"MISUNDERSTANDING THE CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICES IN PSYCHIATRY: A GLIMPSE INTO NEW ZEALAND'S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM"

The mental health landscape in New Zealand consists of a variety of methods towards treatment. However, among the multifaceted practices, unique ones persist to have a cloud of argument hanging over them. Chiefly among these are psychiatric abuses, involuntary commitments, forced medications, and the application of electroshock therapy. One princi