In only 13 minutes, CBC Radio's Paul Karchut and Rob cover a lot of ground on issues such as the expanding uses of psychiatric power, what qualifies as "insight," physical detention versus invasive medical interventions into the brain, and a recent precedent legal case that got the Canadian province of Alberta's mental health laws thrown
Rob and Cindy Hadge, a Wildflower Alliance trainer and psychiatric survivor, join long-time political, civil rights and human rights activist and organizer Reverend Mark Thompson for a discussion about the expanding uses of mental health laws across society, what it's like to be locked up and forcibly treated in America today, and the plans in
Rob Wipond talks with psychologist Anna Baranowsky on her Bear Psychology program on Toronto's Reality Radio 101. Click here to listen online.
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.
