The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights, or PsychRights, is an Alaskan organization that seeks to "end the abuses against people diagnosed with
mental illness
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitti ...
through individual legal representation." The organization is especially focused on fighting
involuntary medication and the forced use of
electroshock therapy. It contends that the involuntary treatment system operates largely illegally, in that requirements such as the "
less restrictive alternative" requirement are often not followed. PsychRights has mounted legal challenges in Alaska, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and other states.
References
External links
PsychRights homepage
Anti-psychiatry
Non-profit organizations based in Alaska
501(c)(3) organizations
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