Punitive Psychiatry: When Diagnosis Replaces the Court
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Title - This Week in Disbelief.. This is a cartoon in 3 vertical sections - Section 1 title - "The Most Hated Doctor in Britain" has been appointed by a Labour government as vice-chair of an investigation into whether mental health problems and neurodivergence are being OVERDIAGNOSED. Section 2 title - Prof Simon Wessely, the careerist punitive psychiatrist whose views on #MEcfs have led to decades of underfunding, medical ignorance. unnecessary disability and definitely preventable deaths. seems wedded to these powerful persecutory roles. Section 3 title - How can we understand this commitment to coercion from a doctor? Does he perhaps: • Crave recognition from powerful groups? • Struggle with unresolved trauma? • Chase career and social gains? • Lack self-awareness & empathy? • Think the ends justify the means? In the bottom right hand corner is wise Cat who’s saying “Or perhaps he's just a dick?!” The cartoon maker is #FanningTheFlames
@meownersclub.bsky.social is currently touring the bedrooms of family in Toronto (GMT-5) so apologies to people in the UK for the weird posting times. Also any out-of-character might be jet-lag induced insanity. Or it might not. See what you think… #ME #LC #PEM #POTS #PunitivePsychiatry
“Punitive psychiatry”: In Russia, dozens of dissenters are held as psychiatric patients. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Russia #Ukraineconflict #Russiandissidents #punitivepsychiatry #YekaterinaFatyanova #RobertvanVoren #Memorial #OlgaSuvorova
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