Voices From Silence
By: WITNESS Media Archive
Posted: Jul 8 08
Witnessed: 436 times
North America, United States
Mental disability rights, Rape and sexual abuse, Women's rights
Running Time: 12 Minutes.
This video produced in collaboration with Sister Witness International and students at the Bard Human Rights clinic features testimonies from survivors of abuse in psychiatric institutions in New York. They testify against the forced medication, physical and sexual abuse, and other methods of negative re-enforcement used in psychiatric health institutions. Their statements show how gender inequality and unfair treatment of mentally ill patients hinder the process of rehabilitation in psychiatric institutions.
Copyright 2002 Sister Witness Intl / Bard HR Clinic / WITNESS
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