Rob Presents Seminar for Georgetown University Health & the Public Interest
I presented a talk on involuntary psychiatric treatment and discussed the issues with students as part of Georgetown University’s fascinating Health and the Public Interest series. Click here to watch it on YouTube.
Psychiatrist Awais Aftab and Rob Discuss Forced Treatment
Psychiatrist Awais Aftab read my book Your Consent Is Not Required and reviewed it for his “Psychiatry at the Margins” substack series, and then he and I engaged in an email discussion about different perspectives on forcing psychiatric interventions on people. Click to read part one and part two of our exchange.
Rob Interviewed for New Podcast & Video Series “Reimagine Mental Health”
Psychiatric survivor and yoga teacher Emmy Chahal and family member and advocate Kyle Fawkes interviewed me for their new “Reimagine Mental Health” podcast and video series. Listen to the first two podcasts in the series to learn more about their stories, and click here to watch the interview with me on YouTube or here to listen to the audio version.
Rob Interviewed on Medicating Normal
Nicole Lamberson interviewed me for the podcast and video series from the folks who made the film “Medicating Normal.” Watch it here.
California’s “Inside the Issues” with Alex Cohen Brings Rob Aboard
Alex Cohen interviewed me for her show “Inside the Issues” about my book Your Consent Is Not Required and efforts in California to expand forced psychiatric treatment laws. Click here to watch the show, with the interview beginning at about 33:00 minutes.
The best books for understanding contemporary involuntary commitment and forced psychiatric treatment
Shepherd is an intriguing website, where “8,000+ authors have shared five of their favorite books around a topic, theme, or mood.” It’s a fascinating way to get a little more insight into authors as they describe their own books, as well as get very personal, expert book recommendations from them. I’m a bit reluctant to use a term like “best”–especially when I know all too well how many great books I couldn’t include–so I might have instead called mine a list of “books that, placed together, craft an insightful overall picture into contemporary involuntary commitment and forced psychiatric treatment.” In any case, I liked writing this, and if you’re an avid reader, you’ll probably enjoy meandering further through the
Gabe Howard of Inside Mental Health Interviews Rob
Gabe Howard interviewed me for his popular Healthline PsychCentral podcast “Inside Mental Health.” Gabe identifies as bipolar, has personally experienced psychiatric detention, and has interviewed a wide array of guests over the years of his podcasts, and brought some deep and unique understandings of the issues from my book Your Consent Is Not Required.
Rob on Abolitionist Radio and Christian TV
Jesse Strauss interviewed me for Law & Disorder, the self-declared abolitionist California radio station KPFA, about the 988 hotline’s use of call tracing to detain people in psychiatric hospitals.
I also recently appeared on the Christian cable television channel Daystar in Canada, discussing my book Your Consent Is Not Required on the show TalkTruth.
Diversity — your choice!
LIVE May 4: “Ask Us Anything” about Mental Health Laws
“ASK US ANYTHING about how involuntary psychiatric commitment and forced drugging laws and hearings work, and the best ways to navigate them.” A live YouTube discussion event with lawyer Jim Gottstein, journalist Rob Wipond, and psychiatric survivor Janet Werner. Thursday May 4, 2023 at 3 pm pacific, 6 pm eastern. Watch the video on YouTube here.
Law360 Canada Reviews Your Consent Is Not Required
One of Canada’s top psychiatric civil rights lawyers and legal scholars, Anita Szigeti, describes Your Consent Is Not Required: “…informative, eye-opening… Having worked as a defence lawyer representing ten thousand individuals embroiled in the justice system consequent to being diagnosed with a mental disorder over 30 years at the bar, I know that Wipond’s thoughtful analysis is right on all fronts… There has not been much, if anything of this nature available in print, until now… should be required reading for anyone involved in supporting, treating, caring for or representing persons living with serious mental health issues.” Click here to read the full review.
Decarcerating Care: Histories of Coercion and Dreams for Liberated Futures
Hosted by the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, I participated on a diverse panel with Tatyana Nduta, James Burch, Kelechi Ubozoh, Chacku Mathai, and Theo Henderson. From IDHA: “On Monday, April 17th, 2023, IDHA hosted a community discussion that explored how institutionalization has long operated as a tool of social control, disproportionately impacting Black and Brown communities, manifesting today in the expansion of involuntary commitment directives nationally.” Learn more about the event and the presenters, or click here to watch the talk.
Radically Genuine Podcast – with Rob Wipond
Clinical psychologist Dr. Roger McFillin, along with Kelly Wetherhold and Sean McFillin, interview Rob Wipond about Your Consent Is Not Required on the Radically Genuine Podcast. Click here to listen to the podcast — full transcript also available.
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‘Not as Crazy as You Think’ Hosts Rob
Jen Gaita Siciliano added a lot of dimension to her interview with me by sharing her own stories and perspectives from being forcibly treated. Click here to listen to the Not As Crazy as You Think podcast.
Christopher Lane at Psychology Today Reviews Your Consent Is Not Required
From the “Side Effects” column at Psychology Today: “…timely… exhaustive… powerful… Wipond’s comprehensive study unearths health and social services replete with poor-to-dreadful outcomes, lax oversight, and protocols seemingly rigged against those most in need: the vulnerable, destitute, and marginalized.” Click here to read the whole review of Your Consent Is Not Required.