>Lobotomy was crude and error-prone, but it was a lifesaving intervention for a substantial proportion of patients. But was that actually living and not just t

>Lobotomy was crude and error-prone, but it was a lifesaving intervention for a substantial proportion of patients. But was that actually living and not just torture to please other people? My issue with psychiatry is that psychiatrists can force these things onto people. And when confronted about some of the terrible things done through that the answer is "but we are trying to help." People are fearful and suspicious of psychiatry because psychiatrists can basically imprison you and you have fewer rights than actual convicted prisoners. On top of that, if they get it wrong then there's no real accountability. While you're imprisoned, they can force you into many types of dangerous treatments and you have to obey. Cases like Gustl Mollath are reason enough to be afraid of psychiatry. Terrible things happen when there are systems in society that can easily be abused while having little oversight and accountability.