Such conditions in terms of illegal commitment have existed since before Trump's first term. If this disregard of legality increases there is a good chance that there will be public outcry as it is likely that taxes will increase astronomically. I doubt if this scenario will actually happen.
We must wait and see. This doen't mean that all municipalities will tolerate it. However, if imposed by state's it is more ominous. I still insist, given both what I saw working with homelessness and my own experience of it, that the problem has become worse. I realized that back in '87/'88. Furthermore, anyone can be "rubber stamped" as "mentally ill". I still believe that lawsuits for malpractice, etc., can have an effect. When individuals realize that they will individually suffer for their words and/or actions it has an effect. Dr. Drew is guilty of Malpractice. He appears proud of it. I've known other "Behavioral Health" professionals who were just as arrogant.
I think Trump is pure evil. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he's getting millions of dollars from the APA to force their treatment on people. Psych drugs aren't even designed to cure anyone, just "manage" (suppress) symptoms until the unfortunate victim, er, patient, dies. Ever since the American Psychiatric Corporation ("Association") was incorporated, it's been all about the profit. Both the APA and AMA have been fighting against homeopathy since the 1800s. It's a wonderful approach in medicine that actually cures people, gently, safely, and with no side effects. The very first dose made my son's "incurable" psychosis disappear in about 10 minutes, although it came back when the remedy (medicine) was spent. He simply needed another dose. The World Health Org (WHO) says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. Why? Because, unlike the crappy, for-profit, symptom-suppressing drugs of Western Medicine, it works. I wrote a book about what my family went through with mental illness and how homeopathy cured it. The book, "Goodbye, Quacks - Hello, Homeopathy!" is also a beginner's guide to understanding and using homeopathy. Conventional psychiatry truly is quackery that cures no one. If you even try to talk to a psychiatrist about a cure, he/she will laugh at you. They're that clueless. For articles on homeopathy for all kinds of physical, emotional and mental problems I suggest checking out Homeopathyplus.com.au (Australia) and also hpathy.com. (There are lots of other sites, too.) Hiring a professional homeopath to CURE my son was the best thing I ever did.
I think that people are deluded into placing simply too much blame on Trump himself. Homelessness has become an epidemic. Too many people are justly upset at being vandalized, terrorized, attacked, obbed, etc. I've been homeless. The countless law abiding people trapped in homelessness, as was I, don't get the attention. The people whose behavior is out of control get virtually all of the attention.
I myself use alternative medicine, based in diet and exercise. Psychiatric drugs in childhood and early teens left horrible iatrogenic damage.
Once someone has been labeled with a DSM “ diagnosis” and locked up , that person won’t be heard .” Crazy ppl” have no voice.
Once someone gets out of a psych facility, no one want to hear from them .
Concerned family members are the only ppl who see the anise and can advocate as a group again these unconstitutional lock ups
Rob Wipond is a hero for taking on this crusade to protect innocent ppl, who have committed no crime from force psychiatric incarceration- forced drugging and forced ECT
If you have a loved one with a mental illness, I hope you'll consider having him treated with homeopathy. I hired Elaine Lewis at hpathy.com who cured my son. That was 10 years ago.
you are doing the same thing Psychiatry does. Sometimes it's poverty, racism, trauma and abuse that is the problem. Go peddle your magic cures to a psychiatrist. They just might be gullible enough
could you please stop thinking that every one who ends up in a psychistric hospital is mentally ill. That is like saying every single person in prison is guilty of s crime. That's like saying there are no innocent people in prison. please stop
I don’t care how bad I get I will never tell anyone about it who can use that information against me and have what happened to me in October 2022. I was forcibly transferred from one state to another state and the abuse was horrible. I didn’t think I was ever getting out of there. I believe I was given medication that made me worse (Haldol) and they never answered the phone or wouldn’t tell my sister who is my power of attorney which she definitely is it was filthy no towels the bathroom were disgusting etc. I will be being very careful who I trust with my mental health from now on I already have been no it’s just necessary to have my freedom. I live in a constant state of being terrified especially after the Big Beautiful Bill. I am afraid that places that help people recover will be shuttered. I am tired of being afraid
Jennifer, I'm sorry you had to go through such hell. So did two of my family members. I think conventional mental health care is nothing but for-profit evil. Please consider using homeopathy to cure you. I first used the "orthomolecular" approach to restore my son's mental health due to his so-called "bipolar with psychosis." Orthomolecular enabled me to taper him off of three, daily antipsychotic drugs and restore his mental health. Technically, he wasn't cured but he no longer needed psych drugs or psychiatrists either. Years later, I learned of homeopathy and hired a professional homeopath, Elaine Lewis, to cure him and he was truly cured because that's what homeopathy does. Homeopathy is extremely gentle, safe and has no side effects. Both the AMA and APA have been fighting against it since the 1800s so they can push their expensive drugs and expensive talk therapy on people. The World Health Org (WHO) says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. (Because it works. It truly cures people.) Elaine is over at hpathy.com where they have lots of really good articles on curing everything you could imagine.
