1/ 📣This will be a VERY significant #988Lifeline story
from #RobWipond #PsychForce please share
"I’m working on a new story abt 988. If you’ve worked or volunteered at a 988 agency or call center win the past two years, please get in touch with me for more details. You can be an anonymous source...”

An Assault on Community Integration Nine states sue to remove a barrier to long-term institutionalization, while psychiatric hospitals expand across America

#RobWipond 's #PsychForce reporting on ways the US #RehabilitationAct #RA is under attack now, and encouraging public resistance. Background and resource links all through. #ADA #Disability #Involuntary
robwipond.substack.com/p/an-assault... Article photo: protesters walk and roll on a city street.

Lessons from the Least-coercive Nation The Trieste model and Italy’s low rates of commitment have inspired many—but how does it actually work?

#RobWipond latest #PsychForce reporting Lessons from the Least-coercive Nation
“Once you’ve seen this, you cannot pretend it does not exist,” said [Kerry] Morrison.

ty @morgancshields.bsky.social Travis Atkinson Tommaso Bonavigo @leahidaharris.bsky.social
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Latest from #RobWipond #PsychForce reporting.
Compelling article on difficulty navigating political party forces, when it comes to unwanted & coerced confinement for emotional distress. Also for fighting fraud and abuse of the funding systems.
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1/2 2nd post catching up on #RobWipond and his #PsychForce reporting. It's some of the very best reporting because Rob is 1st of all about connecting w people, understanding, and telling our stories. s.o. I consider a friend.

This is big, important reporting on #WildflowerAlliance

Two posts to catch up w #RobWipond and his reporting #PsychForce.

First, the holiday letter thanking subscribers with personal notes, background and hopes for the future.
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1/ Latest from Rob Wipond's #PsychForce reporting.
Tapering Evidence Undercuts Coercion
Looks into a recent JAMA paper on a tapering clinical trial "..The paper isn’t aimed at educating patients or ex-patients—it’s aimed at educating clinicians.." #RobWipond

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Texas Finally Has an Involuntary Commitment Law! And other asinine and misleading news reports from around the nation (PsychForce Report News Roundup Sept-Oct 2025, Part 3)

Rob Wipond's #PsychForce reporting
News Roundup Sept-Oct 2025. This one reads like #TheOnion. But its highlighting what ends as violence against persons experiencing emotional distress.
1/ Listing opening statements in thread. #RobWipond
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"Lock 'em up!"--Without Thought Two high-profile op-eds show how pro-force conservatives and liberals alike use the same ideas and rhetoric

New from #RobWipond and his #PsychForce Report.
#InvoluntaryCommittment
"..the biggest difference between pro-force liberals and conservatives that I’ve seen on this issue...is that liberals tend to sound more patronizing, and conservatives a bit nastier."
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Hospitals Seek Immunity from Lawsuits for Abusive Psychiatric Holds A U.S. Supreme Court Case about ICE prisons has attracted submissions from mental health care providers

Latest from #RobWipond and his critically important #PsychForce reporting. Lawsuit seeking immunity protection for ICE prisons attracts all kinds of flies to the dung heap, including hospitals - involuntary commitments

of interest @boycottcitizens.bsky.social
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NC Stabbing Suspect Was Repeatedly Charged for Seeking Help But for the New York Times, the ongoing failures of treatment providers somehow justifies more forced treatment

1/2 #RobWipond through his #PsychForce reporting responds to @nytimes.com biased and inaccurate reporting about North Carolina's #InvoluntaryCommitment laws. Rob offers reality checks and alternatives. #NewYorkTimes article is linked in next post.

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Fox & Friends Hosts: If They Refuse Psychiatric Treatment, "Just kill 'em" "Yeah" Jones, Earhardt, and many others should apologize besides Kilmeade, as the underlying misinformation continues on

Article with thoughtful, informed & care-filled reporting from #RobWipond. Responding to the #Fox&Friends chilling platform for violence, fear, and hate.
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support Rob's #Psychforce reporting however you can, his work is inspiring and impact-full.

Fox & Friends Hosts: If They Refuse Psychiatric Treatment, "Just kill 'em" "Yeah" Jones, Earhardt, and many others should apologize besides Kilmeade, as the underlying misinformation continues on

Article w more thoughtful & informed journalism from #RobWipond. Support his work #PsychForce Report (robwipond.com/news)

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Context, eval of why these hosts' horrific comments are so harmful, dangerous. #BrianKilmeade #LawrenceJones #AinsleyEarhardt #Fox&Friends

Wildflower Alliance in Revolt after Director Sera Davidow is Fired From Wildflower Alliance Press Release On Wednesday August 20th Wildflower Alliance co-founder and Director, Sera Davidow, was fired by the Western Mass

PS #MadInAmerica had a brief announcement on this on Aug 30. Follow them and #RobWipond at #PsychForce
Remember to support those in the line of fire, #WhistleBlowers #Heroes advocating for those who can't in these moments.
www.madinamerica.com/2025/08/wild...

America Already Has Extremely High Rates of Civil Commitment A new study confirms that rates of psychiatric incarceration have been rising for many years

More ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reporting from #RobWipond. Follow and support his #PsychForce work & journalism. He's making a difference, let's give him more reach.
#InvoluntaryCommitment #Carceral 'care' #mh #SuicideResearch #Accountability
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California wants more psychiatric detentions. That’s unlikely to improve anyone’s mental health An op-ed by Rob Wipond in the Los Angeles Times about rising rates of forced psychiatric treatment.

3/ The real #GavinNewsom = terrible for people suffering and vulnerable to the cruelties of our for-profit society, distraught, suffering from the many stresses of life, struggling with substance use #InvoluntaryCommitment #RobWipond subscribe to #PsychForce
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More from #RobWipond ,follow #MadInAmerica -also follow Rob's #PsychForce reporting. Very few journalists have the experience & understanding to dig deep for this kind of reporting. Exposing how #HumanRights are being threatened,violated #Oregon #NAMI for persons when vulnerable #mh #SuicideResearch

The Worst Part of Trump's Order to Boost Civil Commitment The demolition of federal agreements and consent decrees will be a license to abuse

Author #RobWipond 's investigative journalism is some of the best for #mh and how govts & institutions deal with this extremely personal area of human life #PsychForce .
#InvoluntaryCommitment #SuicideResearch #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #MadInAmerica
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"(Involuntary Commitment) is Near and Dear to Powerful Institutions" Psychiatrist Josef Witt-Doerring interviewed me--and shared his own experiences witnessing the harms of involuntary commitment

#RobWipond 's work to support & advocate for person's who have experienced #InvoluntaryCommitment is truly phenomenal & impact-full.This article, I absolutely loved, so well written & w experience Rob has gathered. Please share.
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#SuicideResearch #PsychForce #mh

The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment Protection & Advocacy organizations have a chance to lead the way -- or be wiped out by the new U.S. federal administration.

Sharing #RobWipond 's #PsychForce excellent reporting on #InvoluntaryCommitment lack of #Consent
during this turbulent time in US #mh - health 'care'
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#RobWipond 's #PsychForce reporting and the #SafeLines campaign from #TransLifeline go indepth on #988Lifeline and efforts to create #CrisisLines that are actually safe w/o surveillance. Full of resources and insights. These are the voices we need to listen to! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXui...