Posted in libertarianism, tagged advance directive, death, euthanasia, incapacitated, involuntary commitment, involuntary treatment, liberty, living will, mental capacity act, right to die, treatment on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I think this is a great idea.
If I hadn’t just escaped that dreadful accident, where would I be now? Would I rather be dead than depend on others to keep me alive?
A new card seeks to address that very question. Available in pubs, banks, libraries, GP surgeries, even some churches, the Advanced Decision to Refuse [...]
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Posted in education, libertarianism, news and links, people, tagged barber, creative writing, expulsion, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, guns, involuntary commitment, liberty, offended feelings, school, story, temporary detainment, university of virginia, violence on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Think twice before writing a violent story. Steven Barber, a student at the University of Virginia at Wise, was searched, involuntarily committed for three days, and finally expelled from the university, for … hold your breath … writing a story in which a character contemplates murder and suicide.
I don’t know which is more disturbing - [...]
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Posted in India, libertarianism, news and links, people, tagged aamir khan, faisal, faisal khan, freedom, involuntary commitment, involuntary treatment, liberty, mental illness, paternalism, psychiatry, schizophrenia on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The local court adjucating on the Faisal Khan custody case passed its final judgement yesterday. The court held that Faisal need not be in anybody’s custody and can live anywhere he wants.
I have been following the Faisal case since the news broke- click here and here for my previous posts. This ruling is a cause of [...]
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Posted in libertarianism, tagged best interests, bipolar, britney spears, civil liberty, civil rights, conservatorship, freedom, involuntary commitment, legal guardianship, liberty, mental health, mental illness, michael sands on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, she has not gone on a cruise. Not yet, anyway. Her father is keeping a tight leash.
Mr. Eardley, an attorney who claims to represent Brit, says that her civil rights are being violated.
As he argues in the papers, Britney Spears is not being allowed to visit her friends, to use phones, or to hire [...]
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Posted in India, libertarianism, news and links, people, tagged anti-psychiatry, schizophrenia, faisal khan, aamir khan, involuntary treatment, involuntary commitment on December 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Aamir Khan’s brother wants freedom.
Freedom. It’s so hard to come by, isn’t it?
Also read my earlier post: The dad, the brother and schizophrenia
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Continuing on the topic of involuntary commitment, here is a good news story.
The decision ends by stating that the involuntarily hospitalization of a person is such a “massive curtailment of liberty,” it requires the state to meet a high burden of proof to hospitalize the person. The court found that the state did not meet [...]
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Posted in India, libertarianism, people, tagged thomas szasz, anti-psychiatry, schizophrenia, faisal khan, aamir khan, involuntary treatment, involuntary commitment on October 31, 2007 | 8 Comments »
The Bandra magistrate’s court has awarded the custody of Faisal Khan to his father Tahir Hussain.
For those unfamiliar with the case, Faisal had approached the court a month ago accusing his brother Aamir Khan of forcible confinement. He had been made a prisoner, he said, and he would rather be alone or with his father [...]
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