Hi Jennifer, my professional, credentialed homeopath, Elaine Lewis, charges $315 for taking someone's case BUT that also entitles the client to three months of her help. That is an incredibly good deal. Plus, after that, if you want to sign up for just a month at a time, you can for just $100. That's what I do. If that's too much money right now, you might also consider going over to abchomeopathy.com. They're free! They are in India but they speak English. Homeopathy is especially common in India and there are more than 200,000 homeopaths. On the abchomeopathy website, look for the tab at the top of the page that says "Forum," then fill out the form they send you. There are often multiple homeopaths discussing your case among themselves, working to make sure you are prescribed the right remedy. (They're all natural. No side effects, no patents.) It's just amazing medicine and the World Health Org says it's the second most widely used system of medicine in the world — for good reason: it works! It cures people, unlike Western medicine, which only "manages" illness because that's what is most profitable. Amazon sells a lot of homeopathic remedies but sometimes the remedy is only available from a homeopathic pharmacy. Homeopathy has been curing mental illnesses for over 200 years so it's unlikely you have an illness they have not cured by now.
I am so sorry. I too know what it's like to live in fear. This is why I am thankful for advocates like Rob Wipond. I am thankful to people like you with the courage to share your story. Thank you for your courage to share. I am truly sorry.
Thank you I don’t know if I have courage but I feel like Rob Wipond and those who stand with him are safe to discuss something’s I will never speak about what is going on with me! I guess that’s being fake but I prefer not being locked up like that again. Ever.
Jennifer, please read my other comments above. I used homeopathy to CURE my son. It's gentle, proven over 200 years to actually cure people of pretty much anything you could imagine, it's safe and has no side effects.
I'm sorry that happened, and I'm sorry to have to say that I do think confiding in the wrong people or seeking mental health help have real risks associated with them.
There's a measure of protection in political organizing, when people are working together in groups, and I wish more of that was happening around this issue.
Thank you, Rob, for this timely report. This has been one of my biggest fears about the Trump administration. It's Trump's mental health care system now and he will do what he wants. I feared seeking medical care prior to this but now I will think twice before going to the doctor or the ER. Your work is more important than ever before. Thank you, Rob, for using your journalistic talents to advocate for the rights and freedoms for those of us society labels "mentally ill" 🙏❤️
Andrea, please read my comments above. Homeopathy is what cured my son of "incurable" "bipolar with psychosis." And when I say "cured" I mean cured. Unlike conventional psychiatry which only "manages" symptoms, homeopathy cures people and has been doing so for 200 years. It's practiced in almost every country on Earth. Here in the US, there is a federal law that gives all Americans the right to practice homeopathy. It's so safe that most states don't even require professional credentials to be a homeopath. (Of course, that leads to the problem of truly unqualified people claiming they're a homeopath.) Homeopathyplus.com.au (Australia) and Hpathy.com are two really good sites that have tons of articles on homeopathy. The US used to have several homeopathic hospitals, thousands of professional practitioners, a few homeopathic medical schools, etc until the early 1900s when the APA and AMA colluded to kick out homeopathy and replace it with something far more profitable: patented, synthetic drugs that cure no one. I'm not making that up. You can read about it on Wikipedia (or elsewhere) under the "Flexner Report."
Thank you but I am a sexual assault survivor whose family used the psychiatric system to hide their crimes and to protect a family member's political career. I never identified as mentally ill and never will. I am a victim of crimes and the mental health care system chose to protect my prominent family over me. This happens to whistle blowers as well. The medical model of mental illness is often used to silence victims by attacking our credibility with DSM labels and then silencing us with massive amounts of Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers and threats of guardianship. This protects rapists. Would anyone suggest s keto diet or homeothopy to Jeffrey Epstein's victims right now. how cruel that would be because no drug or keto diet or anti inflammatory diet cures the injuries left by sexual assault. We need justice, not labels and drugs and diets while our rapists go free. We need our offenders put behind bars. Thank you.
