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About the No Force Coalition The Coalition was started at a "Town Hall Meeting". Psychiatric consumers and survivors from around Ontario met on January 29, 1999, as planned on an email list started by the Psychiatric Survivor Action Association of Ontario. The meeting was held to address the stereotype of the "violent mental patient" and to deal with community treatment orders as a community. The Coalition was formed at this meeting as a first step, and the Town Hall's plans for educating consumers, survivors and the public were taken up by a sub-group, as this seemed the most attainable goal discussed at the meeting. Research, pamphlets, forums and protests resulted, with growing interest in the issues of force, medications, and the myth of the "violent mental patient". home / QSPC
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