality. Also, to apply these concepts bare, without any level of nuance.

As for the study of what psychologists and psychiatrists call “mental illness”, it should be acknowledged that, if there is any truth whatsoever to the existence of a given “illness”, it is difficult for it to be rigidly defined.

Some might say that a lack of empathy for others is a sign of illness. After all, it is ideal for our survival, as a species, that we do not kill each-other over the smallest disagreements. And that we, generally, promote prosocial behavior. 

But what if you have too much empathy? While you may be a very nice person to all of your fellow human beings, and creatures, said empathy may blind you to the overt abuse of some people. It is a flawed looking glass, a subjective one, which can only reveal a small glimpse of truth. A little less empathy may allow one to make quick decisions on whether a human is harmful to them, or not. It may allow for tough, but sound decisions to be made quicker, and with more certainty. 

How do you rigidly define schizophrenia? Is it the simple presence of “strange” thoughts, or sensations? Should it only be considered an “illness” if a person is greatly debilitated from self-actualizing, as they see fit?

What is the line between bipolar, and the capacity to feel strong emotions, sometimes highly influential, but nevertheless serving as a source of meaning and wisdom in this world? Are the weaknesses always outweighed by the potential strengths in having strong emotions? Should they be killed, in spite of the fact that a large number of people may not feel emotions nearly as strongly, at times?

Given the horror stories I have seen in antipsychiatry circles before, and experienced firsthand, I think it would be safe to say that, if we were to apply the frameworks contained within the DSM to certain psychologists and psychiatrists, we might find some signs of mental illness within them.

I have to wonder, given the fuzziness of concepts contained within psychology, how is it that any serious psychologist and psychiatrist rigidly defines anything, with regard to the behaviors of people? What is autism, truly? Schizophrenia? Dissociative identity disorder? Bipolar? Borderline personality disorder? What is any of this? What line must be crossed, for it to be “necessary” for a person to take medications, to avert their “symptoms” and be “healthy”, in a conventional sense?

It can easily be argued that there is a line between a person who is detached, and a person who is callous. Between a person who is overtly callous, and the worst serial killer you could ever imagine.

There is a line between having strong, influential emotions, and emotions which are, in many regards, impossible to control.

Boundaries between what is illness, and what is not, are completely arbitrary.

It all seems relative, the concept of mental illness. One person may not be in harmony with the way you express your soul, but others might. Those who are similar, those who understand on an empathetic level, do not see you as ill. Rather, a kindred spirit.

If we are to be stubborn, and continue putting “sick” people in boxes, we would need to devise many, many dimensions of personality, and disorder, as many as can be devised, and reconstruct them to even approach an explanation of personality, and disorder, amongst other things. There would need to be many dimensions, past a certain dimensional threshold, in order to say, with any small level of certainty, that a person exhibits any given psychological trait. It would have to be determined, what dimensions are most important to classifying anything, and what levels these dimensions need to be at… if that is even possible to determine. 

Why bother, even, if a person poses no threat of physical harm, to other human beings? Emotional harm, that is arbitrary too.

These are my thoughts. Feel free to let me know your opinions, on this topic as a whole.

#beyond their authority Massachusetts, "vacate that portion of the treatment order unrelated to the treatment for mental illness. …“… The court authorized a treatment plan that included antipsychotic medications, and the following: “1) approval for physical examination to evaluate medical status, “2) food and fluids to ensure adequate nutrition, “3) labs and studies to ensure adequate treatment and good health, and “4) obtain any medical records from other treating facilities or provider. “‘The District Court has no authority to authorize medical treatment for an incompetent committed person unless that treatment is for mental illness." https://archive.is/vTcEY

#Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities "Article 12...dramatic reduction of total time spent in inpatient...literature review on involuntary admissions and patient autonomy as well as ethical aspects." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9567056/

#Comedy "Tips For Checking In On Friends’ Mental Health...Listen without judgment unless it gets boring." https://theonion.com/tips-for-checking-in-on-friends-mental-health/

#Oxygen "hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) improves the condition of PTSD." https://www.miragenews.com/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy-shows-promise-for-ptsd-1354344/

#Experimental "Medicines in Development 2023 Drug List: Mental Illness." https://phrma.org/en/resource-center/Topics/Medicines-in-Development/Medicines-in-Development-for-Mental-Illness-2023-Drug-List "Neurocrine Biosciences reported positive topline data in April for a drug candidate that modulates AMPA, which has been linked to depression...J&J is also in phase 3 with a KOR antagonist called aticaprant that’s generated positive results for MDD." https://www.pharmavoice.com/news/spravato-depression-jnj-alto-manji-yale/732329/

#overcrowding "Mongolia: Violence in Mental Health Facilities...World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)" "evoke a punitive environment rather than a therapeutic one" doesn't matter because either way it's a prison. I'm part mongolian. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/reports/mongolia-violence-in-mental-health-facilities

#Why be sober? singapore, "Medication side effects and unpleasant interactions with staff were highlighted." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-06190-4

#Religions "Religiosity, Spirituality, and Meaning-Making Generally Associated with Lower Suicidality." https://www.newswise.com/articles/religiosity-spirituality-and-meaning-making-generally-associated-with-lower-suicidality

#Public health "public policies addressing poverty and childhood adversity." https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/demystifying-psychiatry/202411/public-health-and-psychiatry-two-ways-to-treat-mental-illness they admit mental conditions are not a disease.

#lowercase "And how about no capitalization at all? Some people refrain from capitalizing the first letters." https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/small-talk-and-big-questions/202410/who-decides-when-to-capitalize Norway can be uppercase, but all other dictatorships are not worthy of capitalization.