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Such conditions in terms of illegal commitment have existed since before Trump's first term. If this disregard of legality increases there is a good chance that there will be public outcry as it is likely that taxes will increase astronomically. I doubt if this scenario will actually happen.
https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/09/18/utah-new-homeless-campus-civil-commitment-beds/
We must wait and see. This doen't mean that all municipalities will tolerate it. However, if imposed by state's it is more ominous. I still insist, given both what I saw working with homelessness and my own experience of it, that the problem has become worse. I realized that back in '87/'88. Furthermore, anyone can be "rubber stamped" as "mentally ill". I still believe that lawsuits for malpractice, etc., can have an effect. When individuals realize that they will individually suffer for their words and/or actions it has an effect. Dr. Drew is guilty of Malpractice. He appears proud of it. I've known other "Behavioral Health" professionals who were just as arrogant.
I think Trump is pure evil. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he's getting millions of dollars from the APA to force their treatment on people. Psych drugs aren't even designed to cure anyone, just "manage" (suppress) symptoms until the unfortunate victim, er, patient, dies. Ever since the American Psychiatric Corporation ("Association") was incorporated, it's been all about the profit. Both the APA and AMA have been fighting against homeopathy since the 1800s. It's a wonderful approach in medicine that actually cures people, gently, safely, and with no side effects. The very first dose made my son's "incurable" psychosis disappear in about 10 minutes, although it came back when the remedy (medicine) was spent. He simply needed another dose. The World Health Org (WHO) says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. Why? Because, unlike the crappy, for-profit, symptom-suppressing drugs of Western Medicine, it works. I wrote a book about what my family went through with mental illness and how homeopathy cured it. The book, "Goodbye, Quacks - Hello, Homeopathy!" is also a beginner's guide to understanding and using homeopathy. Conventional psychiatry truly is quackery that cures no one. If you even try to talk to a psychiatrist about a cure, he/she will laugh at you. They're that clueless. For articles on homeopathy for all kinds of physical, emotional and mental problems I suggest checking out Homeopathyplus.com.au (Australia) and also hpathy.com. (There are lots of other sites, too.) Hiring a professional homeopath to CURE my son was the best thing I ever did.
I think that people are deluded into placing simply too much blame on Trump himself. Homelessness has become an epidemic. Too many people are justly upset at being vandalized, terrorized, attacked, obbed, etc. I've been homeless. The countless law abiding people trapped in homelessness, as was I, don't get the attention. The people whose behavior is out of control get virtually all of the attention.
I myself use alternative medicine, based in diet and exercise. Psychiatric drugs in childhood and early teens left horrible iatrogenic damage.
Once someone has been labeled with a DSM “ diagnosis” and locked up , that person won’t be heard .” Crazy ppl” have no voice.
Once someone gets out of a psych facility, no one want to hear from them .
Concerned family members are the only ppl who see the anise and can advocate as a group again these unconstitutional lock ups
Rob Wipond is a hero for taking on this crusade to protect innocent ppl, who have committed no crime from force psychiatric incarceration- forced drugging and forced ECT
If you have a loved one with a mental illness, I hope you'll consider having him treated with homeopathy. I hired Elaine Lewis at hpathy.com who cured my son. That was 10 years ago.
I'm almost 40 years ahead on that.Food is biochemistry. Since forever.
you are doing the same thing Psychiatry does. Sometimes it's poverty, racism, trauma and abuse that is the problem. Go peddle your magic cures to a psychiatrist. They just might be gullible enough
could you please stop thinking that every one who ends up in a psychistric hospital is mentally ill. That is like saying every single person in prison is guilty of s crime. That's like saying there are no innocent people in prison. please stop
I see Trump as a hot pack on a boil - how better to expose the rot?
Thank you, Rob!!
I don’t care how bad I get I will never tell anyone about it who can use that information against me and have what happened to me in October 2022. I was forcibly transferred from one state to another state and the abuse was horrible. I didn’t think I was ever getting out of there. I believe I was given medication that made me worse (Haldol) and they never answered the phone or wouldn’t tell my sister who is my power of attorney which she definitely is it was filthy no towels the bathroom were disgusting etc. I will be being very careful who I trust with my mental health from now on I already have been no it’s just necessary to have my freedom. I live in a constant state of being terrified especially after the Big Beautiful Bill. I am afraid that places that help people recover will be shuttered. I am tired of being afraid
Jennifer, I'm sorry you had to go through such hell. So did two of my family members. I think conventional mental health care is nothing but for-profit evil. Please consider using homeopathy to cure you. I first used the "orthomolecular" approach to restore my son's mental health due to his so-called "bipolar with psychosis." Orthomolecular enabled me to taper him off of three, daily antipsychotic drugs and restore his mental health. Technically, he wasn't cured but he no longer needed psych drugs or psychiatrists either. Years later, I learned of homeopathy and hired a professional homeopath, Elaine Lewis, to cure him and he was truly cured because that's what homeopathy does. Homeopathy is extremely gentle, safe and has no side effects. Both the AMA and APA have been fighting against it since the 1800s so they can push their expensive drugs and expensive talk therapy on people. The World Health Org (WHO) says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. (Because it works. It truly cures people.) Elaine is over at hpathy.com where they have lots of really good articles on curing everything you could imagine.
