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by nickles 2469 days ago
> Involuntary mental health treatment.

It can be dangerous to give governments carte blanche to do this...

> Sluggish schizophrenia or slow progressive schizophrenia was a diagnostic category used in the Soviet Union to describe what was claimed to be a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive course; it was diagnosed even in patients who showed no symptoms of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, on the assumption that these symptoms would appear later. The diagnosis has long been discredited because of its scientific inadequacy and its use as a means of confining dissenters. It is considered a prime example of the political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggish_schizophrenia

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I'm talking about after they've already broken the law - not just when some doctor declares they are ill. I assumed intentionally, violently kicking a person in the chest to the point where they medical intervention is illegal.