Category Archives: restraint

Introducing the Commitment Plan App for the namiPhone!

Posted on October 1st, 2013

WHAT IS A COMMITMENT PLAN? A commitment plan is a list of sneaky strategies and social manipulation techniques that family and friends can use when they are tired of dealing with a mentally ill loved one. It helps them not have to listen to or empathize with their loved ones thoughts and feelings. The plan […]

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", "schizophrenia", childhood bipolar disorder, children and psychiatric drugs, forced psychiatric "treatment", human rights, involuntary commitment, jail, mental hygiene arrest, NAMI mommies, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", psychiatric survivors, restraint, scapegoating, suicide, trauma, Treatment Advocacy Center, who needs civil rights anyway? | 8 Comments

Special guest, Psychiatrist Babs, reads “T’was the Night Before Commitment” to the Bipolar Child

Posted on December 21st, 2011

Happy Holidays, NamiDearests! We know what a difficult season this can be for those of you suffering from time spent with your mentally ill relations. We at NamiDearest have partnered with Psychiatrist Babs to bring you this special holiday performance of T’was the Night Before Commitment. This endearing classic will warm the cockles of your […]

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", "schizophrenia", ADHD, biobabble, brain, brain trust, child abuse, childhood bipolar disorder, children and psychiatric drugs, DJ Jaffe, ethics get in the way, forced psychiatric "treatment", human rights, I love you NAMI Dearest, Inspiration, involuntary commitment, mental hygiene arrest, NAMI mommies, NAMI propaganda, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", psychiatric survivors, Psychiatrist Babs, restraint, scapegoating, shit-based practices, Stanley Medical Research Institute, terrorists, The Lazies, Torrey Stories, trauma, Treatment Advocacy Center, who needs civil rights anyway? | 2 Comments

Break the Silence on Mental Illness

Posted on September 3rd, 2011

Time for another Mental Illness Minute with your sizzling host, Shock Girl. Today, Shock Girl tells us how we can break the silence on mental illness. Do your part to raise awareness. Please consider attending this important event. Thank you.

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", "schizophrenia", ADHD, biobabble, brain, childhood bipolar disorder, ECT, ethics get in the way, forced psychiatric "treatment", human rights, Inspiration, Mental Illness Minute with Shock Girl, NAMI propaganda, preventable tragedies, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", psychiatric survivors, restraint, shit-based practices, trauma, who needs civil rights anyway? | 3 Comments

A Quest for Answers

Posted on May 4th, 2011

“All effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand.” ~Adolf Hitler Every day, people contact us in a quest to navigate their state’s commitment laws and mental illness systems. Many times they […]

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", "schizophrenia", biobabble, child abuse, childhood bipolar disorder, children and psychiatric drugs, consumertocracy, DJ Jaffe, domestic violence, ethics get in the way, eugenics, euthanasia, forced psychiatric "treatment", history, human rights, I love you NAMI Dearest, Inspiration, involuntary commitment, mental hygiene arrest, NAMI mommies, NAMI propaganda, police brutality, preventable tragedies, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", psychiatric survivors, restraint, restraint chair, scapegoating, shit-based practices, terrorists, The Lazies, Torrey Stories, trauma, Treatment Advocacy Center, violence, who needs civil rights anyway? | 3 Comments

EDP! EDP! The Consumertocracy runs amok in the streets of Albany!

Posted on January 13th, 2011

Fellow NamiDearests, We bring you an emergency broadcast. On 1-11-11, the consumertocracy  descended upon Albany with their ranting, unreasonable requests for human rights. They thronged  the streets brandishing large, orange inflatable weapon-type thingies, beating on street signs and generally disrupting the status quo.  Watch the startling footage from their public rampage: They forced their way […]

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", Albany, consumertocracy, DJ Jaffe, ethics get in the way, human rights, Inspiration, involuntary commitment, Legislative Educational Awareness Day, NAMI mommies, NAMI propaganda, New York State, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", psychiatric survivors, restraint, scapegoating, Treatment Advocacy Center, who needs civil rights anyway? | 14 Comments

This is not the treatment the mentally ill deserve

Posted on December 21st, 2010

The restraint and beating of the mentally ill should not be left to law enforcement. Psychiatric patients should be restrained and beaten AND medicated in a therapeutic mental health facility by trained psychiatric medical professionals. We at Nami Dearest advocate relentlessly to bring about new laws that will make psychiatric incarceration possible for more of […]

Posted in "mental illness", ethics get in the way, involuntary commitment, jail, mental hygiene arrest, police brutality, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", restraint, restraint chair, scapegoating, shit-based practices, violence, who needs civil rights anyway? | 2 Comments

How Can I Get My Pain-In-The-Ass Family Member Committed?

Posted on October 15th, 2010

How can my I get my pain-in-the-ass family member committed? The above question is commonly raised by families seeking treatment chemical restraint and/or incarceration in a psychiatric facility for someone they love want to scapegoat, silence, control, publicly discredit, hide or get out of the way. Unfortunately, the reality of treatment in the United States, […]

Posted in "bipolar disorder", "mental illness", "schizophrenia", biobabble, child abuse, childhood bipolar disorder, children and psychiatric drugs, DJ Jaffe, ethics get in the way, forced psychiatric "treatment", human rights, Inspiration, involuntary commitment, lies, mental hygiene arrest, NAMI mommies, NAMI propaganda, police brutality, psychiatric drugs as "treatment", restraint, scapegoating, shit-based practices, substance abuse, terrorists, The Lazies, trauma, Treatment Advocacy Center, violence, who needs civil rights anyway? | 4 Comments