Comments on: Follow-up to Wall Street Journal’s article on forced drugging http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/02/23/follow-up-to-wall-street-journals-article-on-forced-drugging/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/02/23/follow-up-to-wall-street-journals-article-on-forced-drugging/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Joe Thu, 23 Feb 2006 19:24:27 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/02/23/follow-up-to-wall-street-journals-article-on-forced-drugging/#comment-223 From APA President Sharfstein's letter in the WSJ: "This is the inevitable consequence of our reluctance to use caring, coercive approaches, such as assisted outpatient treatment." I've experienced caring. I've experienced coercion. I doubt anyone has or can experience approaches that are both caring and coercive. Outside the mental health system would society tolerate treatment that is represented as simultaneously caring and coercive since one belies the other? Joe From APA President Sharfstein’s letter in the WSJ: “This is the inevitable consequence of our reluctance to use caring, coercive approaches, such as assisted outpatient treatment.”

I’ve experienced caring. I’ve experienced coercion. I doubt anyone has or can experience approaches that are both caring and coercive. Outside the mental health system would society tolerate treatment that is represented as simultaneously caring and coercive since one belies the other?

Joe

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