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- "Caring Coercion" Helps Mentally ill Accept Treatment by Steven Sharfstein, M.D.
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- AOT Cuts Arrest And Costs | PDF
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- 120 Officers Killed by Mentally Ill
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- Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Must Be a 2-Way Street
- Eric Clark retried or released in murder of Jeffrey Moritz
- FBI: Responding To Mentally Ill | PDF
- Federal & State Policies to Reduce Incarceration of Mentally Ill
- Florida Sheriffs' Endorse Baker Act to Help Mentally Ill
- Homicides Of Mental Health Workers By Patients | PDF
- IAB: Untreated Severe Mental Illness Burdens First Responders | PDF
- International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police Endorse AOT
- International Assoc. Of Chiefs Of Police Endorse Assisted Outpatient Treatment | PDF
- Judge Randy Rogers on Mentally ill
- Law Enforcement and Mentally Ill
- Law Enforcement Should Support Assisted Outpatient Treatment | PDF
- Management Of The Severely Mentally Ill And Its Effects On Homeland Security | PDF
- Mental Health Policies Are Cause For Alarm In Corrections (Sheriff Mag) | PDF
- Mental Health Policies Are Cause For Alarm: Why Law Enforcement (TAC)| PDF
- Mentally Ill Treated in Jail, Not Community
- National Sheriffs Association Supports Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- National Survey: Police, Sheriffs Overwhelmed by Mentally Ill
- Police Problem-Specific Guide: People With Mental Illness | PDF
- Secret Service Report: 64% of Mass Attackers Mentally ill
- Untreated Mentally Ill Killed by Police (2012)
- DJ Test page to learn not for posting
- Federal Mental Health Legislation Home Page 2016-2017
- Federal Mental Health Legislation Parent Page
- Comparing HR2646 and Senate Bill 1945 | PDF
- Federal Mental Illness Solutions Fact Sheet
- Gun Control Executive Order Effect on Mentally Ill
- How Federal Government Can Help Seriously Mentally Ill
- How Federal Government Can Help Seriously Mentally Ill | PDF
- HR2646- Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act -2015 Parent Page
- 1 Page Summary: Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act 2015
- AOT Free of Racial Bias | PDF
- Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act 2015 - Key Provisions and Background | PDF
- Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act 2015 HR 2646: One Page Key Provisions | PDF
- HELPING FAMILIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ACT 2015 | Key Provisions and Background
- Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act Explanation
- HIPAA Provisions Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act HR2646
- HR 2646 Ammended | PDF
- HR-2646: The Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act | PDF
- Integrating Physical Health and Mental Health in HR 2646
- Nami Harlem Support HR-2646, The Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act | PDF
- Peer Support Provisions Of Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) | PDF
- Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee Parent Page
- Biographies: Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC)
- Ideas for Federal Government to Improve Care for Seriously Mentally Ill
- Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee-Full Report
- Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee-Summary
- PAIMI & SAMHSA Mislead Congress | PDF
- S-2002 - Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 Parent Page
- S.1945 - Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 Parent Page
- First Person Stories Parent Page
- Aaron Bassler by James Bassler (father)
- David Letterman Stalker
- Donnie Buchanan: Involuntary Commitment Helped Me Recover
- Ed Francell: Medication Foundation for My Recovery
- Jenna Ward: Civil Libertarians Wrong About My Mentally Ill Brother
