YOUR RIGHTS
1. You have the right to encouragement.
2. You have the right to refuse discouragement.
3. You have the right to accurately targeted health care.
4. You have the right to refuse psychological evaluation for yourself or your family member, whether educational, medical, or institutional.
5. You have the right to refuse psychiatric labels for yourself or your family member.
6. You have the right to choose alternatives to psychiatry.
7. You have the right to choose or negotiate treatment for your family member.
8. You have the right to an accurate and specific program of recovery or improvement for your family member.
9. You have the right to financial support for expenses for effective non-psychiatric treatment specific to your family member’s disability.
10. You have the right to your viewpoint and to your own conclusions.
11. You have the right to speak up on your family member’s behalf if agreed to by the member.
12. You have the right to protection of your own sanity.
13. You have the right of protection of your own physical health.
14. You have the right to disagree with medications or treatment for your family member.
15. You have the right to be happy.
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