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Involuntary committal of Victor Győry
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Victor Győry (born c. 1935) was an immigrant from Hungary who was involuntarily committed to the Haverford State Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1969. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, after a psychological evaluation diagnosed him with schizophrenia with paranoid tendencies. Also, he had attempted to commit suicide.
Győry was unable to speak English. Because it seemed to doctors that Győry was speaking gibberish (actually Hungarian), Győry was given electroshock therapy, a standard treatment of the time for schizophrenia. The use of electroconvulsive therapy was curtailed significantly in the 1980s,[1] but unlike involuntary commitment, it has its supporters, who cite its effectiveness for certain ailments[2]
The validity of involuntary commitment had already been questioned, and laws passed to limit its practice in the field of psychiatry, for many years prior to Victor's case. By the end of the '70s, the United States and many other countries had radically changed involuntary commitment laws.[3]
Many years later, Győry is still a poster child of sorts for the Church of Scientology's fight against psychiatry and drugs used to treat mental illness. The Church's Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) successfully secured Győry's release from Haverford.[4]
Citations
- ↑ Erica Goode. Federal Report Praising Electroshock Stirs Uproar. New York Times. URL accessed on 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Goleman, Daniel (1990-08-02). "The Quiet Comeback of Electroshock Therapy". The New York Times: p. B5. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0D81F3EF931A3575BC0A966958260&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
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- ↑ Court-ordered insanity: interpretive practice and involuntary commitment.
- ↑ Brooten, Gary (3 Sept. 1969). "Court Case Ends Abruptly as Patient is Discharged by Haverford State Hospital". The Evening Bulletin. </li> </ol>
References
- Church of Scientology of New York (1971). The Victor Gyory story (pamphlet), p. 14 pages, Church of Scientology.
- Ruble, Richard (1975). Christian perspectives on psychology, p. 129.
- Thompson, Marie L. (2007). Mental illness, p. 98.
- Delaware County Daily Times – Chester, Pennsylvania – Wednesday, July 23, 1969 – Page 9 - ~3/4 column
- Delaware County Daily Times – Chester, Pennsylvania – Tuesday, January 06, 1970 – Page 13 - ~1 column
- Court-ordered insanity: interpretive practice and involuntary commitment.