#"Health Care, Not Handcuffs"? This article about racist cops misses that I witnessed an African American in handcuffs at zucker hillside and another restrained to his bed most of the time at south oaks. "CAHOOTS teams can voluntarily drive a person in crisis to a clinic or hospital." I rejected these creepy intruders and was retaliatory false arrested without probable cause the next day. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825949

#dutch not liberal No privacy. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-forms-of-potential-involuntary-treatment-that-under-the-definitions-of-the-Dutch_tbl1_385560757

#Eye Movements "Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in a forensic patient...Posttreatment, the patient did not meet the criteria for PTSD anymore." https://www.emdria.org/resource/eye-movement-desensitization-and-reprocessing-emdr-in-a-forensic-patient-with-posttraumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd-resulting-from-homicide-a-case-study-the-journal-of-forensic-psychiatry-and-psych/

#lithium is better, but not the best "Bipolar disorder: how lithium as a treatment fell out of favour." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/09/bipolar-disorder-how-lithium-as-a-treatment-fell-out-of-favour

#Housing First seattle is the only Housing First in washington. It's being picked on by defective rehab companies instead of shelter even during the winter. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3224931/discovery-institutes-new-homelessness-plan-for-seattle-emphasizes-treatment/

"participants living in their own homes have access to more opportunities and resources for staying well than people with schizophrenia living in boarding houses." https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/items/81217a2f-46c8-5879-b739-1cc1810a6458

#Vibes "study whether transmitting vibration to the skin through a facial mask device can improve one's mental health." https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/5154b23018e4-japan-researchers-to-see-if-skin-vibration-boosts-mental-health.html

#TV Small Things like These (2024) "Ireland's infamous Magdalene laundries." nun calls female prisoner mentally ill for not wanting to be there. https://youtu.be/Nqwn5Y_Y4xs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland?wprov=sfla1

#propaganda "Are you aware of how hated you are, since you’re a mental patient? The people who benefit from this horrible situation are the drug companies." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/10/2285048/-A-Long-Submerged-Scandal He asks for proof hollywood was paid to censor, "Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios in the United States from 1934 to 1968." In the 1980's many films and TV shows were paid by the government to smear weed and promote artificial shit.

#Cartoons It says to like me use a drug because politics is depressing. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/9/2284103/-Cartoon-Prozac-nation

#Muscarinic receptor "AbbVie Says Phase 2 Trials Of Emraclidine In Schizophrenia Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint." https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/abbvie-says-phase-2-trials-emraclidine-schizophrenia-did-not-meet-primary-endpoint

#Hormones "risperidone and paliperidone can induce hyperprolactinemia and macroprolactinemia." http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/2070

#actually conservative taiwan, "To qualify, patients must be diagnosed with a severe mental illness after multiple assessments by medical professionals and deemed a direct and immediate threat to themselves or others...evaluations by two independent psychiatrists confirm its necessity." https://archive.is/9HxL9

#My experiences November 10 4:50 PM mother tried coercing me to shave religious beard. she won't show remorse for banning all minorities in the house since 2013 and sometimes before. 5:34 PM father yelled as usual when I tried helping his machine.

Veteran's Day November 11 11:05 AM I'm traumatized from nassau university medical center's ER female psych stabbing me with an injection for saying I like the military in late 2023. Grandpa and grandpa-in-law were in the navy when the country was worth defending. 2013 I wrote a free book how to manufacture cheap computers without hostile china. www.snippet.host/eorzsk Since 2006 I continue to need to move where I won't be assaulted by racist dictators.

#Religions "Arizona prison inmate and "adherent to the Christian-Israelite beliefs" requests that he be allowed to eat the "certified kosher-for-Passover" prison diet, which he claims is mandated by his religious faith. Prison chaplain: Prove it. Ninth Circuit: That is exactly the sort of inquiry into the correctness of a person's religious beliefs that the First Amendment forbids." https://reason.com/volokh/2024/11/08/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-287/ May 2020 and other times non-Muslim or different sect psychs interrogated my faith.

"spiritual awakening typically refers to a profound shift in consciousness, where an individual becomes more attuned to their inner self, the world around them, and the interconnectedness of all things." https://medium.com/@dumitriu.ana.elena/understanding-the-difference-between-psychosis-and-spiritual-awakening-symptoms-and-signs-9b38336cc605

#Songs won't give you diabetes "Music to Their Ears: Reducing Antipsychotic Use With a Personalized Music Intervention for Rural Veterans." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.cureus.com/articles/290906-music-to-their-ears-reducing-antipsychotic-use-with-a-personalized-music-intervention-for-rural-veterans.pdf&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGmQxOWE1NDZlMGFlYWRiZjI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3fiz07vFjsU0ERVCzawKkN

#Nutrition "Vitamin E Reduces Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms." https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/news/vitamin-e-reduces-tardive-dyskinesia/

#metabolism "Antipsychotic-Treated Schizophrenia Patients Develop Inflammatory and Oxidative Responses Independently From Obesity: However, Metabolic Disturbances Arise From Schizophrenia-Related Obesity." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2913?af=R

#Thyroid "men with higher TSH (thyroid hormone) concentrations had higher body weight and BMI...suicide attempts in the TSH-AB (abnormal) group was more than twice that in TSH-NOR (normal) group." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-06168-2

#LGBTQ "Lithuanian psychiatrist ‘treating homosexuals’ keeps his licence." https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2409082/lithuanian-psychiatrist-treating-homosexuals-keeps-his-licence

#Social Security Disability "California woman challenges ALJ's denial of her request for Social Security disability benefits and wins. Not only does she win, but the district court concludes that the Social Security Administration's position was not "substantially justified" and awards her attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act. But it holds that she cannot recover fees for alternative legal theories the district court did not reach in ruling for her. Ninth Circuit: Give her all of the fees." https://reason.com/volokh/2024/11/08/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-287/

#unnatural causes guilty prisoner "at the Regional Psychiatric Centre, died of “apparent natural causes.” unnatural poison takes decades off any life. https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-who-shot-wife-dies-in-sask-psychiatric-prison-1.7103729

#Videos "brentlyg007. Think of schizophrenia as a direct line to your subconscious. Your body is trying to tell you it needs something." https://www.instagram.com/brentlyg007/reel/DCIgXImx2El/

#Weight Loss? "clozapine is also linked to a substantial increase in body weight and carries a high risk for metabolic disturbances,2 making clinicians, patients, and caretakers reluctant against its use...only a few studies have investigated the effects of GLP-1 RAs specifically in antipsychotic-treated patients." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acps.13769?af=R

I'm 25 and have been on medications since I was 15, long history there but just run of the mill depression and the consequences/comorbidities of that. I have been on the same medication combo of bupropion (bup) and quetiapine (que) for almost seven years, in slightly different dosages. I've felt good/stable and been without a therapist for almost five years. I've been wanting to come off of the meds for a while and felt confident enough to do so a few months ago. I was in a spot where I was an early bird and I could eat what I wanted and maintain my healthy weight. I'm down from 300mg bup in the morning and 100mg que at night to no bup and 25mg que. My next psychiatrist appointment is next week and I want to go down to no que. Que is also used as a sleeping medication and bup is a stimulant/suppresses appetite.

