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Gabe Howard of Inside Mental Health Interviews Rob

Gabe Howard interviewed me for his popular Healthline PsychCentral podcast “Inside Mental Health.” Gabe identifies as bipolar, has personally experienced psychiatric detention, and has interviewed a wide array of guests over the years of his podcasts, and brought some deep and unique understandings of the issues from my book Your Consent Is Not Required.

A two-parter! Click here for the podcast.

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Rob on Abolitionist Radio and Christian TV

Jesse Strauss interviewed me for Law & Disorder, the self-declared abolitionist California radio station KPFA, about the 988 hotline’s use of call tracing to detain people in psychiatric hospitals.

I also recently appeared on the Christian cable television channel Daystar in Canada, discussing my book Your Consent Is Not Required on the show TalkTruth.

Diversity — your choice!

 

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LA Times: California wants more psychiatric detentions. That’s unlikely to improve anyone’s mental health

The Los Angeles Times this week published my op-ed about the situation in California, and in the U.S. more broadly. If you’ve wanted a 980-word ‘crash course’ intro to my book, this touches on some of the key themes. Read the op-ed here.

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LIVE May 4: “Ask Us Anything” about Mental Health Laws

“ASK US ANYTHING about how involuntary psychiatric commitment and forced drugging laws and hearings work, and the best ways to navigate them.” A live YouTube discussion event with lawyer Jim Gottstein, journalist Rob Wipond, and psychiatric survivor Janet Werner. Thursday May 4, 2023 at 3 pm pacific, 6 pm eastern. Free.

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Law360 Canada Reviews Your Consent Is Not Required

One of Canada’s top psychiatric civil rights lawyers and legal scholars, Anita Szigeti, describes Your Consent Is Not Required: “…informative, eye-opening… Having worked as a defence lawyer representing ten thousand individuals embroiled in the justice system consequent to being diagnosed with a mental disorder over 30 years at the bar, I know that Wipond’s thoughtful analysis is right on all fronts… There has not been much, if anything of this nature available in print, until now… should be req...

Decarcerating Care: Histories of Coercion and Dreams for Liberated Futures

Hosted by the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, I participated on a diverse panel with Tatyana Nduta, James Burch, Kelechi Ubozoh, Chacku Mathai, and Theo Henderson. From IDHA: “On Monday, April 17th, 2023, IDHA hosted a community discussion that explored how institutionalization has long operated as a tool of social control, disproportionately impacting Black and Brown communities, manifesting today in the expansion of involuntary commitment directives nationally.” Learn more about t...

Radically Genuine Podcast – with Rob Wipond

Clinical psychologist Dr. Roger McFillin, along with Kelly Wetherhold and Sean McFillin, interview Rob Wipond about Your Consent Is Not Required on the Radically Genuine Podcast. Click here to listen to the podcast — full transcript also available.

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Get 30-40% off Your Consent Is Not Required

Click here to get 40% off the audiobook of Your Consent Is Not Required (until May 1). Click here to get 30% off the hardcover or e-book by using the code “RIGHTS”.

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‘Not as Crazy as You Think’ Hosts Rob

Jen Gaita Siciliano added a lot of dimension to her interview with me by sharing her own stories and perspectives from being forcibly treated. Click here to listen to the Not As Crazy as You Think podcast.

 

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Christopher Lane at Psychology Today Reviews Your Consent Is Not Required

From the “Side Effects” column at Psychology Today: “…timely… exhaustive… powerful… Wipond’s comprehensive study unearths health and social services replete with poor-to-dreadful outcomes, lax oversight, and protocols seemingly rigged against those most in need: the vulnerable, destitute, and marginalized.” Click here to read the whole review of Your Consent Is Not Required.

 

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