Your Consent Is Not Required
The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships

There is a parallel incarceration system thriving in North America. As much as the US leads the world in attaching residents to its criminal justice system, the mental health incarceration system is even larger. According to Rob Wipond in his painful and terrifying book, Your Consent is not Required......more

I agree with one of the previous reviews that reading this book would make me never want to seek help. The author clearly has done a lot of interviews and has managed to tie them together into themed chapters. But there is very little history or context to most of them. I still have no idea how thin......more

One of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s a deep dive into a system that impacts millions of Americans and Canadians yet occurs in almost total secrecy......more

akin to Robert Whitaker Without brave souls such as Robert Whittaker and now Rob Wipond, many would not know of the horrors that the psychiatric industrial complex has committed. As a psychiatric survivor, I can attest to the truth and depth of this well researched book. It asks a lot of questions a......more

This a journalistic investigation into involuntary treatment of people deemed mentally ill; primarily in the US and Canada. It covers a broad painful spectrum from prison like in patient settings to forced drugging, electroshock therapy, and psychosurgery. Many of these case studies are painful to h......more