>They drug their patients to obtain an apparency of “normalcy”, and then they set the patient free to enjoy their “rights” among the rest of the populace
Half right. They must do it.
I remember long ago when SCOTUS ruled that doctors must do exactly that because a patient who is on proper medication has every right that you & I do, and that includes refusal to continue the meds after release.
They used buses to remove the mental patients and dump them on the major city streets by the hundreds.
Everyone was warned exactly what would happen but pinheaded lawyers are removed from such consquences...
And who is making the representation that their medications and treatment are effective?
If you or I were diagnosed with some mental disorder, (God forbid), and we followed the treatment, why wouldn't we have the right to say, "I'm doing everything I've been told to do and the docs say it's OK"?
I'm not saying we should abandon the concept of personal responsibility, but when we're talking about mental illness we have a situation where the individual has already acknowledged a lack of competence, yet, their "care providers" are taking no more responsibility than saying "take this drug so you can pass as normal and we're good to go."
I would argue that the mental health industry is using the "treatment plan" as a cover just as much -- if not more so -- than the individual.