Simone D.

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Simone D. is a pseudonym for a psychiatric patient in the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in New York City, [1] who in 2007 won a court ruling which set aside a two-year-old court order to give her electroshock treatment against her will. [2] [3] She spoke Spanish, but she was not transferred to a unit/facility that had Spanish-speaking clinicians. [4] Her attorneys were Dennis Feld and Kim Darrow. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ussher, Jane M. (2011). The Madness Of Women: Myth and Experience. Routledge. p. 85. ISBN   9781136656323.
  2. ↑ "MindFreedom, article title Another victory against forced electroshock. Simone D. wins!". MFIPortal. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-01-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Attorney loses battle to stop Simone D forced electroshock". MFIPortal. 7 July 2007.
  5. ↑ "MindFreedom, article title Another victory against forced electroshock. Simone D. wins!". MFIPortal. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014.


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