Every time I took a step down in dosages, I became more tired and craved sugar/hungrier, which was to be expected based on the side effects of these meds. But I also felt happy that I was decreasing my meds and felt like my personality became bigger - both in the "more fun" and the "obnoxious" and "over sharer" sense. My feelings are bigger, both good and bad. I have a harder time waking up early, have less of a filter, and I have a lot less patience than I used to. I'm really noticing the less of a filter and less patience -- I was not expecting that and I'm having really mixed feelings. My parents when they were pushing me on something family-related and hit a nerve that I don't think they knew was there, and I just saw red and said what I thought in what felt like a very cold and mean voice (talking about others but it still upset them). It's been two days and I fluctuate between feeling bad and getting angry all over again. I feel like I think about my actions a lot more and I'm constantly struggling to parse what I would be feeling/doing regardless of being off my meds or what I wouldn't be. I used to be able to ignore it when I felt slighted, but now I address it or have an attitude back and I'm really not great at doing that without starting fights.

I think I'll be better being off of them in the long run, but it really really pisses me off that I basically have to relearn how to be the person I was and go through this stupid adjustment period every time I go down. Next week should be the last one but it's so difficult and frustrating. Posting as a mix between asking for advice/help and providing my experience for others to work from.

#racism england "Updates to Community Treatment Orders, which disproportionately impact black people." https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/mind-reacts-to-uk-government-s-mental-health-bill-announcement/ "those with a learning disability or autistic people, the Act will be amended to place a limit of 28 days for which they can be detained unless they have a co-occuring mental health conditions...Nominated Person" patient representative. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/better-care-for-mental-health-patients-under-major-reforms

"AJP Review Examines How Racism Increases Risk of Psychosis." https://www.psychnews.org/apadaily/2021_apa_daily_d27.html

"multiracial individuals generally had worse outcomes...considers a person’s cultural beliefs and practices when administering treatment." https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mixed-race-and-mental-health#research

#scary quacks "Fear changes the body psychologically; it can change our moods and emotions, elevate our blood pressure, and make our heart race." https://archive.is/vA2Xk

#age of diagnosis irish "Adults in early 20s account for most psychiatric unit admissions - report...80 deaths in adult psychiatric units and hospitals in 2023." I was misdiagnosed at 19 because of drinking and a spinal injury without painkillers. A psychiatrist already said my only problem was minor ADHD at 17. Most psychs say by early 20's there would be a diagnosis, not at 35 for being Muslim. https://www.roscommonherald.ie/adults-in-early-20s-account-for-most-psychiatric-unit-admissions-report_arid-37291.html

#guardianship "conservatees are legally required to be in the least restrictive setting, many linger inappropriately in locked facilities because step-down programs are mostly private and screen out those with criminal justice history, substance use, or comorbid medical issues...major hospital chains twist criteria to extend inpatient stays.7" https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/abdicated-authority-how-we-fail-conservatees

#External causes "Social determinants, not genetics, are key in the rising prevalence of mental disorders...social psychopathologies." https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/its-time-for-psychiatrists-to-step-up

#Religions Hypothetical, "A 71-year-old immigrant man who speaks little English refuses treatment" for cancer..."Explore his religious beliefs." https://psychlawgap.com/article/cultural-competency-in-forensic-assessments/

#Autism "autistics is that they seem to be deaf...Studies confirm that auditory symptoms in psychosis and autism are opposites." https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201708/voices-overheard-in-psychosis-but-underheard-in-autism

#Podcasts "Irit Shimrat...Co-founder of the Ontario Psychiatric Survivors’ Alliance...magazine Phoenix Rising: The Voice of the Psychiatrized." https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.madnessradio.net/audio/MadnessRadio2024-11-05EscapedLunaticIritShimrat.mp3

#Poetry "Bucks County’s 48th annual Poet Laureate...creative potential of schizophrenia spectrum thinking." https://www.bucks-news.com/around-bucks-county/2024/11/07/2024-poet-laureate-winner-announced/

#Mitochondria "Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative (Mito2i), Dr. Andreazza...connection between cellular energy production and mental health." https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1063582

#My experiences November 6 8:55 AM mother told me not to wear pro-Democrat clothing. step father yelled for saying they ruined my life with poisons.

November 7 7 PM mother didn't listen to "Optimal Dosage and Duration of Metformin for Prevention and Treatment of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain" and slandered me as fat, instead of it being caused by malpractice. https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/schbul/sbae173/7885195?redirectedFrom=fulltext#google_vignette

There is nothing so isolating than dealing with your mental health on your own while your mental health provider is clearly not seasoned enough to be working with you.

To make a long story short, I had a counselor who was very helpful and then they passed away- it was sudden and they helped me through so much and were one of the main reasons I descoved I had ADHD. I still think about them often, I'm probably alive today because of them. They never made me feel like I was "crazy" or tried to control me. They had boundaries and were not just "on my side" all the time. I had to work throught a lot on my own after they passed.

I went through three other counselors before the last one- none were a good fit and I only went to them for less than 4 or at most 10 sections before realizing this. One was too political (had same opinions as me but too forceful), would eat during sessions, was weird about my first counselor because she knew them. The next one turned out to be softly homophonic who worked next to my old T for years, who was gay. The last one was pretty alright but she thought she was in network (and kept telling me so) but wasn't, I almost got stuck with huge bill, she was also going into life coaching so my insurance at the time would also not cover that.

So after that I started going to the last one for nearly 2 ish years and I slowly started to feel worse and finally fired him when I realized the sessions were making me feel worse about my self and like I was byond broken. I know there were things here and there that happened that started early on, telling me not to read a curtain book, than seeming to later on ask what books were in my book bag, I think to basically check and make sure I wasn't reading said book (a little life due to it supposedly being too tramatic for me at the time. I read splatter horror- I'm a big boy, I could handle it if I had wanted to read it, lol.)

