‘Your Consent Is Not Required’ author Rob Wipond on his father’s torment, state power, anti-psychotic drugs, and more. A Tyee interview. Rob was interviewed by Moira Wyton of the online magazine The Tyee. Click here to read the complete interview.
Listen to "They're Coming to Take You Away" on The Unspeakable: Click here. About the Interviewer Meghan Daum: Meghan Daum is the author of five books, including The Problem With Everything: My Journey Through The New Culture Wars, which The New York Times named a Notable Book of 2019. Her last book was the collection
Contrary to common claims, the numbers of people being detained in psychiatric hospitals in the US and Canada have been rising dramatically for decades.
From Focus on Victoria: The author’s research shows that an increasing number of people are losing their rights, their voices, their trust, and sometimes their lives through involuntary psychiatric treatment. FOR SOCIETY TO OPERATE, we need trust. Whether it’s in traffic, banking, relationships, health care, or countless other areas of life, mutual understanding allows individuals
Many callers who call 988 or other mental health help hotlines believe they're anonymous, but get subjected to call traces, unwanted interventions, and police coming to forcibly take them to psychiatric hospitals. The numbers are much higher than is ordinarily publicly admitted by the managers of 988 and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
