Protect Jake Howeth from Forced Injections at CATC in Portland Oregon!

By Sarah Smith | May 25, 2025

6/1/25 Update: Unfortunately, Jacob received an injection on Friday, May 30, against his expressed wishes. He was threatened and told that if he didn’t subject to the injection, he would be taken to Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a place where people are taken during emergencies. He received his threat despite the fact that jake…

Free Ricardo Aurello Sanchez from Providence Hospital in Portland Oregon!

By Sarah Smith | May 19, 2025

  5/25/23 Update: Staff at Providence took away Ricardo’s personal phone after his Shield alert was published on our website. His social worker asked that we remove her personal email address from the public alert which we did. When taking away Ricardo’s phone, staff claimed that Ricardo used it to take a selfie for this…

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Shield Alert: Stop David Russell from being forcibly electroshocked

By Jim Gottstein | February 20, 2025

2/21/24.  David just let us know he is back at the Intensive Residential Treatment Services facility. He was put on a 72-hour hold for blowing up and saying he was suicidal due to the guardian/conservator situation. 2/19/24.  The Account Hearing only lasted for around 5 minutes and was about the Account that was for the…

Desperate Mother in Denmark Begs for Help: “Save My Son!”

By Sarah Smith | February 18, 2025

Shield Update 2/19/2025 We have added contact information for individuals. Concerned individuals can now write. Scroll down to read under ‘Call to Action’ Shield Alert 1/21/2025 Free Artem: Sixteen-Year Old War Refugee Living in Denmark Institutionalized and Forcibly Drugged! On 1/20/2025, a U.S. federal holiday dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MindFreedom…

Shield Alert: Free Joan Aufderheide from unlawful incarceration at an all-male forensic ward at Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center

By Sarah Smith | October 10, 2024

Update: November 9, 2024 Joan Aufderheide says that her situation is improving. She has a court appointed attorney who is accumulating evidence for her discharge and a hearing has been scheduled for January 8, 2024. On her attorney’s advice, Joan asks Shield members to hold off taking any action on her behalf until the results…

Shield Alert: Free Kedrick Tucker from psychiatric imprisonment

By Jim Gottstein | September 23, 2024

Update: November 9, 2024 Kedrick’s treatment team is refusing to allow him to move up a level, which would give him more privileges. They claim this is because he sleeps too much, even though extreme lethargy is a side effect of the drugs he is being forced to take. Additionally, they still have not given…

Shield Alert: Juba Mahiou Discharged, but Still Subjected to Forced Drugging

By Jim Gottstein | August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024 Update Juba Mahiou, a young immigrant to Quebec, was detained for over six months at the Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Laval (CISSS Laval) after a dispute with his family. Dr. Ali Jaber recieved court approval to forcibly drug Juba there, even as the judge acknowledged in his…

Shield Alert: Stop the forced drugging of Jill Kesti in her own home

By Jim Gottstein | August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024 Update Jill Kesti, a human rights activist in northern Michigan and founder of the Coalition to Stop Forced Drugging, is likewise facing home invasions by the Copper County Community Mental Health group (CCCMH). It has been a bit difficult to get timely info out about what Jill needs – in part because, fortunately, she was…

Shield Alert: End the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa

By Jim Gottstein | July 23, 2024

Please put an end to the harmful forced drugging and 6-year-long psychiatric incarceration of Lisa Espinosa September 10, 2024. Lisa reports that at her latest hearing (last week), the judge declared that Lisa would not be eligible to have another hearing until next year. It is not known at this writing if the hearing that…

Shield Alert: Stop the Forced Drugging of Donna Jeans

By Jim Gottstein | July 11, 2024

Update:  Correction to E-mail Address July 12, 2022.  The e-mail address we sent out earlier is incorrect.  It is missing a period.  The correct address is practice3.bridlington@nhs.net.  We profusely apologize for our mistake.  If you previously sent an e-mail to the wrong address we would be grateful if you could resend it to the correct address. STOP THE…