From Mad in Norway: The extensive use of forced medication in Norway should worry everyone, as long as we do not know for sure whether we are doing more harm than good. This article was first published in Klassekampen on March 5, 2026 and is reproduced with their permission. On January 30, 2026, the Borgarting Court of Appeal ruled in the case between Inger-Mari Eidsvik and the state. The court concluded that the health service had violated her human rights in connection with forced medication and isolation. The ruling shows us how little legal security patients under forced mental health care have in practice.
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Hi, I appreciate following your various publications on mental health. I’m a Norwegian, a mother who for years are and have been fighting for my sons health, as in to get him off forced antipshycotica.
Going on 11 years now, the start of it was psychosis induced by drugs, cocain, amfetamin. Which they ignored and he got stamped mentally insane ever since, never got help with drug addiction. Anyway, I want to clear something up, the case you mention and the verdict just says it was illegal handling due to the actual lack of how the complaints were dealt with by the state. The verdict actually emphasize that forced administration of the antipshycotica is all OK, as long as the state is following the law regarding right procedure of handling complaints. But, still a good and important verdict. Best regards from Rita in Norway.
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The linkage to refer to this page for browser translation instructions will not allow the action to take place. The issues are no longer in isolation, as the behavior from professionals or citizenry is inexcusable. To think of the violation being woven into the law, the manmade policy is problematic, for the integrity becomes circumspect!
The brain’s path towards appropriate healing finds this treatment style not helpful, perhaps even from the bench?
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