Was very shocked when he learned I had transference over another counselor, who I never told and was never going to, I would have liked said person regardless of how I met them, I have been pretty realistic about the reality of those feelings. He nearly fell out of his chair. Transference seems pretty common so this made me feel more out of the normal as I already did, due to also being double marginalized. I had taked about likeing older men, T said I was,"looking for daddy." And rolled his eyes... I am nerdivse and my peers don't read as safe to me because of them being ableistic due to my disabilities, also I'm not agaist. I like the person regardless of not them not being my age or not, just not too much younger than me, because it's weird for me. I had asserted that I saw a lot of tendencies of asd in me and my mother, he had in the past labeled her as having BPD, while she had no childhood trauma. I do have childhood trauma but if we're being honest, not any more than most of us do. T comes from good home and dosent have issues with parents, so honestly I think home boy just never went thought it with folks and my situation just sounded so bad to him. I felt like my childhood trauma was made out to effect me more than other more pressing matter were, as I had already delt with a lot of my past in previous counseloring and on my own. He had been frustrated I guess over me asserting I have asd and pulled out the DSM read off the symptoms to him self and told me he "didn't see any of those" I was struggling to read social cues and facing a lot of rejection due to it at a new job. This had really messed up my mental health, I felt like the more issues I had with him pushing me too hard too fast with things that honestly could wait, he slipped in the I'm showing bipoler/BPD tendencies...all the while I had just started a new medication that is notorious for messing with your emotions, I finally got the dose right with doc and got back on an old med. All good now. That new medication has helped me so much- I am the one who outside of therypy got my self tested and took care of that. I was paying out of pocket 125 to leave his office feeling like I was so broken because I wasn't meeting his standers, which I still didn't know what those fliping were and doubt his goals for me where the same as mine. I felt like he pushed me to mask harder while I was very very burnt out and trying to reduce masking. I had looked up stuff out side of sessions and would come back with answers to my own dilemmas with out his help.

The last session I was really struggling with heavy stuff and he kept pushing the me having a mood disorder. I shut down again during session and cried in my car after. I fired him a month or two after I canceled the last appointment, I was short and to the point I didn't go off on him I simply said it wasn't a good fit, wished him well, and made sure I didn't have any unpayed bills.

I still feel like I'm broken and that I'm acting "crazy" and am bipoler/bpd, eventhough I think my emotional state is consistent with that of someone with ASD and ADHD. I still am very effected with hearing his voice about what I should and shouldn't do. I feel ostracized by my community because he was gay too and he didn't not understand what it was like to be trans, he didn't seem to understand how much the atmosphere where I live is fricking brutal for ppl like me, including the LGBT community not being safe for me at times either. He had no idea how to help me with dysphoria related to dating which was a really hard topic for me- his response was always, "well why don't you feel like you can never have a healthy relationship?!" Um because sir, ppl on grinder which he kinda incuraged the use of- see me as a slab of meat and feticize me. Truly not a safe palace to find someone in general, have run into ppl not being honest about carrying something and gave it to me🙃, not to mention that it made me feel like I was masking again and i was forcing my self to be more sexual than I've ever been. I'm demisexual and very much could take or leave sex. I wasn't really needing pointless hookups, I needed someone to not treat me weird over being trans. After I had left therapy, I did meet someone and have been working through my dysphoria on my own. I'm doing well and eventhough it's hard I can't help but think it's easier because I'm no longer seeing that counselor. I feel like he would have said things against my new relationship due to the person being older.

So was I the problem?- I still feel like it was all in my head and that I was just a problematic client. I still feel so vulnerable and am still lacking a support circle but I have lost faith in therapy and my ability to get better. I feel like this is just the first step of a spiral or at lest that's what ex T would say it was, I'm doing the best I can and am trying to not be a bad person but idk- maybe this is just who I am now after losing that counselor who helped me so much...would they have viewed me like this? Have I changed so much that even RJ (1st counselor) wouldn't recognize/ like me any more?

#inflammation "Psychosis Immune Mechanism Stratified Medicine Study (PIMS) will assess if reducing inflammation with an anti-inflammatory drug called tocilizumab can help manage psychotic symptoms and improve memory function." https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/cpft-researchers-test-anti-inflammation-treatment-psychosis

#fear cells "it’s increasingly clear that the overall size and structure of the amygdala is not a good predictor of emotional problems in life, Fox said." https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/roots-fear-understanding-amygdala

#political stress "Presidential election a source of ‘significant stress’ for almost 70% surveyed." https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2024/11/04/presidential-election-a-source-of-significant-stress-for-almost-seventy-percent-surveyed The only new york election that scares me is a republican probate judge with no competitor. The Islamophobic county psychiatrist who stole more than a year of my life was never voted in.

#Referendums Ballot Initiative Strategy Center wants 30 more states to have voter initiatives. https://ballot.org/ballot-hub/

#Best Filipino "voluntary—not coerced—drug treatment" but it won't be passed. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/ky-cop-convicted-breonna-taylor-drug-raid-killing-sinaloa-cartel-faction-fight-continues

#antidepressants are too slow "Esketamine Also Effective Without Adjunctive Antidepressant." https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/psychcongress/112741

#they just need more beds "group's members unanimously agreed on 51 recommendations, including:...Require the Oregon Judicial Department to anonymously track people who are certified for continuing commitment more than once." https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/workgroup-recommends-changes-oregon-civil-commitment-system/283-b03e74e0-e866-492c-bddf-44b64e2b8991 https://www.courts.oregon.gov/programs/BehavioralHealth/Documents/Commitment-to-Change-Workgroup-Final-Report.pdf

#slander "Researchers examine how psychiatrists and patients negotiate conflicting narratives in psychiatric care." https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/11/study-explores-how-patients-and-psychiatrists-negotiate-clinical-narratives/

#side effects "main challenges in treating schizophrenia arise from differing perceptions of antipsychotic side effects...low energy and anxiety that clinicians overlook." Moreso it's painful. https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/divergent-perspectives-threaten-schizophrenia-treatment/

