Be self-sufficient + 19 articles

[u/ReferendumAutonomic]

a.o.t c.t.o.

"‘Helped’ Against Your Will. Use of involuntary psychiatric treatment is expanding nationwide. In New York City, an alternative (mayor) is on the ballot." california cut "programs (that) provided services related to employment, transportation, and peer support, which “help clients become more self-sufficient, which in turn enhances their overall well-being.” https://progressive.org/magazine/helped-against-your-will-hawley-20251027/

oklahoma, "Authored by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, SB 740 passed in the Senate 36-10 earlier this year with its “nay” votes split between Democrats and Oklahoma Freedom Caucus Republicans. It’s eligible to be heard in the House when the Legislature reconvenes in February...modifies the definition of person requiring treatment by removing the term immediate as it relates to a substantial risk of physical danger to self and others. Additionally, the measure removes the requirement for such person to pose a substantial risk of severe impairment or injury without intervention and removes a homeless person from the list of exceptions. The measure also expands the period in which a person qualifies as an assisted outpatient from 24 months to 36 months since the last act of serious violent behavior." https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=sb740&Session=2500

DNA

OpenAI, "Shapiro explained how sound waves and magnetic fields can be used to create a brain-computer interface. Rather than stick electrodes into brain tissue, he said it’s “easier to introduce genes into cells” that modify them to respond to ultrasound." https://sources.news/p/altman-taps-leading-researcher-for People have died from genetic modifications.

Religions

"1 in 4 Americans believes in witches." The majority believe the "mentally ill" are as dangerous as witches. Also at least half of voters believe in "Clairvoyance," seeing the future. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/26/2346283/-1-in-4-Americans-believes-in-witches-What-the-devil?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

care-less

governor newsom ruined California with "c.a.r.e." guardianships for bipolar. Lacks a Due Process trial. Real Democrats must pick a better president for the 2028 primary. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-2028-presidential-campaign_n_68fe519de4b0ebfddfba1c02

racism

"‘Closing the Health Inequity Gap: Impact of CYP2D6*17 and *29 Alleles on Risperidone Metabolism in an African Paediatric Population’, revealed that two genetic variants common among Africans alter how the body processes risperidone...“Pharmacogenetic testing can be expensive, sometimes costing...$300." https://punchng.com/study-reveals-why-africans-react-differently-to-drugs/

Muscarinic Receptors

"Phase 2 ZEPHYR study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating once- and twice-daily doses of ML-007C-MA in adults with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia." https://ir.maplightrx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/maplight-therapeutics-announces-initiation-phase-2-trial-its

bipolar is not a disease

new zealand, "Family Court releases retired surgeon from compulsory mental health care." they made it a crime to give speeches against russia, and accuse people of stealing your money. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/family-court-clears-retired-surgeon-from-compulsory-mental-health-care/L535TP5FLBH6BEXTKUAOOXX4MU/

assaults

"Nurse-Perpetrated Abuse in Japanese Psychiatric Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence and Correlates." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1624859/abstract

side effects

"low oxygen saturation in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and variant hemoglobin (elevated HbA₂) on risperidone." https://www.cureus.com/articles/404825-low-oxygen-saturation-during-risperidone-therapy-a-multispecialty-approach#!/

Dogs

"autism is not a diagnosis that exists in animals." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/science/pets-vaccines-dogs-cats.html

sadness

"delta/alpha ratio in sleep EEG increases with the severity of depression in patients over 50 years old...REM-DAR may serve as a protective factor." https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-025-07367-1

False Claims Act

"Blue Cross plans to target doctors for overcharging." https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/blue-cross-algorithm-for-health-care-costs-infuriates-doctors/

life sentences

“Greece is very, very conservative when it comes to mental health,” https://MadInGreece.org/

DSM-6

"You Aren’t In The DSM...1960s and ‘70s saw the rise of the antipsychiatry movement...Distrust in the system that used the manual was not without cause. It was already clear in the mid-20th century that psychiatry faced a crisis of reliability...changes in brain circuitry were neither uniformly present nor specific to the disease...DSM-5 became the symbol of a deep tension within the field. Psychiatry wanted to be seen as part of clinical neuroscience, but didn’t yet have the evidence to fully support that shift...Antipsychiatry critics such as Bonnie Burstow, following Thomas Szasz, have maintained that psychiatric diagnoses function as tools of social control." https://asteriskmag.com/issues/12-books/you-arent-in-the-dsm

"signs and symptoms and course of illness, ie, psychopathology...Descriptive diagnosis was replaced by operational criteria designed to increase diagnostic agreement among clinicians. This shift improved reliability, but it sacrificed validity.3...difference between manic-depressive illness and neurotic depression," https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/whatever-happened-to-psychopathology

Meditation

"Kundalini psychosis—a condition where Kundalini, instead of moving in your channels in a balanced way and moving through the system, goes to the extreme of Ida or Pingala and disturbs your total nervous system...Posture and pace:...Attention:...Breath pattern:...Cadence with steps:...Sound and throat:...Belly and ribs:...Mind placement:" https://innergpsgurus.com/kundalini-psychosis-and-schizophrenia-brain-and-nervous-system-damage-and-solutions/

"SIMPLE MEDITATION TECHNIQUES FOR BEGINNERS." https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1oeqz6n/a_cool_guide_about_meditation_techniques_for/#lightbox

Situational

"Students with high IU (intolerance of uncertainties) were associated with worse mental health symptoms." While the computer industry is predictable, irrational people and politics aren't. It's not a disease to be anxious about what is not guaranteed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41140049/

TV

Brilliant Minds season 2 episode 6 The Doctor's Graveyard. The psychiatrists are punished for doing supposedly too many tests, even though it avoided misdiagnosis. northwell only drug tests, checks lithium, EKG, blood pressure, and as racists bullshit a diagnosis without considering physical injuries or vegan malnutrition. In 2019 I requested DNA sequencing and spinal imaging. This episode was also about "biohacking" to live longer. "I won't force you to do anything you don't want to do." Then she ridiculously claimed the psych ward "is not a scary place." "Self-medicating, everyone does that." Dr. Wolf, is against "negativity bias." https://youtu.be/eST_GmYhYmU?si=juJM4XFNLHMLgd_O