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William Mahler
Nov 20, 2020, 2:22:14 PM11/20/20
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Hello,
Below are where I stand vs. Worcester per the insight of two alternate coast attorneys.
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com <williamkeit...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 8:54 AM
To: 'Jim Gottstein' <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Cc: 'Tamara Barney' <tba...@publiccounsel.net>; 'off...@mindfreedom.org' <off...@mindfreedom.org>; 'ne...@madinamerica.com' <ne...@madinamerica.com>
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hello Attorney Gottstein,
As of yesterday around 3:30’ish pm est, my Clinical social worker, Crystall Hollenback and I sat down and talked. She had my sign two waivers. One to let her talk about my housing situation with my life long friend of 51 years and to that effect, I do have a place with he. The other waiver is so she can set up psychological and medical care through a local clinic. Crystall also stated to me that she believes I am not a threat to myself or the public. As for my psychiatrist, last week, she informed me that Crystall and I should discuss discharge.
The above files in the face of their rebuttal to a district court ruling in favor of the hospital but that ruling took place before Dr. Sharif seemingly changed her mind.
As for now, Tamara has filed for a state supreme court hearing that may well force the district court to grant me a hearing before years end.
The judges here are staunch pro medicine and never discharge anyone for any reason other than to take the meds primarily as their golden rule. There’s no fighting them on that, not here in Massachusetts. Superman would have better luck with beating kryptonite.
Is it worthy of note that Dr. Sharif has gone on legal record that I do not take my meds and have no insurance? Both of her statements are 100% false claims by her, as if she got me confused for another patient. In the same report she claims she has witnessed delusional behavior and that I am argumentative.
Thank you,
William Mahler
From: Jim Gottstein <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:09 PM
To: 'Tamara Barney' <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: 'Ron Bassman' <r...@ronaldbassman.com>; off...@mindfreedom.org; williamkeit...@gmail.com; jim.go...@psychrights.org
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hi Tamara,
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain where things are. When I represented people, I also normally didn't challenge the mental illness diagnosis because I felt it would cause me to lose credibility and focused instead on dangerousness and less restrictive alternatives for commitment, and best interests and less intrusive alternatives for forced drugging. I think I know the standard is different for Rogers Orders.
The description of a MindFreedom Shield Alert from MindFreedom's website is:
If a registered Shield member is threatened with or experiences psychiatric procedures against his or her will, these three steps may occur:
1. The member may ask the MFI office to activate the MindFreedom Shield Solidarity Network.
2. The Shield Campaign Committee evaluates the request, and then those on the Network may be encouraged to speak out, and forward an alert.
3. The MindFreedom Shield may send out public human rights alerts to help expose the coercion and apply nonviolent pressure to defend the member’s human rights.
If there is a good chance that William is going to just be discharged by the hospital, which it seems there is from his e-mail that should also be factored in to deciding whether to issue a MindFreedom Shield Alert. I think it can help for the hospital to know outside people are looking at what they are doing.
One final thing. William is not my client. I was responding MindFreedom's question and when I saw yours and William's e-mail addresses, I thought it made sense to copy you.
Thanks again for your prompt response, and . . .
Take care,
Jim
Jim Gottstein
(907) 274-7686
406 G St Ste 206
Anchorage, AK 99501
http://psychrights.org/
http://gottsteinlaw.com/
http://alaskabldg.com/
Author of The Zyprexa Papers
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0838YYYWV
From: Tamara Barney [mailto:tba...@publiccounsel.net]
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 5:45 AM
To: Jim Gottstein
Cc: 'Ron Bassman'; off...@mindfreedom.org; williamkeit...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hi all:
I am filing, hopefully by close of business today, or Monday at the latest, a M.G. L. c. 211 section 3 to the SJC. This is an emergency, expedited appeal based on a violation of a substantive right where no other effective remedy is available. It should resolve in a couple to a few weeks. If it doesn't, we also have the option of returning to the District Court and supplementing the initial Motion I filed and securing a hearing that way. My fear with returning to the District Court is that the judge we are before has a pattern of not acting or ignoring requests for reconsideration, or taking months to make a decision on Motions. There is no statute that directs her to act expeditiously in resolving the Motion. Thus, we decided to file the 211.3 appeal.