#Lawyers california, "Medication Errors Specific to Psychiatric Drugs." https://verdictvictory.com/blog/sue-mental-health-facility/

#Natural Alternatives "criticized Donald Trump after he said that the "best way to stop depression is to work your ass off." Being bored, as in the ward, is sad. Reading the news or listening to music is a good distraction against negativity. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/11/03/trump_do_you_know_the_best_was_to_stop_depression_work_your_ass_off.html

#muscarinic receptors Cobenfy "no reports of tardive dyskinesia...Institute for Clinical and Economic Review panel voted 10-2 that the current evidence is adequate to show a net health benefit when compared to Abilify...ICER panelists (7-5) assessing the evidence found it adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit when compared to Zyprexa or Risperdal." https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2024/11/05/promising-schizophrenia-drug-cobenfy-will-likely-face-access-challenges/

#My experiences November 4 6:36 PM mother called middle brother "cray cray." 7:10 PM "mommy loses her mind very quickly." 8:05 PM my dog tried to eat youngest brother's item. I told him no and he dropped it. mother yelled at me for talking to dog and threatened homelessness.

I feel compelled to comment. I am now 60; was 55 when the ativan turned tolerant on me. Benzos, over the course of years, cause tolerance even if the dose is raised, eventually they will peter out. Not if- but when. I majored in microbiology an A&P in college days. Now I cannot think my way out of a paper bag because of the severe cognitive decline these things caused me. I was fine 5 years ago, until the tolerance hit out of the blue. I am shocked that doctors are not more knowledgeable about this rotten "medication". It down regulates the GABA receptors and much much more. This is not a drug to be used long term, it's just not. Fine for surgery/sedation and that is it. Should actually be off the market. I no longer function fully and I am a shell of who I once was. If you want to learn more about benzos (since you didn't learn about these in detail in med school) come join the one of several private, safe, thorough benzo support groups on FB and learn something. Please do not hand these out like candy. There is NO WAY I should have been on this crap for 10 years! It is only supposed to be used AT THE MOST 2 weeks. I do not think you understand HOW addictive these things are and how quickly dependency builds. I was prescribed .50mg at the onset, quickly had to increase my dose due to tolerance ..then kept having to increase the dosage until I hit a whopping 4mg! That is equal to 80 mg of valium! No small dose. I have atrophy and shrinkage in my brain (read the latest study done on 5000 people on long term benzos) the findings are shrinkage and atrophy in the hippocampal regions. I am writing you all this to let you know this is what your medication did to me and to thousands of people out in the real world. Your medication has ruined my life now and countless lives. Go read in the Benzo Groups over on facebook, read the comments and weep at this travesty. Please stop handing this out like candy. Thanks, thanks a lot. I trusted my doctor and then THIS happens. Now I no longer trust. My brain is ruined. I had to taper off because they stopped working and were making me very sick. I used the water taper method. Thousands and thousands of people trying desperately to get off this crap. This drug is a crying shame.

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#"Mental Health America (MHA)" "They agree that involuntary treatment should not be a primary tool for preventing violence...MHA advocates for alternatives to coercive treatment and focuses on respecting individual autonomy." https://www.coursehero.com/file/211455317/NR-607-Week-1-discussionediteddocx/

#PhDepression "analysis of some 20,000 doctoral candidates in Sweden documents "high levels of mental health problems among PhD students," https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2024/11/02/prestige-and-pain-getting-a-phd-can-also-cause-mental-health-problems I wrote 2 unofficial free PhD's. Computer factory shrinking https://snippet.host/eorzsk and this https://antipsychiatry.yay.boo/ Pain from psychiatry is much worse than any literally backbreaking (including from sitting in a chair) job I've had.

#Dogs "Dogs are a social species; it’s easy to talk with them...For Béata, to deny an animal the ability to reproduce is, in some sense, curtailing their liberties...(cats) are also less likely to play — they’re too tired...cats can hold a grudge for life." https://archive.is/WsbcH

#TV "What if health tech ends up with us being our own best doctors?" We won't need any equipment to replace psychiatrists. https://youtu.be/hXRTxadL5Kc

#Informed Consent "psychiatrists in Israel avoid providing information about the side effects of medications, and often condition hospitalization in open wards on taking them." https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-04/ty-article/.premium/israeli-study-hospitalization-of-psychiatric-patients-often-conditioned-on-medication/00000192-f398-dfba-a7b2-ff9d74760000

#sterilized "Buck also demanded recognition of the Nazi murders of the disabled and the mentally ill. Many of these victims were psychiatric patients gassed in chambers built into six of Germany’s asylums...“trialogue,” in which psychosis experiencers, family, and clinicians join together." https://openbookcollective.org/books/book/5298/

#Which gender of psychs tortures more? "male emergency physicians were more likely to administer intravenous hypnotics during prehospital psychiatric care (p = 0.001)." https://www.physiciansweekly.com/impact-of-emergency-physician-gender-on-prehospital-care-in-psychiatric-emergencies/

#Another good newsletter "psychiatrist tells a meth-addicted patient, “You know, this medication will protect your brain from any of the damaging stuff that crystal can do.”...this is the psychiatric equivalent of a medical doctor telling a patient that ginseng is 100% proven to prevent damages from skydiving without a parachute...threatened with heavy tranquilization for complaining...Yet is there anyone on Earth “incapable” of “making decisions”? The notion is ridiculous—two year olds are capable of making decisions, and some strong ones at that. What’s really meant here is something more like “we should commit people who make decisions which some other people think are bad decisions”...All other (canadian) jurisdictions...have long had vastly expanded criteria stating that anyone with a mental disorder can be committed who could be at risk of any kind of “mental or physical deterioration.” https://robwipond.substack.com/p/commitment-in-the-news-oct-2024-round https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/utterly-intolerable-lawsuit-says-indy-area-mental-health-facility-abused-juvenile-patient-held-her-against-her-will/

#My experiences November 2 5:46 PM mother told father not to pull on my dog's leash. I've said that for years. 7:06 PM she called a charity man on TV who "talks to strangers" manic.

