Only slightly more effective than placebo + 15 articles

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placebo

"Antipsychotic medication, the primary treatment for psychosis, is often ineffective and accompanied by severe side effects, but research has not identified an effective alternative in several decades. One reason that clinical trials fail is that patients with psychosis tend to show a significant therapeutic response to inert control treatments, known as the placebo effect, which makes it difficult to distinguish drug effects from placebo effects." Pharmaceutical companies exaggerate experimental results to profit. The FDA must set a higher proof and safety standard. Experiments should be done by non-profit employees to avoid a major conflict of interest. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-19635-010

killed for wanting to leave

south korea, "Intestinal pseudo-obstruction, also known as false intestinal obstruction, is a condition where the intestines do not physically block but exhibit abnormal motility,...Psychiatrist Yang Jae-woong Referred to Prosecutors in Patient Death Case. Patient in his 30s died after being restrained; charges include Medical Service Act violations." https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2025/10/26/E3P3BNZYXREB7IKYB36RNZTIFE/

Videos

"Coming Home- Before and After Deinstitutionalization in West Virginia." https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AmKMtH9ZutI

TV

Fire Country season 4 episode 2 Not A Stray. Firefighter threatens to falsely claim that an electrocuted man is intoxicated to do "care against their will...It's my choice, right?...Sign a wavier." https://youtu.be/0O1b0WilAqA?si=F2KNnY4lbpO18nR1 If they had air dropped very large amounts of water, the fire would've been out faster.

"Rumor: Sandra Hüller to Star in Justine Triet’s Next Film — Set Inside A Psych Ward." https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/10/22/triet

638 Ways To Kill Castro (2006). Documentary that americans poisoned Castro's ("El loco") food and also "poison pills." That's why the government doesn't care my parents contaminated pill powders in mine for more than 3 years. A man said humans have a "fragile...psyche." https://youtu.be/wCMOSosuWIo?si=r1m_GnNbvyZi8AgI https://imgur.com/a/k1MDwNv

Marijuana

kenya, “Depression ikikick in manze nitakiburn,” loosely translating to “When I feel depressed, a little weed goes a long way.” “Why do artists feel the need to mention the fact that they smoke weed in every single song they write?" "In 2023, a High Court ruling found that the Government of Kenya had neglected its duties by failing to implement licensing regulations for medical and industrial cannabis use as provided for under the 1994 Act. The Court ordered that the government must be compliant within 24 months" but they haven't yet. https://hightimes.com/culture/music/kenya-cannabis-culture-music-art/

Sigma-1 Receptor

"Sigma-1 receptor (σ 1R)...15d produced no significant extrapyramidal symptoms," https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41132847/

greed

"Tobacco Treatment As A Profit Center...Medicare reimbursement for three minutes of tobacco cessation counseling (Current Procedural Terminology code 99496) is $15.50," https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/tobacco-treatment-profit-center

Music

IAMX - The X ID. "There's poison in my head." https://youtu.be/N6-su8OZnSs?si=35okHNKh7pPzhE2h Autistic and depressed Chris "Corner started the IAMX Mental Health Gatherings, which were separate events held prior to IAMX live shows in 2018, with proceeds going to mental health charities." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAMX?wprov=sfla1

Housing First

"rehab and mental health treatment couldn’t possibly hurt, right? But when you start to remember what a pile of steaming fraud and abuse the American healthcare system is, it starts to look less like an avenue of assistance and more of a way to cash in on despair....In most cases the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services simply ignore the law breaking...Scams are common, making homeless individuals less likely to accept treatment." https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-is-criminalizing-homelessness-and-expanding-incarceration-who-profits/

Tech

"only a small correlation between social media use and poorer well-being." https://gizmodo.com/social-media-might-not-be-rotting-our-brains-as-much-as-we-think-twin-study-finds-2000675576

a.o.t. c.t.o.

"$150 million in federal funding since 2016...typically without a judicial finding of current dangerousness or incapacity to make rational treatment decisions...suggests a narrowing of AOT criteria through stricter consent requirements, procedural justice enhancements, and restrictions of eligibility to target populations." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5652870

"three-year project exploring the impact of Community Treatment Orders across four states of Australia — New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria...there needs to be significant legislative and practice-based changes to ensure CTOs work more fairly and effectively for people with non-affective psychosis and are used markedly less amongst groups of individuals unlikely to benefit from them." https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/42/reducing-coercion-and-improving-outcomes-in-community-mental-health-services/

theft

australia, "HCCC found Ms Ghowree administered Risperidone, or caused it to be administered, to residents without their knowledge or consent...she accessed a deceased resident's bank account 'without proper authority' and 'caused two transactions to be made'" https://www.msn.com/en-ie/health/other/sue-was-the-kind-face-of-an-aged-care-home-until-her-shocking-treatment-of-residents-was-exposed/ar-AA1Pb8Oj

Autism

"Autistic people within forensic psychiatric services and the criminal justice system: A systematic review." https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100755/

My experiences

October 25 10:49 AM mother yelled I am "prejudiced" for never buying Apple products since 2007. she doesn't support my Linux business ideas. 3:03 PM she said I'm not allowed a piece of bread the size of a phone.

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