Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships

by Rob Wipond

Book Overview

Asylums are supposed to be in the past. However, though the buildings were closed, many of the practices lived on. In fact, more law-abiding Americans today are being involuntarily committed and forcibly treated "for their own good" than at any time in history.
In the first work of investigative journalism in decades to give a comprehensive view into contemporary psychiatric incarceration and forced interventions, Your Consent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1637741480
• ISBN13: 9781637741481
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Benbella Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Thorough and Informative

Rob Wipond uncovers the countless ways that forced psychiatric treatment can occur including through crisis hotlines, employee assistance programs, the military, and more. Personal and compelling stories enhance the data driven narrative.