Have you ever had an unusual reaction after taking benzos? If so, I would really appreciate you taking the time to (anonymously) participate in my short survey! Thank you! https://maastrichtuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpaEdPhEbemvXsW

#"Mental health on the ballot" Colorado, "Housing is a big intersection with mental health." https://www.aspenpublicradio.org/2024-11-01/mental-health-on-the-ballot-in-colorado "I'm a Libertarian anarchist. Other people's health and choices are not my business." https://www.moodfuel.org/colorado-mental-health-voters-guide/

#alcohol new zealand, “Alcohol is not a problem for people with mental health issues. “It’s actually the solution to our problem." "PM Christopher Luxon responds to Mike King mental health alcohol claims." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pm-christopher-luxon-responds-to-mike-king-mental-health-alcohol-claims/AADID2CENNEILOHQMI3YYQV5WI/ Cannabis replaces alcohol.

"11.4% received an FDA-approved medication for treating AUD, and 4.9% received both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy." Compare to most people who smoke weed once being poison pilled. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20240861

#Muscarinic receptor 5 weeks of Cobenfy is a short experiment. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/posters-share-positive-data-on-long-term-treatment-with-xanomeline-trospium

#TV Late Show with Stephen Colbert said first born such as me are more likely to have depression or anxiety. https://youtu.be/b8GjcmLicv0

Misconduct (2016). pharmaceutical company fakes an experiment. https://youtu.be/S8sA9833INM

#Heart attacks "journal Heart Rhythm has revealed a concerning association between the use of antipsychotic drugs, quetiapine, and haloperidol, and an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD)" https://www.emedinexus.com/post/44420/Increased-Cardiac-Risks-Linked-to-Antipsychotic-Drugs-Quetiapine-and-Haloperidol

#Not an emergency Colorado, "city officials said the goal of CIRT is to ensure people are not harmed after calling 911 and that they have autonomy over the outcome...retain as much self-determination in their care and the next steps as possible,” 33% are homeless. https://boulderreportinglab.org/2024/11/01/boulders-crisis-intervention-team-expands-beyond-emergencies-aiming-to-address-root-causes-of-mental-health-and-substance-use-crises/

#Welfare "long-term effects of cash transfer programmes on young adults’ mental health: A quasi-experimental study of Colombia, Mexico and South Africa...longer exposure to CTs may contribute to modest but meaningful reductions in population level depressive symptoms during early adulthood." https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/heapol/czae102/7862659?searchresult=1

#antipsychotics worsen cognition "recent study suggests patients with schizophrenia experiencing cognitive deficits should avoid dopamine-blocking antipsychotics, especially haloperidol, fluphenazine, and clozapine," https://www.hcplive.com/view/psychiatry-month-in-review-october-2024

#Religions "Dr. Yusim pointed out during her Spirituality and Mental Health panel at United Nations, these approaches often miss critical elements of physical and spiritual health and wellbeing...nutrition, exercise, connection to nature, and spiritual practices...vibroacoustic therapy." https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9266349/revolutionizing-mental-health-dr-anna-yusim-integrates-spirituality-psychedelics-and-conscious-leadership-at-global-summits

#antidepressants worsen "a leading reason for the negative side effects of antidepressants seemingly wearing off over time is because patients who experience the very worst symptoms in the initial weeks often stop taking the medication prematurely, leaving only the people with mild side effects." https://www.uiargonaut.com/2024/11/01/ui-professor-researches-long-term-antidepressant-side-effects/

#Deport me Gallup poll 17% of Americans want to leave, as I have asked for since 2006. https://news.gallup.com/poll/652748/desire-migrate-remains-record-high.aspx

They are a very close friend of mine and we share nearly everything. This all started during the beginning of COVID, and has ebbed and flowed since. They have been hospitalized for it and it only made it worse, in part because they worried the people in the ward were also part of the cult. They have had a bad experience with psychiatrists and medication, but during episodes like this I worry that not enough is being done for them. They don't have a job or health insurance currently but we are actively working on that. Over the years, I have responded to their worries in a variety of ways, some temporarily beneficial, others not so much. The paranoia is seriously impacting their life and our friendship. How should I respond when they express this worry to me saying it is real, cancel plans because of it, or do something like take a picture of a random person in public?

#"Dignified alternatives" vancouver, "resistance is a broader refusal of fascist tactics that expand the grasp of the carceral state through the criminalization of poverty and disability...Involuntary treatment is rooted in the dehumanization of people and can be understood as a continuation of settler colonial violence and racial capitalism...capitalism create(s) disability." https://springmag.ca/involuntary-treatment-is-not-care-bc-is-spearheading-its-violent-rise

#antipsychotics don't work "often assumed that patients who experience acute psychosis have no insight into their symptoms and therefore no motivation for treatment, we found that this is not generally true...More psychosocial interventions targeting neurocognitive symptoms should be developed and assessed for their acceptability and effectiveness...Greater consideration of patients’ preferences for their own treatment may help with goal formulation, establishing a therapeutic relationship, fostering motivation for change, and thus long-term stabilization." https://www.springermedizin.de/treatment-preferences-in-acute-psychosis-a-comparison-of-patient/50156454

#criminal doctors georgia, "Four Seasons shooting suspect had guns, nazi paraphernalia." https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/911-call-four-seasons-shooting-suspect-had-guns-nazi-paraphernalia-in-unit/WLM4ILO6MVD43E7TZRCB723S54/

#Isn't women's mental health important? congress in "New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Dakota (abortion referendum), Idaho, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Florida (abortion referendum)...bills that specifically exclude mental health emergencies." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-bills-exclude-mental-health-emergency.html https://ballotpedia.org/2024_abortion-related_ballot_measures_and_state_context#2024_abortion-related_state_ballot_measures

#assaultive outpatient torture "there is no evidence that OPC (at home injections) can reduce major acts of violence resulting in injury or weapon use." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5298526/

#Separation of branches of government ireland, "improvements that can, and should, be made to the Mental Health Bill 2024 include: – A statutory right to independent advocacy (this should be alongside the new provisions for a ‘nominated person’ to be your support) – The establishment of an Independent Complaints Mechanism...needs to remove its declarations and reservations on Articles 12 (equal recognition before the law) and 14 (liberty and security of person) of the UNCRPD." https://madinireland.com/2024/10/bernadette-grogan-from-mental-health-reform-on-reforming-the-mental-health-act/

#TV Doctor Odyssey season 1 episode 4 "shame...working for the enemy. big pharma, the sickness industrial complex...western medical torture." https://youtu.be/5KkSEJzCaxg

#Religions netherlands nurse "who claimed that her colleagues at the hospital adhere to Satanism is not allowed to work in the healthcare sector anymore." https://nltimes.nl/2024/10/31/nurse-accused-colleagues-satanism-banned-working-healthcare The majority of psych workers are djinns.