We are not ready for an immediate hearing at this point anyway b/c the psychologist I retained has not finished his evaluation. I have brought in the Mass Comm for Deaf and Hard of Hearing to help with the evaluation, now scheduled for this Monday at 11AM. Bill is very hard of hearing and the room in which we meet echoes, making it even more difficult to communicate, thus the need for assistance. I am also trying to retain a medical internist who I hope can defeat the hospital's claim that Bill is putting himself at risk of physical harm to himself by declining the doctor's requests to monitor his newly diagnosed diabetes. Recently he did agree to a CAT scan to help explore the cause of a 20+ weight loss in a couple of months. His medical team at the hospital is growing concerned. I am also trying to assert that his health is more at risk by remaining in a congregate living facility during a pandemic.
To correct a point, there is no "conditional discharge" in Massachusetts. Once Bill is discharged he is free to make his own choices regarding where he lives and his medications. What I asked of him is whether he could commit to staying on his medications through the transition of discharge and until a psychiatrist or clinician agreed to taper him. That would at least give him a fighting chance at beating the Hospital's case to commit him. They must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his discharge would cause an imminent and substantial risk for physical harm to others, or put others in reasonable fear of harm. Unfortunately, they have much data about when Bill stops his medications and then is re-arrested, charged with criminal offenses and re-hospitalized.
I am unsure what it means to "activate the shield." My concern is that if Bill or others on his behalf, take a hard line position that he doesn't have a mental illness and doesn't need medications that is in conflict with our strategy of solely focusing on the fact that he is currently psychiatrically and behaviorally stable and not a risk of harm to anyone.
If Bill wants pursue a strategy that he has no mental illness and all the doctors for the last 20 years have gotten it wrong, I can do that for him, but I think we will lose given the mountain of evidence the Hospital has which documents his course over the last 20 years. If freedom is his goal, then, in my opinion, a more circumscribed strategy is necessary.
Our hearings are now all on zoom and as always, open to public. If you want to watch some of them I can send anyone the link. You would be asked to identify yourself but allowed to observe. This would give you some insight into the process in Massachusetts.
Bill is clearly intelligent and articulate. He and I have engaged in many spirited conversations and he has always been respectful and willing to collaborate on a legal strategy.
Thanks for reaching out on behalf of our shared client.
Tamara A. Barney
Attorney-In-Charge
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Worcester Mental Health Litigation Division
340 Main Street, Suite 7067
Worcester, MA 01608
508-443-5402 (office)
508-755-5916 (fax)
401-378-8508 (cell)
________________________________________
From: Jim Gottstein <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 3:24 AM
To: Tamara Barney <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: 'Ron Bassman' <r...@ronaldbassman.com>; off...@mindfreedom.org <off...@mindfreedom.org>; williamkeit...@gmail.com <williamkeit...@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Dear Ms. Barney,
As per the below, MindFreedom has asked me about activating a MindFreedom Shield for William Mahler and it would be helpful to know more about the legal setting.
For example, if his case is going to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court I wouldn't think there would normally be any kind of resolution for close to a year or more.
James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.
President/CEO
Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
406 G Street, Suite 206
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 USA
Phone: (907) 274-7686 Fax: (907) 274-9493
jim.go...@psychrights.org
http://psychrights.org
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic litigation campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock. We are further dedicated to exposing the truth about these drugs and the courts being misled into ordering people to be drugged and subjected to other brain and body damaging interventions against their will. Due to the massive psychiatric drugging of children and youth, PsychRights has made attacking this problem a priority. Children are virtually always forced to take these drugs because it is the adults in their lives who are making the decision. This is an unfolding national tragedy of immense proportions. PsychRights is actively seeking sufficient funding to increase its impact. See, Getting to the Next Level.
From: off...@mindfreedom.org [mailto:off...@mindfreedom.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:31 PM
To: Atty. Jim Gottstein
Cc: Ron Bassman (R...@ronaldbassman.com)
Subject: fw: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Jim, Thank you for everything you do. I know you are busy but can you read this individual's email and explain what he is talking about?
