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i think it's very accurate.

Psychiatry ignores trauma says Dr. Bessel van der Kolk ? Beyond Meds

Of course psychiatry must not just stop ignoring trauma, it must stop retraumatizing the already traumatized. It’s clients. The very vulnerable people who seek help and end up being harmed further. Not only are hospitals and a lot of standard treatment horribly abusive the medications have been found to be further agents of trauma.

It’s also true that coercion, subtle or otherwise, is the rule in psychiatric care and that the United Nations has also declared forced treatment to be a form of torture.

Hallelujah for folks like Bessel van der Kolk and Gabor Mate who are helping bridge the gap between lived experience and academics who are totally missing the boat and causing more harm.

We can heal and we do given the right sort of supports. The mainstream mental illness system isn’t providing them.

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[MotownJohnny]

I can't watch the video right now, but will later. But, I gotta say, that is my experience right there:

"it must stop retraumatizing the already traumatized."

Because that is exactly how I feel about my own experience with the US mental health system.

Don't have time to watch the video right now, but I have not found psychiatric care at all retraumatizing in my personal experience. I've never had treatment forced on me or coerced in any way. My psychiatrist has always been highly respectful of my input and has worked with me for treatment that met my needs. I'm sure it can be retraumatizing for some though.