Mad in America

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The law empowers family members, social service providers, police, and first responders to refer primarily unhoused people diagnosed with schizophrenia or other severe mental illnesses to a regime of civil courts that would compel them to accept a ‘care plan’ handed down by a judge.

Legal

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

MARCH 24, 2025

SUD care coordination is unique because it requires navigating both medical and nonmedical systems, including behavioral health, physical health, social services and community-based recovery resources. Thats where care coordination comes in.

Social Services

Mad in America

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The responsible thing to do would have been to keep me a ward of the state, transfer me into Adult Social Services, and ensure that I was released only after I had demonstrated an ability to provide for myself. Just because I had a month of good behavior did not suddenly make me cured.

Hospitality

Mad in America

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That is, the legal framework and policies and practices for services and support still need to be created, because it is still very institutional, is what activists there have told me, but there are all these reforms underway. I started the book project for two reasons.

Poverty and mental health