I understand that people can waive their right to an involuntary commitment hearing (a common practice that he references below) but I don't understand why his case is going to the Supreme Court and what effect, if any, a Shield alert would have on the legal outcome.
Earlier last week, I spoke to his court appointed attorney. My understanding from talking to both William (a Shield member) and Tamara, the attorney is that William would not be well served necessarily by a Shield activation. He said he was prepared to tell the judge that he is willing to agree with a conditional discharge (i.e. be treatment compliant after discharge) so we had discussed whether a shield could unnecessarily aggravate the psychiatrist into revoking his recommendation for a conditional discharge.
What questions should I ask William to discern the best way to proceed? Today, he asked me to activate his Shield plus he is starting to cc the local media on all correspondence with MFI but this is new information and I'm confused on what, if any actions we should take
Thank you.
Sarah
________________________________________
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 5:48 PM
To: off...@mindfreedom.org, "Tamara Barney" <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: ti...@rollingstone.com, t...@nytimes.com, dig...@capecodonline.com, ne...@madinamerica.com, "Boston Herald" <news...@bostonherald.com>, news...@wcvb.com, news...@whdh.com
Subject: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Sarah,
My over the top serious command of a conversation via the phone is my downfall LOL.
But ya, the local court found no reason to grant me a hearing, citing reasons other than the facts that I am not fully aware of. But considering my attorney, also the same person in charge of the mental health litigation unit of the Committee For Public Counsel Services in Worcester county, Tamara Barney told me that since my previous mental health attorney got me to waive a court hearing and go directly to Worcester, I legally have the right to a fair hearing in the local system. Had I gone to court to get out of Bridgewater, I’d have zero leg to stand on for a hearing that as of today I learned the local court ruled against said hearing, effectively pushing the case to the state supreme court. Had the local court not dismissed my right to a fair hearing, I’d not activate shield. The local court already had a top state level ruling in favor of people in my situation so the local court are ordered to grant hearings yet the local court sidestepped the ruling.
So ya, bring in the “military” army, navy, marines, coast guard and space force all of it – analogy of the moment.
If you have my first email about activating shield, you will know that the message went to several media outlets as is this email too.
From: off...@mindfreedom.org <off...@mindfreedom.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 8:35 PM
To: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Cc: Ron Bassman (R...@ronaldbassman.com) <r...@ronaldbassman.com>
Subject: re: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Dear William:
I am in possession of your written request to activate your Shield.
We will start assembling all of the information we have on file in regards to your situation and put a written Shield alert together as soon as possible.
Can I take this to mean that your discharge hearing did not go as you had hoped?
Sarah Smith
MindFreedom International
________________________________________
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:06 PM
To: crystall....@mass.gov, rifat....@mass.gov, nyt...@nytimes.com, "Tamara Barney" <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: off...@mindfreedom.org, ne...@madinamerica.com, news...@wcvb.com, news...@whdh.com, "Boston Herald" <news...@bostonherald.com>
Subject: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hello Everybody
My name is William K. Mahler, 20 year psychiatric survivor pitted yet again against a misinformed, Venus fly trap meets flypaper, do as we say entirely or else, caulking gun for a needle hospital named the Worcester Recovery Center,
There own 30+ year veteran of Psychiatry and my current doctor, Rifat Shariff once told me she’d keep her own flesh and blood son on Geodon despite becoming type 2 diabetic, anemic, splotchy skin, high cholesterol, always drowsy, dull minded and sexually inept. It’s happened to me.
Do people matter in this country? A society where the media makes darlings of the truly violent and the rest of us non violent people suffer. How? Why? Why is the psychiatric system seemingly hell bent on delivering body wrecking drugs such a Geodan? For the factual record, Geodon is the least bad effecting to a person out of all anti-psychotics so says Nurse Practitioner Erin Regan of Bridgewater State Hospital and Dr. Rifat Sharif, my clinician.
In this 320 bed facility, not one nano second of their time has been devoted to me regarding any one on one counseling with anyone proficient other than to meet for ½ hour a month with a clinical social worker and my social worker, Crystall Hollenkamp by her own admission is a current psychiatric patient taking two drugs for anxiety and depression, a real gung-ho social worker.
