The debate regarding nonconsensual treatment centers on the issues of freedom and self-determination. In 1979, Gostin affirmed that one cannot presume that the status of a person who has been hospitalized against their will coincides with a complete loss of self-determination (8). The clinical reality suggests that residual autonomy and decisional ... See more

When our oppression leads to suffering and distress, and then we choose to name it as just a chemical imbalance, we basically fracture those ties of solidarity. It prevents us from forming an analysis about our conditions that could actually lead to political transformation.

It’s also just quite a self-blaming approach—it leads people to feel quite... See more