- Jon Stanleys Peer Perspective on Involuntary Commitment
- Kendra Webdale Mother Speaks Out on Kendra's Law
- Mary Gibson Leek: Bullying by Peer Supporters
- Morgan Claire: My Mentally Ill Husband
- My Untreated Schizophrenic Son Shot Police
- Nelson Kulls Consumer Perspective on Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (AOT)
- Pete Earley on Saving Son
- Robert Lundins Bipolar Disorder) Helped by Medications
- Sister: How Deinstitutionalization Failed Mentally Ill
- Woman with Schizophrenia Beaten, Raped, Saved By Commitment and Meds
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- Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (Superceded by 2015)
- HR 3717 2013 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act Parent Page
- "Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act" Ignores Serious Mental Illness
- A Letter From American Psychiatric Association To Representative Tim Murphy Re: HR3717 | PDF
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment Provisions Of HR 3717: Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act | PDF
- Comparison Of Provisions Related To Serious Mental Illness In HR 3717 And HR 4574 | PDF
- Comparison of Serious Mental Illness Provisions in HR 3717 and HR 4574
- Discussion Draft: To Maximize Access Of Mentally Ill To Community-Based Services | PDF
- Dj Jaffe Prepared Statement On Subcommittee Investigation Of Federal Programs Addressing Severe Mental Illness | PDF
- DJ Jaffe Statement on Serious Mental Illness to Congressional Forum
- Elimination of Unauthorized SAMHSA Programs | PDF
- F.A.C.T.S. Supports HR-3717 | PDF
- HR 3717 Keeps Mental Illness Medications in Protected Class
- HR3717 Endorsed by Washington Post
- HR3717 Frees Families of HIPAA Handcuffs
- HR3717 Text (2013 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act)
- Letter From Aacap To Representative Tim Murphy | PDF
- Letter From American Psychological Association To Representative Tim Murphy Re: HR3717 | PDF
- Letter From Mom To Representative Tim Murphy | PDF
- Mental Health Association Of Essex County Endorses HR3717 | PDF
- Mental Illness Policy Org Supports HR-3717 | PDF
- Myths about the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 3717)
- Myths About The Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 3717) | PDF
- Myths about the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 3717) | PDF
- NAMI Supports HR-3717 | PDF
- NAPHS Endorses Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act | PDF
- National Council For Behavioral Health Supports HR-3717 | PDF
- National Sheriffs Association (NSA) Supports HR-3717 | PDF
- New York State Association Of Chiefs Of Police Support HR-3717 | PDF
- PAIMI Problems Fixed by HR3717 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act
- Response To National Disability Rights Network Talking Points Memo Concerning The Bruce Murder Case In Maine | PDF
- Testimony Of Mary Zdanowicz on HR-3717 PAIMI Provisions | PDF
- Testimony: NAMI L.A. President on HR 3717 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act| PDF
- Text Of HR 3717 Addressing PAIMI Failures | PDF
- Text Of HR 3717: Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act | PDF
- The Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act: Ensuring Psychiatric Care for Those in Need of Help the Most | PDF
- The Real Mental Health Crisis In America -DJ Jaffe Oped | PDF
- Treatment Advocacy Center Supports Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act Of 2013 | PDF
- Washington Post Editorial: US Mental Health Care Needs A Check-Up | PDF
- Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill
- Institutions for Mental Disease (IMD) Parent Page
- Chief Biasotti: Fed. Testimony on Effect on Law Enforcement of Psychiatric Hospital Bed Shortage | PDF
- Deinstituionalization of Mentally ill Failed by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey (WSJ).