In my attorneys possession is Dr. Sharifs own report detailing outright lies and misconceptions about me as a patient here in Worcester. Including a falsified statement that I have refused all medicine, refused meals and argumentative, yelling at staff and no insurance during my stay here. New York Times, how and why would a psychiatric facility let me near a computer much less the internet if I were really doing as Dr. Sharif said?
Dr. Sharif is making baseless claims to thwart my legal attempt for early discharge. Due to legal maneuvers by my former mental health attorney to get out of custody at Bridgewater State Hospital, I am legally guaranteed a hearing but the local courts have stomped on my rights sending my current attorney and head of the mental health litigation unit at the Committee For Public Counsel Services, Tamara Barney to the state supreme court.
Mind Freedom International has my full on the button permission to use the program known as ‘Shield’ and to be blunt about shield, demonstrations and press consume Worcester Recovery Center and are hereby of this email, authorized to launch.
The leader of Mind Freedom is Dr. Ronald Bassman, a psychologist and psychiatric survivor himself. He was hospitalized during the late 1960’s when drugs were far worse and treatment is now classified as inhumane.
Well, being captive for an entire year until August 2021 does not sit well with me and my 53rd birthday in 3 days.
I could go on about myself, but the story about the cruelty and blatant misuse of the mental health system by the persons in charge such as Dr. Sharif and the dozens of “pass the buck” reckless, careless doctors in my and millions of others past and current lives too.
Want to research more?
Look at the recipients of this email.
https://ronaldbassman.com/
https://mindfreedom.org/
https://www.madinamerica.com/
https://www.alternativetomeds.com/
New York Times,
Count on me to tell you my truths anyway I can.
1-774-418-3253
William Mahler
309 Belmont Street Unit A2
Worcester, MA. 01604
Below are where I stand vs. Worcester per the insight of two alternate coast attorneys.
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com <williamkeit...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 8:54 AM
To: 'Jim Gottstein' <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Cc: 'Tamara Barney' <tba...@publiccounsel.net>; 'off...@mindfreedom.org' <off...@mindfreedom.org>; 'ne...@madinamerica.com' <ne...@madinamerica.com>
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hello Attorney Gottstein,
As of yesterday around 3:30’ish pm est, my Clinical social worker, Crystall Hollenback and I sat down and talked. She had my sign two waivers. One to let her talk about my housing situation with my life long friend of 51 years and to that effect, I do have a place with he. The other waiver is so she can set up psychological and medical care through a local clinic. Crystall also stated to me that she believes I am not a threat to myself or the public. As for my psychiatrist, last week, she informed me that Crystall and I should discuss discharge.
The above files in the face of their rebuttal to a district court ruling in favor of the hospital but that ruling took place before Dr. Sharif seemingly changed her mind.
As for now, Tamara has filed for a state supreme court hearing that may well force the district court to grant me a hearing before years end.
The judges here are staunch pro medicine and never discharge anyone for any reason other than to take the meds primarily as their golden rule. There’s no fighting them on that, not here in Massachusetts. Superman would have better luck with beating kryptonite.
Is it worthy of note that Dr. Sharif has gone on legal record that I do not take my meds and have no insurance? Both of her statements are 100% false claims by her, as if she got me confused for another patient. In the same report she claims she has witnessed delusional behavior and that I am argumentative.
Thank you,
William Mahler
From: Jim Gottstein <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 2:09 PM
To: 'Tamara Barney' <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: 'Ron Bassman' <r...@ronaldbassman.com>; off...@mindfreedom.org; williamkeit...@gmail.com; jim.go...@psychrights.org
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hi Tamara,
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain where things are. When I represented people, I also normally didn't challenge the mental illness diagnosis because I felt it would cause me to lose credibility and focused instead on dangerousness and less restrictive alternatives for commitment, and best interests and less intrusive alternatives for forced drugging. I think I know the standard is different for Rogers Orders.
