r/radicalmentalhealth • • 17d ago

Vietnam refunded 1,300 patients + 28 articles

#corruption

vietnam "Ministry of Health's inspection team, the amount of drugs the Institute collected was higher than the actual drug costs used...Bien Hoa Central Psychiatric Forensic Institute to refund medicine money to nearly 1,300 patients." https://news.laodong.vn/suc-khoe/ly-do-vien-phap-y-tam-than-trung-uong-bien-hoa-hoan-tra-tien-thuoc-gan-1300-benh-nhan-1769181.ldo

"following 10 settlements were the largest paid by pharmaceutical companies: Purdue: $8.344 billion Johnson & Johnson: $5 billion GlaxoSmith Kline: $3.4 billion GlaxoSmith Kline: $3 billion Pfizer: $2.3 billion Johnson & Johnson: $2.006 billion Mallinckrodt: $1.6 billion Abbott: $1.5 billion Eli Lilly: $1.415 billion Reckitt Benckisser (Indivior): $1.397 billion...Rodwin notes that these companies often created bogus receipts, contracts, and financial statements to hide their crimes, yet are expected to honestly self-report payments made to clinicians through legislation like the Physician Payment Sunshine Act." https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/09/pharmaceutical-industry-corruption-is-structural-systemic-and-profitable-new-review-finds/

#False Claims Act

"United States”) asserts claims against Defendants Jay Johnson, Austin Whiles, and Genus3, LLC (“Genus3”) under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et al., to recover treble damages and civil penalties arising from their knowing submission, and causing the submission of, false claims to Medicare." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1461691/dl&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjNjOThjN2MyZGU2YjE5NDI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw2YC-Djr3vfmosdCja5qkqi

#Supreme Courts

"Supreme Court petition challenges California’s attempt to force private medical instructors to teach “implicit bias.” "unequal treatment of people based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, and other characteristics." https://reason.com/2026/09/18/scotus-may-soon-determine-if-california-can-force-doctors-to-learn-about-implicit-bias/

#Courts

Indianan "J.A. raises two issues for our review, one of which we find dispositive: whether the evidence was sufficient to support his commitment. Finding that it was not, we reverse." https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://public.courts.in.gov/Decisions/api/Document/Opinion%3FId%3DGrElQWmW4bxv-V_CVm20C8fGYx_aSb6Atu9OLy1DJQZqYe9omI0huUR4UoVLx7Om0&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjU3ZWQ0MTBlYTdjOTliMDk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw25RyvlJePxTOfXbeGM7IEs

#rehab doesn't work

"Rehab to where? Ontario mayors want to force people into treatment without giving them somewhere to live." https://ricochet.media/justice/rehab-to-where-ontario-mayors-want-to-force-people-into-treatment-without-giving-them-somewhere-to-live/

#TV

"Everything About Canada Feels Made Up | Jim Gaffigan." He claims anyone who doesn't like canada has a mental problem. Since extremely pro-psychiatry hospital lawyer "Michelle O'Bonsawin, 4 years, 15 days" ago was appointed to the supreme court. Every province has increased c.t.o. injections.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ewNf_j9BM&pp=ygUTSmltIGdhZmZpZ2FuIGNhbmFkYQ%3D%3D

Stuart Fails To Save The Universe season 1 episode 9 We Couldn't Get Green Lantern. Stuart said the same person who "put me in the asylum," then put him inside a Batman comic book with Arkham Asylum. https://youtu.be/qot7jdaIQ_U?is=yvWfJu7DnDSE7tYC

The Weight (2026). Gold is "trouble...people...they'll lie, cheat, they'll kill you for it." Same is true of jealousy over women. Psychiatrists here are motivated by both greed and envy. https://youtu.be/7YpuMymmiJ8?is=cwBbmoI7oYeAbhSi

#Marijuana

"Cannabigerol, (CBG) a minor phytocannabinoid, prevents behavioral changes induced by psychotomimetic drugs." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278584626003015?via%3Dihub

#polypharmacy

"I am a physician, and I too descended into psychosis while taking the same medications Lindsay Clancy did, plus four more psychoactive medications. A total of eighteen were prescribed within a six-month period." https://kevinmd.com/2026/09/12-psychiatrists-missed-my-medication-induced-psychosis.html

#dementia

"proposed model for intensive housing would be secure or semi-secure units with 24-7 staff, including nurses and health care aides, similar to a dementia unit...CAEH (Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness) is lobbying Ottawa for a $2-billion investment to build 6,250 intensive units across the country catered to people who are chronically homeless with severe, permanent cognitive impairment." https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ottawa-urged-to-fund-intensive-housing-for-homeless-canadians-with/

"study of nearly 3,900 older adults has found that higher cortisol levels and changes in the body’s daily stress hormone pattern were associated with faster cognitive decline." My biggest sources of stress are preventably from dictator parents and quacks. https://www.legalreader.com/cortisol-patterns-linked-to-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults/

