“The bread and butter of the modern psychiatrist is: 1) writing prescriptions for psychoactive drugs and pretending that they are therapeutically effective against mental illnesses; 2) prescribing these drugs to persons willing to take them and forcibly compelling persons deemed ’seriously mentally ill’ to take them against their will; and 3) converting voluntary mental patients who appear to be ‘dangerous to themselves or others’ to involuntary mental patients. Indeed, the modern psychiatrist no longer has the option to reject the use of force vis-a-vis patients: such conduct is considered dereliction of professional responsibility. In 1967, my efforts to undermine the moral legitimacy of the alliance of psychiatry and the state suffered a serious blow: the creation of the antipsychiatry movement.” (07/14/09)