The description of a MindFreedom Shield Alert from MindFreedom's website is:
If a registered Shield member is threatened with or experiences psychiatric procedures against his or her will, these three steps may occur:
1. The member may ask the MFI office to activate the MindFreedom Shield Solidarity Network.
2. The Shield Campaign Committee evaluates the request, and then those on the Network may be encouraged to speak out, and forward an alert.
3. The MindFreedom Shield may send out public human rights alerts to help expose the coercion and apply nonviolent pressure to defend the member’s human rights.
If there is a good chance that William is going to just be discharged by the hospital, which it seems there is from his e-mail that should also be factored in to deciding whether to issue a MindFreedom Shield Alert. I think it can help for the hospital to know outside people are looking at what they are doing.
One final thing. William is not my client. I was responding MindFreedom's question and when I saw yours and William's e-mail addresses, I thought it made sense to copy you.
Thanks again for your prompt response, and . . .
Take care,
Jim
Jim Gottstein
(907) 274-7686
406 G St Ste 206
Anchorage, AK 99501
http://psychrights.org/
http://gottsteinlaw.com/
http://alaskabldg.com/
Author of The Zyprexa Papers
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0838YYYWV
From: Tamara Barney [mailto:tba...@publiccounsel.net]
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 5:45 AM
To: Jim Gottstein
Cc: 'Ron Bassman'; off...@mindfreedom.org; williamkeit...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hi all:
I am filing, hopefully by close of business today, or Monday at the latest, a M.G. L. c. 211 section 3 to the SJC. This is an emergency, expedited appeal based on a violation of a substantive right where no other effective remedy is available. It should resolve in a couple to a few weeks. If it doesn't, we also have the option of returning to the District Court and supplementing the initial Motion I filed and securing a hearing that way. My fear with returning to the District Court is that the judge we are before has a pattern of not acting or ignoring requests for reconsideration, or taking months to make a decision on Motions. There is no statute that directs her to act expeditiously in resolving the Motion. Thus, we decided to file the 211.3 appeal.
We are not ready for an immediate hearing at this point anyway b/c the psychologist I retained has not finished his evaluation. I have brought in the Mass Comm for Deaf and Hard of Hearing to help with the evaluation, now scheduled for this Monday at 11AM. Bill is very hard of hearing and the room in which we meet echoes, making it even more difficult to communicate, thus the need for assistance. I am also trying to retain a medical internist who I hope can defeat the hospital's claim that Bill is putting himself at risk of physical harm to himself by declining the doctor's requests to monitor his newly diagnosed diabetes. Recently he did agree to a CAT scan to help explore the cause of a 20+ weight loss in a couple of months. His medical team at the hospital is growing concerned. I am also trying to assert that his health is more at risk by remaining in a congregate living facility during a pandemic.
To correct a point, there is no "conditional discharge" in Massachusetts. Once Bill is discharged he is free to make his own choices regarding where he lives and his medications. What I asked of him is whether he could commit to staying on his medications through the transition of discharge and until a psychiatrist or clinician agreed to taper him. That would at least give him a fighting chance at beating the Hospital's case to commit him. They must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his discharge would cause an imminent and substantial risk for physical harm to others, or put others in reasonable fear of harm. Unfortunately, they have much data about when Bill stops his medications and then is re-arrested, charged with criminal offenses and re-hospitalized.
I am unsure what it means to "activate the shield." My concern is that if Bill or others on his behalf, take a hard line position that he doesn't have a mental illness and doesn't need medications that is in conflict with our strategy of solely focusing on the fact that he is currently psychiatrically and behaviorally stable and not a risk of harm to anyone.
If Bill wants pursue a strategy that he has no mental illness and all the doctors for the last 20 years have gotten it wrong, I can do that for him, but I think we will lose given the mountain of evidence the Hospital has which documents his course over the last 20 years. If freedom is his goal, then, in my opinion, a more circumscribed strategy is necessary.
Our hearings are now all on zoom and as always, open to public. If you want to watch some of them I can send anyone the link. You would be asked to identify yourself but allowed to observe. This would give you some insight into the process in Massachusetts.
Bill is clearly intelligent and articulate. He and I have engaged in many spirited conversations and he has always been respectful and willing to collaborate on a legal strategy.