Thank you so much I am going to look it up right now!
Sorry I didn’t know that you had replied to my comment and thank you for caring
Hi Jennifer, my professional, credentialed homeopath, Elaine Lewis, charges $315 for taking someone's case BUT that also entitles the client to three months of her help. That is an incredibly good deal. Plus, after that, if you want to sign up for just a month at a time, you can for just $100. That's what I do. If that's too much money right now, you might also consider going over to abchomeopathy.com. They're free! They are in India but they speak English. Homeopathy is especially common in India and there are more than 200,000 homeopaths. On the abchomeopathy website, look for the tab at the top of the page that says "Forum," then fill out the form they send you. There are often multiple homeopaths discussing your case among themselves, working to make sure you are prescribed the right remedy. (They're all natural. No side effects, no patents.) It's just amazing medicine and the World Health Org says it's the second most widely used system of medicine in the world — for good reason: it works! It cures people, unlike Western medicine, which only "manages" illness because that's what is most profitable. Amazon sells a lot of homeopathic remedies but sometimes the remedy is only available from a homeopathic pharmacy. Homeopathy has been curing mental illnesses for over 200 years so it's unlikely you have an illness they have not cured by now.
I am so sorry. I too know what it's like to live in fear. This is why I am thankful for advocates like Rob Wipond. I am thankful to people like you with the courage to share your story. Thank you for your courage to share. I am truly sorry.
Thank you I don’t know if I have courage but I feel like Rob Wipond and those who stand with him are safe to discuss something’s I will never speak about what is going on with me! I guess that’s being fake but I prefer not being locked up like that again. Ever.
Thank you for reaching out
Jennifer, please read my other comments above. I used homeopathy to CURE my son. It's gentle, proven over 200 years to actually cure people of pretty much anything you could imagine, it's safe and has no side effects.
I'm sorry that happened, and I'm sorry to have to say that I do think confiding in the wrong people or seeking mental health help have real risks associated with them.
There's a measure of protection in political organizing, when people are working together in groups, and I wish more of that was happening around this issue.
Thank you, Rob, for this timely report. This has been one of my biggest fears about the Trump administration. It's Trump's mental health care system now and he will do what he wants. I feared seeking medical care prior to this but now I will think twice before going to the doctor or the ER. Your work is more important than ever before. Thank you, Rob, for using your journalistic talents to advocate for the rights and freedoms for those of us society labels "mentally ill" 🙏❤️
Andrea, please read my comments above. Homeopathy is what cured my son of "incurable" "bipolar with psychosis." And when I say "cured" I mean cured. Unlike conventional psychiatry which only "manages" symptoms, homeopathy cures people and has been doing so for 200 years. It's practiced in almost every country on Earth. Here in the US, there is a federal law that gives all Americans the right to practice homeopathy. It's so safe that most states don't even require professional credentials to be a homeopath. (Of course, that leads to the problem of truly unqualified people claiming they're a homeopath.) Homeopathyplus.com.au (Australia) and Hpathy.com are two really good sites that have tons of articles on homeopathy. The US used to have several homeopathic hospitals, thousands of professional practitioners, a few homeopathic medical schools, etc until the early 1900s when the APA and AMA colluded to kick out homeopathy and replace it with something far more profitable: patented, synthetic drugs that cure no one. I'm not making that up. You can read about it on Wikipedia (or elsewhere) under the "Flexner Report."
Thank you but I am a sexual assault survivor whose family used the psychiatric system to hide their crimes and to protect a family member's political career. I never identified as mentally ill and never will. I am a victim of crimes and the mental health care system chose to protect my prominent family over me. This happens to whistle blowers as well. The medical model of mental illness is often used to silence victims by attacking our credibility with DSM labels and then silencing us with massive amounts of Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers and threats of guardianship. This protects rapists. Would anyone suggest s keto diet or homeothopy to Jeffrey Epstein's victims right now. how cruel that would be because no drug or keto diet or anti inflammatory diet cures the injuries left by sexual assault. We need justice, not labels and drugs and diets while our rapists go free. We need our offenders put behind bars. Thank you.
Rob Wipond has quickly become the single most important regular read for mad movement activists organizing to abolish forced psychiatric treatment. Please subscribe donate and share this vital work!
I agree with you. I've long followed Rob's work and I'm aware of the movement's uphill battle. Your endorsement means alot.