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During March 2013 I suffered a serious paranoid psychosis and was forcibly held at the KGV Hospital's acute ward, under the Mental Health Act 1984.

Actually, ten RGP officers, in full riot gear with shields, raided my home and in a very violent and aggressive manner, even though I was lying face down on the floor and offering no resistance whatsoever, abducted me and took me in handcuffs to the police station. There I was seen by two psychiatrists and a mental welfare officer and sent to the KGV. Hospital.

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia by both Dr. Amparo Diaz and Dr. Lillywhite and prescribed with anti psychotic medication and sleeping pills. Several weeks later after being discharged I was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder

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