Thanks for reaching out on behalf of our shared client.
Tamara A. Barney
Attorney-In-Charge
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Worcester Mental Health Litigation Division
340 Main Street, Suite 7067
Worcester, MA 01608
508-443-5402 (office)
508-755-5916 (fax)
401-378-8508 (cell)
________________________________________
From: Jim Gottstein <jim.go...@psychrights.org>
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 3:24 AM
To: Tamara Barney <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: 'Ron Bassman' <r...@ronaldbassman.com>; off...@mindfreedom.org <off...@mindfreedom.org>; williamkeit...@gmail.com <williamkeit...@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Dear Ms. Barney,
As per the below, MindFreedom has asked me about activating a MindFreedom Shield for William Mahler and it would be helpful to know more about the legal setting.
For example, if his case is going to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court I wouldn't think there would normally be any kind of resolution for close to a year or more.
James B. (Jim) Gottstein, Esq.
President/CEO
Law Project for Psychiatric Rights
406 G Street, Suite 206
Anchorage, Alaska 99501 USA
Phone: (907) 274-7686 Fax: (907) 274-9493
jim.go...@psychrights.org
http://psychrights.org
The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights is a public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic litigation campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock. We are further dedicated to exposing the truth about these drugs and the courts being misled into ordering people to be drugged and subjected to other brain and body damaging interventions against their will. Due to the massive psychiatric drugging of children and youth, PsychRights has made attacking this problem a priority. Children are virtually always forced to take these drugs because it is the adults in their lives who are making the decision. This is an unfolding national tragedy of immense proportions. PsychRights is actively seeking sufficient funding to increase its impact. See, Getting to the Next Level.
From: off...@mindfreedom.org [mailto:off...@mindfreedom.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:31 PM
To: Atty. Jim Gottstein
Cc: Ron Bassman (R...@ronaldbassman.com)
Subject: fw: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Jim, Thank you for everything you do. I know you are busy but can you read this individual's email and explain what he is talking about?
I understand that people can waive their right to an involuntary commitment hearing (a common practice that he references below) but I don't understand why his case is going to the Supreme Court and what effect, if any, a Shield alert would have on the legal outcome.
Earlier last week, I spoke to his court appointed attorney. My understanding from talking to both William (a Shield member) and Tamara, the attorney is that William would not be well served necessarily by a Shield activation. He said he was prepared to tell the judge that he is willing to agree with a conditional discharge (i.e. be treatment compliant after discharge) so we had discussed whether a shield could unnecessarily aggravate the psychiatrist into revoking his recommendation for a conditional discharge.
What questions should I ask William to discern the best way to proceed? Today, he asked me to activate his Shield plus he is starting to cc the local media on all correspondence with MFI but this is new information and I'm confused on what, if any actions we should take
Thank you.
Sarah
________________________________________
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 5:48 PM
To: off...@mindfreedom.org, "Tamara Barney" <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: ti...@rollingstone.com, t...@nytimes.com, dig...@capecodonline.com, ne...@madinamerica.com, "Boston Herald" <news...@bostonherald.com>, news...@wcvb.com, news...@whdh.com
Subject: RE: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Sarah,
My over the top serious command of a conversation via the phone is my downfall LOL.
But ya, the local court found no reason to grant me a hearing, citing reasons other than the facts that I am not fully aware of. But considering my attorney, also the same person in charge of the mental health litigation unit of the Committee For Public Counsel Services in Worcester county, Tamara Barney told me that since my previous mental health attorney got me to waive a court hearing and go directly to Worcester, I legally have the right to a fair hearing in the local system. Had I gone to court to get out of Bridgewater, I’d have zero leg to stand on for a hearing that as of today I learned the local court ruled against said hearing, effectively pushing the case to the state supreme court. Had the local court not dismissed my right to a fair hearing, I’d not activate shield. The local court already had a top state level ruling in favor of people in my situation so the local court are ordered to grant hearings yet the local court sidestepped the ruling.
So ya, bring in the “military” army, navy, marines, coast guard and space force all of it – analogy of the moment.
