[Magdalen] Washington Post article on involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Interested in trying to find the article as IMO so many findings in medicine these days seem to shift with the tides, big pharma and who funds the studies. 
Lynn often a cynic on medical issues like this

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On Feb 14, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

Actually, not that it changes the relevant article and controversy one bit,
but the "brain disease" model of mental illness is falling by the wayside
(see the NY Times of a couple of weeks ago).  Genetic predisposition does
not necessarily a disease make.  And biochemical imbalances do not explain
it all.  So the parallel between physical and mental illnesses is a
specious one.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
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> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So how is it better to have "mental" hospitals become de facto prisons?
> And how many other physically ill people are untreated by choice?  Is it a
> crime to have a brain disorder?  Would you shunt someone off to
> maltreatment if they had epilepsy or Parkinson's?
>