- Dr. Jeffrey Geller: Fed. Testimony on Psychiatric Bed Shortage | PDF
- Formula to Estimate Psychiatric Bed Shortage | PDF
- Gunther Stern: Fed. Testimony on Homeless Mentally Ill and Psychiatric Bed Shortage | PDF
- HR619 Ends Medicaid Discrimination Against Mentally Ill (Text)
- Ideas to End IMD Exclusion for Mentally Ill (from NAPHS)
- IMD Exclusion: Legal Analysis, Reexamine and Repeal to Help Mentally Ill
- IMD Exclusion: Legal Analysis, Reexamine and Repeal to Help Mentally Ill | PDF
- Institutes for Mental Disease IMD Exclusion hurts mentally ill
- Jon Mark Hirshon (ACEP): Fed. Testimony on Psychiatric Hospital Bed Shortage | PDF
- Judge Leifman: Fed Testimony on People with Mental Illnesses Involved in Criminal Justice | PDF
- Lisa Ashley: Fed. Testimony: A Mom's Perspective on Psychiatric Bed Shortage | PDF
- Long-Stay Patients in State Psychiatric Hospitals at the End of the 20th Century | PDF
- Medicaid should repeal IMD Exclusion
- Micro hospitalization (Ultra-Short-Term Stays) Fail Mentally Ill | PDF
- Micro-hospitalization (Ultra Short-Term Stays) of Mentally ill Counterproductive
- NAMI Policy on Institutes for Mental Disease (IMD) Exclusion
- Repeal IMD Exclusion: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
- Sheriff Tom Dart: Fed. Testimony: Psychiatric Bed Shortage Causes Incarceration | PDF
- Shortage of Psychiatric Hospital Beds for Mentally Ill (Full TAC Report) | PDF
- Shortage of Psychiatric Hospital Beds for Mentally Ill (Summary TAC Report)
- State psychiatric Bed Shortage in NJ, OK, NC, FL and DC (Articles)
- Tim Murphy Opening Statement: Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage | PDF
- Where did Deinstitutionalized Mental Patients Go? (Report)
- Involuntary Commitment (IVC) Parent Page
- 13 Smart Involuntary Commitment and Involuntary Treatment Reforms
- Compulsory and Involuntary Treatment in European Union (EU) - Report
- Does Involuntary Treatment Scare Mentally Ill From Care?
- Does Involuntary Treatment Scare People with Mental Illness Away from Treatment? | PDF
- How to Reform Involuntary Commitment and Involuntary Treatment Laws (Presentation)
- Legal Basis for Involuntary Commitment and Involuntary Treatment
- Medical Basis for Involuntary Treatment and Involuntary Commitment
- Outcomes for Voluntary vs. Involuntary Admission in First-Episode Psychosis (study) | PDF
- Proposal for uniform civil commitment standard
- Wisconsin's Progressive Civil Commitment Standard for Mentally Ill (Law Journal)
- Kendras Law Parent Page
- 2011 Kendra's Law Improvement Act Introduced
- 300 Mental Illness Tragedies in NYS
- 90 Preventable Tragedies in NYS 2005-2011 Due to Cracks in Kendra’s Law
- 90 Preventable Tragedies in NYS 2005-2011 Due to Cracks in Kendra’s Law | PDF
- Analysis of NYAPRS (Harvey Rosenthal) Kendra's Law Opposition
- Data Sheet: Savings from Kendraʼs Law | PDF
- Forms to Access Kendra's Law (NYS AOT) | PDF
- How to Improve New York City (NYC) Mental Illness Services | PDF
- Kendra's Law Guide
- Kendra's Law Improvement Act (A6987/S4880-2011) Text
- Kendra's Law Improvement Act (S2225-D) Provisions
- Kendra's Law Loopholes that Need Closing
- Kendra's Law Media Parent Page
- Goldstein Interview: Kendra's Killer: Law Too Weak | PDF
- Ignoring NY's Most Ill | PDF
- Kendra Webdale's Parents say Strengthen Kendra's Law
- Kendra's Law Editorials | PDF
- Kendra's Law Saves Lives - Op-ed by DJ Jaffe
- Kendra's Law Sponsors NY Post Op-ed MENTAL ILLNESS POLICY ORG.
- Kendra's Law Supported by Families of Mentally Ill-Albany Times Union op-ed
- Kendras law in Ithaca Journal MENTAL ILLNESS POLICY ORG.
- Must Close Kendra's Law Cracks | PDF
- OMH Needs To Go Back To Its Roots | PDF
- Schenectady Gazette Kendra's Law MENTAL ILLNESS POLICY ORG.
