Rob Wipond
@robwipond
Journalism. Author of Your Consent is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships. Substack: http://PsychForce.Report
Rising detention rates. Locked hospitals, guards, physical & chemical restraints. Street sweeps, expanding interventions in schools, families, nursing homes, workplaces... Politics, lobbying, profits & fraud. Involuntary commitment: Helping or policing? robwipond.com/your-consent-i…
Her insurance company refuses to cover some property damage, and she expresses despair--the insurers send police over for a mental health wellness check that becomes an assault. I covered a case much like this. This happens more than we hear. abc.net.au/news/2025-07-2…
A fascinating study, important and ground-breaking. I will be writing about it soon for PsychForce.Report
In fact, involuntary hospitalization nearly doubles the likelihood that patients will be charged with a violent crime and that they will die by suicide or drug overdose in the 3 months afterward for those who would be hospitalized by one physician, but not another.
Lobbying has begun to allow Medicaid to pay for massive, longterm psych hospitals. Pro-force pushers want their representatives to co-sponsor & support. Question: While cutting Medicaid, will Trump Admin support this immense rise in Medicaid costs? congress.gov/bill/119th-con…
A sloppily written article, but take main point: $800,000 Cdn spent trying to forcibly control 1 unhoused person's "mental health" over 6 years. Since US spends 2X per capita on health, guess $1.5 million in US. Who makes money from involuntary commitment? cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…
A withdrawal study cannot be (secretively) based on trials where most people took ADs for only 8-12 weeks--that's inane. Authors subsidized by Pharma, this "study" would fail in a Science 101 class. @JAMAPsych should be embarrassed for publishing it. Nobody should support hiding…
Today we submitted a formal correction request to the editors of JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych @dost_ongur in response to the recent Kalfas et al. review, which downplays the risks of antidepressant withdrawal by relying on short-term studies. Our letter outlines the dangerous…
Government Accountability Office is as conventionally minded about mental illness as they come--and even they've concluded there's no good evidence outpatient forced treatment (AOT, CTOs) helps anyone. statnews.com/2025/07/14/gao…
Wildflower Alliance has launched a podcast, and I'm one of the guests on the 1st ep., with survivor/whistleblower & peer worker John Trask, and Chris Hansen of Intentional Peer Support. Check out "Whistleblowing & Restraints at Worcester State Hospital" whatsblooming.podbean.com/e/johntrask
I nominate @homeless_new as an excellent potential consultant to @ZohranKMamdani on homelessness issues in New York City!
It's noteworthy--and in some ways deeply disturbing--how much this psychiatrist and I agree on about the risks and harms of involuntary commitment and forced treatment. Read my thoughts at PsychForce.Report This also links to a video of our talk: open.substack.com/pub/robwipond/…
California bill puts the entire DSM into civil commitment criteria; states mull committing people for dementia; more commitments for drug users perplex experts; new analysis says antipsychotics don't work, plus much more in my latest news roundup. robwipond.substack.com/p/california-o…
