ABLECHILD: Hochul’s Psychiatric Gulag – Liberty Sacrificed, Drug Side Effects Ignored

[livingston]

ABLECHILD: Hochul’s Psychiatric Gulag – Liberty Sacrificed, Drug Side Effects Ignored​

Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, believes that making involuntary commitment laws stronger in the empire state will make a difference in the increased number of random violent and deadly attacks in New York’s subway system and on its streets. The question that must be answered is this a problem of mental illness or a product of mental health intervention?

The key to involuntary commitment is “whether a person is considered a significant danger to themselves or others due to their mental state.” Frankly, given this very liberal definition it would appear that a great majority of Americans who are taking prescribed psychiatric drugs would qualify for involuntary commitment by virtue of the known adverse effects associated with most psychiatric drug treatments.

Does it sound like this requested legislative increased involuntary commitment could be abused? Yep. And history shows that it has been abused so the US Supreme Court demands under the Fourteenth Amendment that states must show a higher burden of proof prior to long-term civil commitment of a patient with serious mental illness.

ABLECHILD: Hochul's Psychiatric Gulag - Liberty Sacrificed, Drug Side Effects Ignored | The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor

Governor Hochul's push to strengthen involuntary commitment laws in New York raises critical questions about mental health interventions and individual liberties. Unpack the implications of this controversial legislation in our latest analysis.

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[Depick]

Hochul is an extreme danger to the citizens of NYS. Send her to the padded room.

 

[thughes]

Hochul is an extreme danger to the citizens of NYS. Send her to the padded room.

You spelled gallows wrong.....

 

[kev74]

I wouldn't trust her to pick up dog crap, nevermind to determine who should be committed.

 

[Jmac00]

well, pretty much everyone on this forum is headed to her gulag

 

[Zerex]

Most mental hospitals, closed nationwide by 1990.
Regular hospitals may have a small psych ward...

No place, to put thousands anymore.

The Streets are the best solution according to the government as they die faster there, or go to the new mental Hospitals................the jails.

 

[tirwin1]

If the new laws would have kept the nutjob Daniel Penny had to restrain off the subway then it's good. Since this is the people's republic of new York the odds of it being abused are unfortunately rather high.

 

[FP1201]

Most mental hospitals, closed nationwide by 1990.
Regular hospitals may have a small psych ward...

No place, to put thousands anymore.

The Streets are the best solution according to the government as they die faster there, or go to the new mental Hospitals................the jails.

Sad but true.
Local Hospital only had two rooms for psych, they did expand it marginally, but for years Dispatch would notify responders that the facility was on diversion to Syracuse, or even Rochester.
With so many homeless and "Tent People" in places like California, I just can't fathom it...people that settled the West hundreds of years ago by Covered Wagon had it better.

 

[Catskillkid]

Typical. Make another unfunded mandate. I'm sure they'll pass the costs down the counties or Towns to deal with.