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Involuntary Care Doesn’t Work. What BC Should Do Instead

Mad in America

In 2023 this number surged to nearly 30,000 involuntary admissions , a staggering increase of 150 per cent. Instead, resources should be focused on voluntary mental health care, services and community support that people desperately need and often cannot access.” s Mental Health Act.

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The Clinical, Social, and Cultural Harm of an Iatrogenic Psychiatry

Mad in America

Iatrogenesis is social when medicine as an institution and a bureaucracy creates ill-health by increasing stress; by subverting autonomy and community support; and by depoliticizing sources of illness. In 2023, BMJ Oncology reported , “Global incidence of early-onset cancer increased by 79.1% between 1990 and 2019.”

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Finding Strength in Community: Navigating Grief Together with Virtual IOP Support in California

Clear Behavioral Health

Group therapy utilizes a wide range of methods to help you process grief alongside your peers and foster a sense of community as you heal together. Benefits of Virtual Community Support for Grief One of the most powerful aspects of a virtual grief IOP is the sense of community it creates. 2023, October 20).

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

As of 2023, such laws were on the books in 47 states and the District of Columbia—leaving just Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maryland as holdouts. In September 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court, which bears similarities to AOT, became law.