#Cogentin Limited Role of Genetics and Age...when you look at the significance level for anticholinergic burden, what we’re seeing is that people are getting a newly incipient dementia diagnosis because they have high levels of anticholinergic burden." https://www.psychiatrist.com/jcp/anticholinergic-burden-in-schizophrenia/

#My experiences October 30 9:03 PM social worker mother rated my mental health B (F is worst).

#assaultive outpatient torture "Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A State-by-State Comparative Review...fail to comply with treatment directives are merely exercising cherished and protected aspects of liberty: the right to bodily integrity, to control one’s person, and to refuse unwanted treatment.145...Stress,243 fatigue,244 and anger 245 can each impact individuals’ abilities to reach rational decisions...Kentucky and Maryland mandate that treatment plans honor the directions in advance directives. 266 Two other states—New Mexico and Louisiana—specify that a treatment plan cannot conflict with an individual’s advance directive." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4998584 "Matter of KL, 806 N.E.2d 480 (NY 2004)...coercive force of the order lies solely in the compulsion generally felt by law-abiding citizens to comply with court directives...violation of the order, standing alone, ultimately carries no sanction (hospitalization)" https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2224781/matter-of-kl/

#Computer therapy "computer-generated avatars has found to be an effective way of helping people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices." https://www.miragenews.com/digital-avatars-cut-distressing-voices-in-1345714/

#Menopause "testosterone for (peri)menopausal" women. "If your dosage is too high...can make you feel antsy, angry, aggressive or argumentative." Sounds safer than antipsychotics. https://www.getthegloss.com/menopause/testosterone-therapy-women

#Religions "we’ll explore whether the spiritual experiences many seekers describe as awakening are, in fact, moments of psychosis — or if society’s understanding of ‘madness’ is limiting our grasp of higher consciousness...madness can sometimes be the doorway to awakening." https://archive.is/vkHOz

"clients reported having cultural conversations in 48.4% of sessions." https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20230266

#TV At 51 minutes Netflix's "manic" Hasan Minhaj Off With His Head. Talk therapy, "I've done it all. Don't waste your money...you deserve a therapist that understands you culturally." https://youtu.be/1m5ZTUxNLMk

"American Quack Association...There are no tests." https://www.tiktok.com/@nhs.anti.psychiatry/video/7431128143563345184

Marvel stuntwoman said she's not in recovery because she's not sick. https://www.instagram.com/askabipolar/reel/DBv4aEuuVtY/

#forensic psychology "High Court of Australia itself has acknowledged “the fallibility of judicial evaluation of credibility from the appearance and demeanor (body language) of witnesses.” https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2024/10/29/australian-courts-use-body-language-to-judge-witness-credibility/

#punishing speech vs. conduct "disruptive and destructive conduct, such as defacing university property, interrupting classes, or disrupting university operations, such as a job fair." https://reason.com/volokh/2024/10/30/on-punishing-speech-vs-punishing-conduct/ mother said she called the police because I was endangering her "welfare" with inconvenient, embarrassing screaming protests. Mostly and for more than 4 years I didn't have any violent, even self defense, actions. Words regarding self harm should be decriminalized so people can go to talk therapy and because, in my case, what I'm depressed about is dictatorship.

I tend to bottle up feelings where they fester and make me sick. I have no one to talk to. So, am I supposed to continue to do that because venting makes everything worse?

Or is this just another "toxic positivity" narrative?

I honestly have no idea what constitutes a healthy relationship. I'm not even sure there is such a thing. I've gone through at least 2/3rd of my life and I still have no idea what I'm doing.

Does anyone have tips for finding other psychiatric survivors, anti-psychiatry activists, psych institution abolitionists, etc in person?

I live near a moderately large city in the US but I can’t find anything. Even the local anticapitalist/prison abolition/leftist groups tend to be very pro-psychiatry. (And also problematic in other ways…)

Peer support/mutual aid/alternative therapy is all state-funded and controlled. It’s like there’s literally no way out; they co-opt everything. Everything is about “recovery” even if you get away from professionals—you can’t just say you thought all these diagnoses were bullshit to begin with.

I’m hesitant to start a public group because I don’t have experience organizing and I don’t feel confident my skills are adequate. I’m not looking for emotional support—I just want to either find a political organization to join or make some like-minded friends.

Do these things exist in person anywhere?

I joined a talk at my university, online, hosted by a few psychiatrists. If I am able to recall correctly, it was on a paradigm shift from analysis of brain structure to analysis of behavior, in the current studies of the field.

The audio was a bit cracked up, so it was difficult to understand the meeting, comprehensively. But I did gather a few things. One, that biological markers don't seem to explain a whole lot about "disorders" (genes, brain structure, etc.). Also, that research is being done with AI to analyze certain behavior, facial-expression, language, and vocal cues, with the goal of finding correlates between such and the manifestation of certain "disorders".

One person, who I assume attended in-person, questioned whether any of this could explain the mechanisms behind certain behaviors, "disorders", etc. The people hosting the meeting acknowledged that the research was purely correlational, which makes sense. Which makes you have to stop and think... why are psychiatrists so certain on their opinions towards a patients "disorder", and the exact drugs needed to treat said disorder, and that any other undesirable effects are purely further manifestations of "mental-illness", "treatment-resistance", ignoring the possibility of adverse effects of the drugs themselves... if the current research is purely correlational. One would think that such a soft concept should require a more nuanced approach... when the process seems very rigid, absurdly so.

I asked three questions in the chat. Two were read out loud, one was ignored. Guess it wasn't so important, in spite of the stated willingness of those hosting the meeting to answer questions for a little while.

