Rob Wipond on ReThreading Madness with Bernadine Fox
Bernadine Fox interviews Rob on ReThreading Madness. If you like longer audio interviews, this two-parter is for you! Listen to Part 1 and Part 2.
Castanet: Author whose father was forcibly treated at Kelowna General Hospital warns of the dangers of involuntary care
From Castanet: The author of a new book is speaking out against the push for more involuntary care in the rush to deal with the opioid crisis and the rising number of people living with homelessness in B.C. Rob Wipond’s latest work is titled “Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced
Short Vid 2: Psychiatric Bed “Shortage” or Incarceration Overload?
Do we really have a "shortage" of psychiatric hospital beds as is commonly claimed? Two internal US government studies, along with other data, show that the number of psychiatric beds is dramatically higher than is commonly recognized. So who's behind the disinformation campaign, and with what intention?
Rob Wipond on “A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne”
On Global's Corus radio stations across Canada on January 30, 2023, Ben O'Hara-Byrne talked with Rob Wipond about Your Consent Is Not Required and current issues in the news about involuntary psychiatric treatment. The interview is 15 minutes -- Click here to listen.
Short Vid 1: How Psychiatric Fraud Drives Forced Hospitalizations
First in a series of short (3-4 minute) videos about some of the more startling, disturbing, and shocking things I learned while working on my book Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships. In this video, I describe cases of mass-scale fraudulent involuntary psychiatric commitments, and recount