The Soviet system used psychiatry as a weapon by diagnosing political opponents as mentally ill in order to confine them as patients instead of trying them in court. Anyone who challenged the state such as dissidents, writers, would-be emigrants, religious believers, or human rights activists could be branded with fabricated disorders like sluggish schizophrenia. This turned normal political disagreement into supposed medical pathology and allowed the state to present dissent as insanity.
Once labeled in this way, people were placed in psychiatric hospitals where they could be held for long periods without legal protections. Harsh treatments were often used to break their resolve. The collaboration between state security organs and compliant psychiatrists created a system where political imprisonment was disguised as medical care, letting the Soviet regime suppress opposition while pretending it was addressing illness rather than silencing critics.
Generally, abusers make a lot of money, and sometimes can end up being louder than the actual victims. Because they make a full time job of being loud. Good luck getting your psychiatry victim association to the com budget of scientology.
Or competing with alpha-male-mindset-influencers who spend all their income on finding brand new ways of turning bad breakups and loneliness into various sales. I think they get by far the most public attention on those subjects, might be wrong.
There’s a bunch of similar situations with companies selling well-being stuff, conspiracy theorist news sites, etc.
I just wanted to point out it’s a general thing