If you have my first email about activating shield, you will know that the message went to several media outlets as is this email too.
From: off...@mindfreedom.org <off...@mindfreedom.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 8:35 PM
To: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Cc: Ron Bassman (R...@ronaldbassman.com) <r...@ronaldbassman.com>
Subject: re: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Dear William:
I am in possession of your written request to activate your Shield.
We will start assembling all of the information we have on file in regards to your situation and put a written Shield alert together as soon as possible.
Can I take this to mean that your discharge hearing did not go as you had hoped?
Sarah Smith
MindFreedom International
________________________________________
From: williamkeit...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:06 PM
To: crystall....@mass.gov, rifat....@mass.gov, nyt...@nytimes.com, "Tamara Barney" <tba...@publiccounsel.net>
Cc: off...@mindfreedom.org, ne...@madinamerica.com, news...@wcvb.com, news...@whdh.com, "Boston Herald" <news...@bostonherald.com>
Subject: Activate Shield: "Worcester Recovery Center & The Current State Of Mental Health In America"
Hello Everybody
My name is William K. Mahler, 20 year psychiatric survivor pitted yet again against a misinformed, Venus fly trap meets flypaper, do as we say entirely or else, caulking gun for a needle hospital named the Worcester Recovery Center,
There own 30+ year veteran of Psychiatry and my current doctor, Rifat Shariff once told me she’d keep her own flesh and blood son on Geodon despite becoming type 2 diabetic, anemic, splotchy skin, high cholesterol, always drowsy, dull minded and sexually inept. It’s happened to me.
Do people matter in this country? A society where the media makes darlings of the truly violent and the rest of us non violent people suffer. How? Why? Why is the psychiatric system seemingly hell bent on delivering body wrecking drugs such a Geodan? For the factual record, Geodon is the least bad effecting to a person out of all anti-psychotics so says Nurse Practitioner Erin Regan of Bridgewater State Hospital and Dr. Rifat Sharif, my clinician.
In this 320 bed facility, not one nano second of their time has been devoted to me regarding any one on one counseling with anyone proficient other than to meet for ½ hour a month with a clinical social worker and my social worker, Crystall Hollenkamp by her own admission is a current psychiatric patient taking two drugs for anxiety and depression, a real gung-ho social worker.
In my attorneys possession is Dr. Sharifs own report detailing outright lies and misconceptions about me as a patient here in Worcester. Including a falsified statement that I have refused all medicine, refused meals and argumentative, yelling at staff and no insurance during my stay here. New York Times, how and why would a psychiatric facility let me near a computer much less the internet if I were really doing as Dr. Sharif said?
Dr. Sharif is making baseless claims to thwart my legal attempt for early discharge. Due to legal maneuvers by my former mental health attorney to get out of custody at Bridgewater State Hospital, I am legally guaranteed a hearing but the local courts have stomped on my rights sending my current attorney and head of the mental health litigation unit at the Committee For Public Counsel Services, Tamara Barney to the state supreme court.
Mind Freedom International has my full on the button permission to use the program known as ‘Shield’ and to be blunt about shield, demonstrations and press consume Worcester Recovery Center and are hereby of this email, authorized to launch.
The leader of Mind Freedom is Dr. Ronald Bassman, a psychologist and psychiatric survivor himself. He was hospitalized during the late 1960’s when drugs were far worse and treatment is now classified as inhumane.
Well, being captive for an entire year until August 2021 does not sit well with me and my 53rd birthday in 3 days.
I could go on about myself, but the story about the cruelty and blatant misuse of the mental health system by the persons in charge such as Dr. Sharif and the dozens of “pass the buck” reckless, careless doctors in my and millions of others past and current lives too.
Want to research more?
Look at the recipients of this email.
https://ronaldbassman.com/
https://mindfreedom.org/
https://www.madinamerica.com/
https://www.alternativetomeds.com/
New York Times,
Count on me to tell you my truths anyway I can.
1-774-418-3253
William Mahler
309 Belmont Street Unit A2
Worcester, MA. 01604
William Mahler
Nov 20, 2020, 2:29:06 PM11/20/20
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