My first question was: "Could certain behavior and verbal signals be a false positive [given AI behavioral analysis], based on the neurotype of a person"? In other words, if you are someone who has a different brain than another person, could certain behavioral and verbal signals be falsely flagged as indicative of, say, "psychopathy", when it could very well be something else? Is there certain overlap, which would not be able to be caught, regardless of the nuance of the AI analysis? I think this is an important question to ask, because it seems that, if taken without nuance, it could lead some to be "misdiagnosed", or experience other negative consequences, due to an ostensibly "objective" analysis by AI.

My other two questions were the following:

"Given these overall results, how much of 'psychopathology' would you think is explained by 'atypical' biological features, and how much is explained by a person's environment, and prior experiences in life?"

"Could it be said that diagnosing psychiatric disorders is a bit difficult at the moment, due to the flawed and imprecise methods we have today?"

All of these questions were ignored, sadly. I was told that audio issues were being experienced... I have a hard time believing that. Regardless, I think it is quite rude to not only skip over reading a question, but also choose not to answer all of them.

Perhaps... these very questions are threatening to the field as a whole, as it stands today. Regardless... I think it would be fun to push some boundaries in the coming future.

And that's all. Further evidence of the shaky foundation of psychiatry, today.

#pill intoxication psychologist, "the “paranoid psychosis” thing...caused by a thorny combination of lithium intoxication and the dangerous interaction of several drugs," https://www.yourtango.com/health-wellness/clinical-psychologist-admits-hypocrite

#mechanical restraints canada, "Pierre-Luc Larouche died at the Douglas Mental Health University (Institute) after “maneuvers” were made on him by the staff." https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/puvirnituq-man-dies-after-manoeuvres-at-montreal-mental-health-institute/

"He attempted suicide. Peoria Jail restrained him in a chair for five days...longer durations than other jails in Illinois and far past industry recommendations." https://illinoisanswers.org/2024/10/28/peoria-jail-restrained-mental-illness-five-days/

#Temporary insanity "Psychosis can be either a temporary state, commonly described as “temporary insanity.” "300 discrete diagnoses." Prove there's even 10 real diagnoses? (depression, trauma, social anxiety, hallucinations, postpartum, anorexia) https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/navigating-mental-crises/202410/psychosis-has-been-described-as-temporary-insanity

#for profit washington d.c. "for-profit psychiatric hospital...broken bones." https://archive.is/8Yj52

#Music "Aside from refusing to take prescribed medicine at the ward in the video, attempting to break out of the hospital, and eventually breaking out (in her mind), Ari Lennox has found another way to express herself through song." https://youtu.be/22NZRV39aVI https://grungecake.com/ari-lennox-smoke/articles/116854

#Ayuverdic india, "prakriti (body types as per yoga and Ayurveda)...60 subjects for each of the four conditions will be given integrated treatment." https://archive.is/g5xUs

#psychiatry app? "OpenAI’s Whisper, which many hospitals use, has been making things up." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/ai/59966-ai-transcription-tool-whisper-faces-scrutiny-over-accuracy

#Divorce is a disease? "Fern Britton...was labelled "psychotic" by a doctor and told she needed to be hospitalised due to her unhappiness in her marriage." https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/fern-britton-opens-up-marriage-9669199#google_vignette

#Religions Jewish flag banned by wisconsin landlord while christmas decorations allowed as a double standard. In no way have I been allowed to be a Muslim. My "rape(d by parents)" sign got 2 months in n.u.m.c. psych ward. Compared to parents decorating the house for religious and secular holidays. https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/s/5PIrtayzSd

#My experiences October 26 5:48 PM I cried because mother said the government psychiatrist will celebrate ruining my life. 7:59 PM father complained due to his physical weakness he doesn't want to be around my dog.

October 27 6:10 PM yelled at by both parents for not eating chicken as a vegetarian. mother, who quit Jewish job to get a raise at a for profit poisoning the elderly, slandered me as not doing "charity." she claims I started calling 911 first. I was false arrested October 2005, and kidnapped by mother to the police station in 2011. father screamed he "will kill (me)" twice June 25, 2012 and that is the first time I called, 7 years later. October 28 12:48 PM father yelled at my dog for friendly barking to another dog.

I had a psych med-induced manic episode last year. I made a complete fool of myself, causing me to be dropped with no explanation by everyone I considered a close friend and to be ridiculed or taken advantage of by just about every new person I met. It culminated in me putting myself in a position where I was violently SAed by a stranger from the internet. It's hard to explain, but it was a really weird situation that was lowkey my fault, but traumatizing nonetheless.

As much as I have made material progress (quit meds, built a new support system, enrolled in a better college and getting good grades), I still don't feel great physically and emotionally. I'm hyper-sensitive to feeling disrespected or unwanted like I've never been before, I have crying spells, flashbacks, and I'm physically exhausted all the time. I haven't been able to keep a job for more than a month since I got assaulted because I always start getting random sores everywhere and stop being able to do anything outside of work. Thankfully I'm supported by family, but they can't support me forever. I'm doing okay in school because I'm pretty smart but getting assignments done is like pulling teeth for me. I used to make art but I legit just can't be bothered anymore because all I want to do is sleep or dissociate with technology.

I want so badly to heal from this, but I have no idea how. I feel like most people would tell me to go to therapy, but I've been in and out of therapy since I was 10 years old, including for several months after I had my episode. I have never found success in therapy- it just feels like gaslighting to me. This probably has something to do with the fact that I'm autistic and hyperverbal. I have yet to find a therapist that a) has a communication style compatible with mine and b) understands and believes my struggles with ableism/looks discrimination/executive dysfunction/poor social skills/etc. I guess I could be doing more to find a therapist, but I don't have the energy to keep finding therapists, making appointments, attending appointments, and judging whether a therapist is right for me.

So I really don't know how to heal from this. I've found some success in practicing magic, consuming media to help me understand what happened, and relying on my new support system. My new partner has been so wonderful and more supportive than I thought anyone would ever willing to be for me. But all of this just isn't enough. I need real help, but I don't know where to find it. I would appreciate any advice.