- Webdale Op Ed: Our Daughter Did Not Die In Vain | PDF
- Kendra's Law Opposed by NYS Mental Health Industry (oped)
- Kendra's Law Overview and Summary of Results
- Kendra's Law Research Shows Improvements Needed
- Kendra's Law Testimony by DJ Jaffe
- Kendra’s Law Improvement Act (S2225-D) Provisions | PDF
- Kendra’s Law, Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) and Civil Rights
- Mary Zdanowicz, Esq.: Kendra's Law Renewal Testimony
- Mental Illness Gun Provisions of NYS SAFE Act 2013
- NAMI-NYS & NAMI-NYC Policy on Involuntary Commitment and Court Ordered Treatment
- New York State / New York City Mental Health Criminal Justice Panel Report and Recommendations | PDF
- NYC Kendra's Law (AOT) Contact Phone Numbers
- NYC Mayor DeBlasio Task Force on Mentally Ill Fails
- NYC Mayor DeBlasio Task Force Report on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System | PDF
- NYC Mayoral Candidate Malliotakis "Treatment B4 Crisis" Mental Illness Plan
- NYC Mental Health Statistics and Facts
- NYC Report on Mental Health Challenges | PDF
- NYC Statistics: Serious Mental Illness Among Adults | PDF
- NYS Mental Health Officials Avoid Mentally Ill (Discussion Paper)
- NYS Mental Hygiene Directors Wrong to Oppose Kendra's Law
- NYS Mentally Ill Deserve Better Care: oped by DJ Jaffe
- NYS Mentally Ill Deserve Better Care: oped by DJ Jaffe | PDF
- NYS SAFE Act (Guns & Mentally Ill): Fact Sheet | PDF
- NYS Short 4,000 Psychiatric Hospital Beds (article)
- Remove Firearms vs. Improving Mental Illness Care - (Police Chief Oped) | PDF
- Research on Kendra's Law (AOT) Parent Page
- 10 Independent Kendra's Law Studies Show it works | PDF
- AOT (Assisted Outpatient Commitment) Kendra's Law Reduces Crime (Study Press Release)
- AOT (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) Improves Compliance Even After AOT Ends (Study Summary)
- AOT (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) Improves Compliance Even After AOT Ends (Study) | PDF
- AOT (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) Reduces Arrest (Study Summary)
- AOT (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) Reduces Arrest (Study) | PDF
- AOT (Kendra's Law) Enhanced Medication Compliance More than Enhanced Services (Study) | PDF
- AOT (Kendra's Law) Improves Mental Health Systems (Study Summary)
- AOT (Outpatient Commitment) Increases Mental Health System's Capacity (Study)
- AOT Assisted Outpatient Treatment (Kendra's Law) Reduces Hospitalization
- AOT Assisted Outpatient Treatment (Kendra's Law) Reduces Hospitalization | PDF
- AOT, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Kendra's Law Works in Urban and Rural Settings | PDF
- Arrest Outcomes Associated With Outpatient Commitment in New York State | PDF
- Arrests Reduced by Kendra's Law (Study Summary)
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment Regional Variations (Study Summary)
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Kendra's Law Research Summary (TAC) | PDF
- Duke Cost Study: The Cost of Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Can It Save States Money? | PDF
- Kendra's Law achieves outstanding results in 2017
- Kendra's Law Racially Neutral
- Kendra's Law Study 2009: NY State AOT Program Evaluation | PDF
- Kendra's Law Works says multple studies - MENTAL ILLNESS POLICY ORG.
