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Michael Simonson

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As seen in: Mad In America, Reason, Medium, Yahoo, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal
Covers:  Psychiatry, Involuntary Treatment
Writer. Published in @mad_in_america and @reason. PR flack by day.

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Michael is a journalist focusing on involuntary mental health treatment laws.

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Psychiatric Hospitals Can Still Force Patients to Accept Shock Treatment. One Connecticut Patient...

Psychiatric Hospitals Can Still Force Patients to Accept Shock Treatment. One Connecticut Patient...

Civil Liberties Gina Teixeira, an attorney with the Connecticut Legal Rights Project, got the call last May. …

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Twenty Years After Kendra's Law: The Case Against AOT - Mad In America

Twenty Years After Kendra's Law: The Case Against AOT - Mad In America

There is no question that Andrew Rich, on the evening of May 8, 2017, was in a disturbed state. A 911 caller …

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MIA Survey: Ex-patients Tell of Force, Trauma and Sexual Abuse in America's Mental Hospitals - Ma...

MIA Survey: Ex-patients Tell of Force, Trauma and Sexual Abuse in America's Mental Hospitals - Ma...

In a MIA survey of former patients in mental hospitals, nearly 500 respondents told of an experience that was…

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| Calgary Herald Verified
Ted-Jan Bloemen from Alberta skates in the men's 1500m during the fourth day at the Canadian Long Track Championship at the Olympic Oval. Saturday, October 16, 2021. Brendan Miller/Postmedia Brendan Miller/Postmedia Article content Canada finished the 2026 Winter Olympic Games with 21 medals, cementing its position once again as one of the most consistently successful winter Olympic nations.
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Opinion: Alberta athletes deserved more support for Olympic Games

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By Michael Simonson Verified
| Edmonton Journal Verified
Opinion: Alberta athletes deserved more support for Olympic Games Last updated 3 hours ago You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Ted-Jan Bloemen from Alberta skates in the men's 1500m during the fourth day at the Canadian Long Track Championship at the Olympic Oval. Saturday, October 16, 2021.
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The grassroots campaign to save David Russell from court-ordered shock therapy

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By Michael Simonson Verified
| Reason Verified
Civil Liberties Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing. | (ID 337434857 © Awie Darwis | Dreamstime.com/David Russell) Last May, at the start of a court hearing conducted over Zoom, David Russell brought what he felt was a pressing matter to the judge's attention.
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