Why treatment without voice and dignity becomes dangerous.
Care without consent can become control.
Psychiatric treatment exists to help, but history shows that treatment can be misused when people lack power, voice or protection.
The key issue is not rejecting medicine. It is insisting on dignity, consent and accountability.
Awareverse supports help that respects the person rather than silencing them.
When looking at consent in psychiatry, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?