Affiliated with the Church of Scientology, museum examines psychiatry from a skeptic's perspective
"Opened in December 2005 by Citizens Commission On Human Rights International, the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum is dedicated to exposing an industry driven entirely by profit whose purported therapeutic benefits have often resulted in death. The museum aims not only to educate and inform but to bring practical guidance for lawmakers, doctors, human rights advocates and private citizens to take action in their own sphere and thereby force psychiatry to account for its crimes and abuses. This entirely self-guided tour includes 14 documentaries, artifacts and displays of psychiatry’s most harmful treatment devices. It is the definitive resource on historical and contemporary psychiatric theories and practices."
I love this museum! It's on Sunset blvd. close to Hollywood, kind of a rundown area. It's free. I've taken many people to the museum and they all love it too! I thoroughly enjoy the displays, videos, visuals, antiques. It's so awesome! One of my favorite museums, for sure. If you're in LA, you have to go! It's free!
And don't let the affiliation with Scientology bother you. There is no mention of Scientology throughout anywhere in the museum and they don't advertise that way. There's usually a kind lady at the front to assist you. There's a gift shop too. I have no idea what Scientology is or what it's about and I don't care, the museum doesn't preach anything. I have been there many times and nobody bothered me with Scientology literature or anything. It's just a really well made museum for anyone to enjoy.
Scientology naturally dislikes psychiatry in part because they are a competitor for mind betterment. Scientology is basically a business.
Not to say they're wrong. This museum focuses on overprescription of antidepressants for example. That actually does kill people.
Though that so many people are on them is just more evidence that this is a failed society. Toxic food with endless poisons and processing, depression, people are even allergic to their houses. If people could see the microscopic bodies that infest their homes they'd run for the hills. If I have my way they soon will anyway...
There's a section of the museum for mass shootings because of medications, and another on Hollywood stars that got a lobotomy and went crazy, it's creepy AF. There's also a section dedicated to Nazi artifacts, cool shit and old torturing devices from sanitariums. You would probably enjoy the museum. Probably the most macabre museum I've visited.
I always like to have a clean home. I tend to vacuum and clean often enough. Some people are just slobs. I knew a guy who had his dog shit in the laundry room because he was too lazy to walk it. There was a mound of dog shit in that room. One of the most disturbing things I've seen.
[ + ] Joe_McCarthy
[ - ] Joe_McCarthy [op] 0 points 6 monthsNov 25, 2024 14:26:27 ago (+1/-1)
Affiliated with the Church of Scientology, museum examines psychiatry from a skeptic's perspective
"Opened in December 2005 by Citizens Commission On Human Rights International, the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum is dedicated to exposing an industry driven entirely by profit whose purported therapeutic benefits have often resulted in death. The museum aims not only to educate and inform but to bring practical guidance for lawmakers, doctors, human rights advocates and private citizens to take action in their own sphere and thereby force psychiatry to account for its crimes and abuses. This entirely self-guided tour includes 14 documentaries, artifacts and displays of psychiatry’s most harmful treatment devices. It is the definitive resource on historical and contemporary psychiatric theories and practices."
[ + ] 2girls1cup
[ - ] 2girls1cup 1 point 6 monthsNov 25, 2024 18:22:06 ago (+1/-0)
And don't let the affiliation with Scientology bother you. There is no mention of Scientology throughout anywhere in the museum and they don't advertise that way. There's usually a kind lady at the front to assist you. There's a gift shop too. I have no idea what Scientology is or what it's about and I don't care, the museum doesn't preach anything. I have been there many times and nobody bothered me with Scientology literature or anything. It's just a really well made museum for anyone to enjoy.
[ + ] Joe_McCarthy
[ - ] Joe_McCarthy [op] 2 points 6 monthsNov 25, 2024 19:14:48 ago (+2/-0)*
Not to say they're wrong. This museum focuses on overprescription of antidepressants for example. That actually does kill people.
Though that so many people are on them is just more evidence that this is a failed society. Toxic food with endless poisons and processing, depression, people are even allergic to their houses. If people could see the microscopic bodies that infest their homes they'd run for the hills. If I have my way they soon will anyway...
[ + ] 2girls1cup
[ - ] 2girls1cup 0 points 6 monthsNov 25, 2024 19:36:00 ago (+0/-0)*
I always like to have a clean home. I tend to vacuum and clean often enough. Some people are just slobs. I knew a guy who had his dog shit in the laundry room because he was too lazy to walk it. There was a mound of dog shit in that room. One of the most disturbing things I've seen.