Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health
Health & Fitness:Mental Health
This week on MIA Radio, we interview Tina Minkowitz. Tina is an attorney and survivor of psychiatry who represented the World Network for Users and Survivors of Psychiatry in the drafting and negotiation of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Tina is a strong proponent for the abolition of all forced psychiatric interventions and played a major role in attaining a shift in international law in favor of such a ban.
In this interview, we talk about how the United Nations came to support the abolition of forced psychiatric treatment and why Tina believes that abolition of forced treatment, not reform, is necessary.
In this episode we discuss:
How Tina came to be interested in the intersection of international human rights law, disability rights law, and the issue of forced psychiatric treatment Why Tina believes in the abolition, not reform, of forced psychiatric treatment That the threat of forced treatment against some psychiatric survivors can be traumatic to the entire survivor community The barriers to the abolition of forced treatment, including public perceptions of people labeled mentally ill and lack of awareness of non-coercive alternatives That advocacy is needed to eliminate the 72-hour hold, not just ECT, forced drugging, or outpatient commitment Why forced treatment constitutes physical violence That we don’t need to put in place alternatives to the current mental health system in order to demand an immediate stop to forced treatment How mental health policy should center what we now consider alternative practices, such as peer-run services, hearing voices groups, and in-home supports How the issue of forced treatment fits within the disability rights framework Tina’s current activities with the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of PsychiatryRelevant Links:
The Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
Campaign to Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment
CRPD Course
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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