- Kendra's Law, AOT, Assisted Outpatient Treatment is Racially Neutral (Study) | PDF
- Kendra's Law: Final Report on the Status of Assisted Outpatient Treatment | PDF
- Medication Compliance Mentally Ill Civilly Committed
- NAMI NY State Whitepaper: Assisted Outpatient Treatment Through Kendra's Law | PDF
- NAMI NYS Kendra's Law White Paper (AOT)
- Summary of 2009 Kendra's Law (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) Research
- Summary of Psychiatric Services Special Section on Assisted Outpatient Treatment Research | PDF
- Supporters of Kendra's Law (AOT) Parent Page
- Albany Times Editorial: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment and Right to be Mentally Ill - Oped by Torrey & Zdanowicz
- Buffalo News Op Ed: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Change "Dangerousness Standard" for Involuntary Treatment - Daily News Op Ed | PDF
- Daily News Editorial Endorsing Kendra's Law
- Focus NYS OMH on Seriously Mentally Ill - NY Post Op Ed by DJ Jaffe | PDF
- Gannett Editorials: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Helps Mentally ill Prisoners - Op-ed by Fuller Torrey & Mary Zdanowicz
- Kendra Webdales Mother Speaks Out on Kendra's Law
- Kendra's Law should be Permanent - Buffalo News Editorial
- Kendra's Law Works - Albany Times Union Oped by Mary Barber
- List of Kendra's Law Supporters Compiled by Mental Illness Policy Org
- Make Kendra's Law Permanent & Improve it: Gannette Oped
- Make Kendra's Law Permanent - Buffalo News Op Ed by DJ Jaffe | PDF
- Mid-Hudson Association of Chiefs of Police Support Kendra's Law | PDF
- NAMI NYS Supports Kendra's Law - Memo
- National Law Journal on Kendra's Law: Letter | PDF
- Newsday Endorses Kendra's Law - Editorial
- NY Post Editorial: Kendra's Law Forever | PDF
- NY Post Op Ed: They Didn't Have To Die: Belluci | PDF
- NY State Association of Chiefs of Police Endorse AOT | PDF
- NY Times Endorses Kendra's Law - Editorial
- NYS OMH Letter to New Mexico, re: Success of Asssited Outpatient Treatment | PDF
- NYS Police Chiefs Support Assisted Outpatient Treatment - NY Post Oped by Chief Biasotti
- Orange County Police Chiefs: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Remembering Kendra Webdale - NY Post Oped by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey
- Sheldon Silver Endorses Kendra's Law (AOT) - Oped | PDF
- Town of Chester Police Department: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Town of Windsor Police Department: Make Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Westchester County Chiefs of Police Association Support Making Kendra's Law Permanent | PDF
- Text Kendra's Law (Assisted Outpatient Treatment, AOT) Mental Hygiene Law § 9.60
- Thrive NYC Mental Health Roadmap | PDF
- Violence by Mentally Ill: Consider Past History and Definition of Dangerousness - Legal Analysis NYS
- White Paper on Failure of ThriveNYC to Help Mentally Ill
- Why ThriveNYC is Failing
- Legal Parent Page
- Clark v. Arizona Amicus (NGRI) | PDF
- Competency of Mentally Ill - Rogers v. Okin, etc. Case Summaries
- Dangerousness Standard Delays Treatment For Mentally Ill - Study
- Dangerousness Standard: O'connor v. Donaldson Case Summary
- Does Olmstead Require New York State to Use Assisted Outpatient Treatment? - Discussion
- Does Olmstead require States to Implement Assisted Outpatient Treatment? - Discussion
- Due Process and Dangerousness - Lessard v Schmidt Case Summary
- Hendricks, Crane, Sexually Violent Predator Laws & Supreme Court - Commentary | PDF
- Informed Consent: Zinermon v Burch Case Summary
- Insanity Plea and Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity - Oped Jim Randall LA Times
- Involuntary medications: Riese v. St. Mary's Case Summary
- Involuntary Treatment (Assisted Outpatient Treatment) is Constitutional - Journal Article
- Jurasek v Utah: Forcibly Medicate Incompetent Mentally Ill: Case Summary
- Legal Fallacies of Antipsychotic Drugs: Commentary | PDF
