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Sylvia Caras <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 22 Oct 2016 09:38:48 -0700
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A tough choice between these opposing positions becomes even more 
difficult in the absence of good information. As the authors amply 
document, while our government collects data on literally thousands 
of topics, it maintains no national database on the number of people 
who are committed against their will to psychiatric facilities each 
year. Even worse, many states don't track their own commitment data. 
As the authors note, "Given the loss of liberty, the personal 
distress, and the stigma involved, this lack of data is astounding."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-heated-battle-over-when-to-commit-a-patient-involuntarily-to-psychiatric-care/2016/10/21/98c1ee8e-7e8a-11e6-8d0c-fb6c00c90481_story.html?utm_term=.8096f993be29&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1


"People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions"

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