What is Sanism?
Sanism
is a form of systemic and systematic discrimination and oppression of
people who have been diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, or who have
or are perceived to have mental differences or emotional distress.
What does sanism look like?
Discrimination in employment and housing Conflating “mental illness” with violence Involuntary holds on locked psych units Forced-drugging Restraint and Seclusion Coercion into psychiatric treatment Police violence Targets of violence due to fear and hatred
50% of victims of police shootings are disabled. The majority of those have psychiatric diagnoses.
People diagnosed with psychiatric disorders are 12 times more likely to be the victims of assault than the general population.
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