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- Who decides if you’re mentally ill? https://unherd.com/2022/11/who-decides-if-youre-mentally-ill/ 3 comments
- The story of how the American Psychiatric Association decided in 1973 that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/204/81-words 3 comments politics
- Sane defendants may be denied self-representation, court rules. The California Supreme Court unanimously decides that a person could be sane enough to be tried but too mentally ill to act as his own lawyer. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mental-illness-ruling-20120131,0,7647092.story 2 comments politics
- NY judge assigned to decide on suspending the right to shelter previously ruled that a mentally ill man “maintained a homeless lifestyle” and must be evicted https://www.thecity.nyc/2023/10/6/23906905/migrant-shelter-judge-gerald-lebovits 6 comments law
- Every mask tells a story. For @RobinLehner, it's about years of personal struggles with mental illness. The side features the sun at dawn, which signifies the start of a new life for Robin after he decided to seek help for himself and his family. https://twitter.com/nhl/status/1045343605206986753?s=21 3 comments hockey
- Rick Murray The Zombie Boy - Rick is turning himself into a zombie. So far, more than 24 hours of tattoos –costing over £4,075 Canadian – have got him halfway there and made him a minorcelebrity on the internet, where people can’t decide if he’s a body modification visionary or mentally ill sick... http://www.thedesignstattoo.com/rick-murray-the-zombie-boy/ 75 comments reddit.com
- The four men who tied a mentally ill man with refugee status to a tree in Arnsdorf, Germany, in spring 2016 will walk free without a conviction. After a short deliberation, the judge decided that the defendants weren't significantly guilty of any major wrongdoing http://www.dw.com/en/saxony-men-to-walk-after-tying-mentally-ill-man-to-tree/a-38566291 28 comments worldnews