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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

Mad in America

While the ongoing logistics of maintaining such a network have proved challenging, one such successful effort in 2006 was documented in The Wall Street Journal. Every time I was in the hospital, they always had a little flier that said, ‘Know your Rights.’ But that number is so swamped. There are so many people needing help.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

Mad in America

When the incident occurred, my panic-stricken mother told my father to take me to the hospital right away. Dr. Fulmer quickly pumped the drugs out of my stomach and told my father I would not have lived if he had tried to get me to the hospital. After suffering horrible abuse, Rebecca died in 2006 from an overdose of psychiatric drugs.