Millions of children, women and the elderly in Canada, the United States and Europe, are prescribed dangerous psychiatric drugs faudulently promoted as "safe and effective medication" in psychiatric facilities, prisons and the community. These drugs are frequently administered without informed consent. From an antipsychiatry/anti-oppression perspective, this seminar critiques many health-threatening and direct effects, including neurological disorders or brain damage, of the neuroleptics ("antipsychotics") and "antidepressants." It also discusses how people can withdraw safely from these neurotoxins. Several drug deaths of young people and recent inquests in Ontario are cited. Guest speaker and author Erick Fabris (Tranquil Prisons) critiques community treatment orders (outpatient forced drugging) as chemical prisons. The roles of psychiatry and multi-national drug companies ('Big Pharma') are denounced as unethical. (Event sponsored by Alumni for a Free U of T.)
Don Weitz, Erick Fabris
Antipsychiatry Lecture Series at OISE; Nov.25/2011
Psychiatric "Medication": Chemical Lobotomies/Chemical Prisons
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