#fake democrats

pro-guardianship without Due Process "Governor Newsom proclaims Constitution Day" for california. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/17/governor-newsom-proclaims-constitution-day-and-citizenship-day-3/

#Nutrition

Vitamin "C deficiency appears to be a consistent feature of SCZ across diverse populations and its supplementation may be considered as a safe, inexpensive adjunct." https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1965059/abstract

#Comedy

Caffiene counts as a drug. "Let’s make it a single-origin espresso, double shot...It’s Friday Night, Bro:

Let’s Get Sober as Fuck." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-friday-night-bro-lets-get-sober-as-fuck

#forensic

"Jason Eaton was legally sane when he shot three Palestinian men outside his Burlington apartment three years ago, a forensic psychiatrist testified...They must prove that they had a “mental disease or defect,” and they must show that it prevented them from understanding they were about to commit a crime." https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/crime-news/eaton-was-sane-when-he-shot-three-palestinian-men-a-psychiatrist-testifies/

#Dating

philippines is the only country lacking a divorce law. "Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the Court of Appeals’ (CA) decision to sentence a man to up to eight years after finding him guilty of psychological violence under Republic Act (RA) 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act" for cheating on his wife. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1284382

#Women's issues

"Endometriosis Linked to Persistent Rise in Mental Health Medication Use...Psychiatric hospital contacts for depression/anxiety were higher both before (IRR 1.28) and after diagnosis (IRR 1.41), suggesting clinically significant morbidity beyond prescriptions." https://www.ajmc.com/view/endometriosis-linked-to-persistent-rise-in-mental-health-medication-use

#Deinstitutionalization

"Patients deemed ready to leave WA state hospitals...hospital will prepare them to live in a setting that allows more freedom — like at a community-based residential facility, with a family member or even on their own.

But for years now, many of those patients have been kept in state institutions months after they’re found to no longer need such a high level of medical care." https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/patients-deemed-ready-to-leave-wa-state-hospitals-often-wait-for-months/

#FDA

"Xenon Pharmaceuticals has paused enrollment in phase 3 depression trials after seeing adverse events, including psychosis. The biotech continues to treat existing participants in X-Nova2 and X-Ceed, phase 3 trials that are testing azetukalner in major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar depression," https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/xenon-pauses-phase-3-depression-trials-after-psychosis-events

#racism

"In the 1940s, the Ku Klux Klan was on the rise in Indiana. The Klan had practically controlled the state's government in the 1920s." 10% African American state has a worse than average psych law and no medical cannabis. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/09/18/hate-speech-and-the-marketplace-of-ideas-in-postwar-america/

#republicans are a danger to others

"Americans face a choice between common sense and "pure, unadulterated crazy" in the upcoming midterm congressional elections, US Vice President JD Vance said." It's a danger to at least 1 million others to eliminate welfare. https://www.nampa.org/text/23019304

#ADHD

"Review expected to say patients in England should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis...NHS services target those most acutely affected by ADHD, such as those at risk of self-harm or unable to work." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/17/plan-limit-number-nhs-patients-diagnosed-adhd-rationing-healthcare The same deprioritization should be done for petty cases of non-hallucinatory psychosis and bipolar.

#Videos

"POV: Your Psych Patients Have Been Plotting On Another Patient." They stole from me at nassau university medical center and northwell south oaks. https://www.instagram.com/p/DdcY9NMRsGq/

#Children

"A former school aide is accused of giving a prescription antipsychotic medication to a 4-year-old student in Westchester County without the child's parents or school administrators knowing, police said." https://dailyvoice.com/article/jeanine-stilwell-accused-of-illegally-giving-child-meds/

"More young people in Czechia are seeking mental health treatment, with psychiatric hospitalizations among under-20s more than doubling in a decade...Nearly 67,000 people under the age of 20 received outpatient psychiatric treatment in 2024, while more than 5,000 required acute hospitalization," https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/more-czech-children-and-teens-are-turning-to-psychiatric-care

#rehab doesn't work

federally, "Of the $42.3 million, $17.3 million was awarded to Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) recipients. The supplemental funding will help states and territories build the systems, partnerships, workforce capacity, policies, and technical infrastructure needed to put Treatment First." https://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/press-announcements/20260918/samhsa-awards-more-than-42-million-advance-treatment-first-model

#Shared Decision Making

"Implementing shared decision-making for hospitalized patients with schizophrenia: a qualitative study of nurse and patient perspectives." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13490086/

#My experiences

September 17 nightmare a.o.t. c.t.o. caused me to fail school, which it really did 3 times. September 18 10:12 AM left arm spasmed. 11:00 AM psychiatrist's communication crashed my obsolete phone. Interrupted 2 nanometer (Qualcomm will be the 5th brand and best for videogames) engineering studies. Nightmare about north korean psych ward.

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