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The humorous satire publication The Onion slyly challenges excess and human rights violations in the mental health system in many creative fictional ways, that seem all too-true. Here are some examples. [Updated 22 Dec. 2010]

Examples of The Onion satire skewering psychiatric ridiculousness:

 

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Check out links below to some of the ‘mental health’ related satire in The Onion (disclaimer: author responsible for content).

 

Care to thank The Onion for running satire skewering psychiatric oppression? Here’s the contact info:

http://www.theonion.com/content/contact_us

 

 

Onion humor satirizing psychiatric industry:

 

– Psychiatric Tome Getting Long-Awaited Update

http://www.theonion.com/articles/psychiatric-tome-getting-longawaited-update,15884/

 

– New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-study-reveals-most-children-unrepentant-sociop,2870/

– Suicide Attempts A Desperate Cry For Death

http://www.theonion.com/articles/suicide-attempts-a-desperate-cry-for-death,395/

 

 

 

– Teen TV Habits Linked To Adult Depression

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/teen-tv-habits-linked-to-adult-depression,15650/

– Antipsychotics Can Make Kids Fat

http://www.theonion.com/articles/antipsychotics-can-make-kids-fat,15853/

-This Would Be The Best Mental Hospital Ever If Elliott Gould Weren’t Hiding In The Toilet

http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-would-be-the-best-mental-hospital-ever-if-ell,11508/

 

 

– FDA Approves Sale Of Prescription Placebo:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39082

– New drug induces love of pharmaceutical companies:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46032

– US is a victim of abuse in its “formative years”:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/49608

– Voices in man’s head give great tips about ‘time management’:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45582

– Brain chemicals hold the owner hostage:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51124

– God diagnosed with ‘bipolar disorder’:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28484

– Testing theater goers for PTSD:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30824

– Children being tested for “youthful tendency disorder”:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28223

You may also find the text on the MFI site.

– Totally Hot Chick Also Way Psycho:

www.theonion.com/content/node/29357

 

 

– Pharmaceutical company calls its new drug “dumb”

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29813

– A debate about whether suicide attempts are a “cry for help”:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28604

– Losers are most likely to be hit by suicide:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29955

– President Bush called “ineffectual and incompetent” in his talks with God:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/46938

– Freshman Psych Student Diagnoses Roommate With Bipolar Disorder

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28564
 

– 73 Percent Of U.S. Livestock Show Signs Of Clinical Depression

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30636

– Alex Rodriguez Placed On Emotionally Disabled List

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52502

– Report: Many Rappers May Suffer From Unrealistically High Self-Images

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38891

 

If you spot new Onion satires on this subject, e-mail the link and title to:

news (at) mindfreedom (dot) org

Thanks!

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