Regarding the practice of forced psychiatric "fitness for duty" examinations to determine mental fitness for employees of government agencies. Weiss says that this violates due process and is used against employees who question the workplace practices. The stigma that comes with being declared mentally unfit has done irreparable damage to those labeled as such. Weiss mentions Aquilla Fitzgerald and the organization Americans Against Psychiatric and Psychological Abuse.
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