- Mental Illness and Supreme Court: Case Summaries
- Need for Treatment Standards are Constitutional - Case Summaries
- Right to Refuse Medication: Rennie v. Klein Case Summary
- Right to Treatment: Wyatt v. Stickney - Case Summary
- Substitute Judgement For Mentally Ill: Richard Roe Case Summary
- Why Hospitals Can't Rehabilitate Mentally Ill by Letting them Help Run Hospitals - Souder v Brennan Case Summary
- Local Government Policies to Improve Care for Mentally Ill & Lower Costs
- Media Parent Page
- Best Media Parent Page
- 'Rights' Leave Mentally Ill Families in Legal Limbo: Oped by Beth Barber
- 5 Point Federal Action Plan to Reduce Violence by Mentally Ill - Proposal in National Review
- Civil Liberties and Mental Illness: Best Article Ever Written: Uncivil Liberties
- Civil Liberties and Mental Illness: Best Article Ever Written: Uncivil Liberties | PDF
- Close Loopholes in Kendra's Law - Op-ed by V. Bellucci
- Federal Discrimination Against Mentally Ill: IMD Exclusion - Washington Post Oped Jaffe/Zdanowicz
- Fix Loopholes in Kendra's Law - Op-ed by DJ Jaffe
- Fix Loopholes in Kendra's Law: Oped by DJ Jaffe | PDF
- Forbes: Involuntary Treatment Saves Lives | PDF
- Journal News: Close Loopholes in Kendra's Law | PDF
- Kendra's Law endorsed by Manhattan Institute (City Journal)
- Kendra's Law Problems - Op-ed by Pat Scimone
- MacArthur Study: Untreated Seriously Mentally Ill Are More Violent - National Review
- Medicines Deter Dangerous Behavior in Mentally Ill
- Mentally Ill Go From Asylums To Jail - NY Times Oped, Sally Satel
- Mistreating Mental Illness Rich Lowry National Review
- New Freedom Commission Wrong on Mental Health by Rich Lowry
- Not Everyone Recovers from Mental Illness, Oped by Mary Zdanowicz
- Opeds: Medicaid Forces Psychiatric Hospitals to Close in NC, FL, OK, and New Jersey
- Selected DJ Jaffe Opeds on Mental Illness on Huffington Post
- We Need Rational Involuntary Commitment Laws for Mentally Ill - Isaac/Jafffe
- E. Fuller Torrey Media Parent Page
- Consequences
- Deinstitutionalization & Mental Health Policies Fail - Oped by Torrey & Zdanowicz
- Deinstitutionalization hasn’t worked - Washington Post Oped Torrey & Zdanowicz
- Dr. E. Fuller Torrey Interview Salon Magazine
- Dr. E. Fuller Torrey TV Appearances
- Dr. E. Fuller Torrey Washington Post Profile: Thinking Outside the Box | PDF
- Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, CV, Books, Accomplishments, Awards
- Dr. E. Fuller Torrey: Washington City Paper Profile
- Involuntary Commitment Phobia: Wall St. Journal Oped by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey
- Mental Health System Deadly: E. Fuller Torrey Oped
- Mentally Ill Punished by Freedom - Dr. E. Fuller Torrey/Mary Zdanowicz Oped
- Mentally Ill Violent when Untreated: Oped by Dr. E. Fuller Torrey
- Patrick Moynihan: Deinstitutionalization Failed
- Pharmaceutical Companies Buy Psychiatrists: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey in American Prospect
- Role of Federal Government's Attempts to Improve Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness | PDF
- Why do severely mentally ill go untreated? Boston Globe Oped by Fuller Torrey Mary Zdanowicz
- Help for Reporters Covering Mental Illness and Mental Health.
- Politically Incorrect Mental Illness Articles
- Best Media Parent Page
- Medical Parent
- Anosognosia (Lack of Insight) Increases Violence by Mentally Ill - Study Summaries
- Beneficial Effects Of Involuntary Medication and Involuntary Treatment: Study Summaries
- Bipolar Disorder: Symptoms, Treatments, Recovery Rates
- Brain Changes Occur in Mentally Ill Who Have Never Been Medicated
- Causes and Consequences of Failure To Treat Severe Psychiatric Disorders - Presentation by Dr. Torrey | PDF
- Causes of Medication Noncompliance Among Seriously Mentally Ill - Study Summaries
- Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia & Bipolar - Fact Sheet
- Delusions in Schizophrenia - Fact Sheet
- Diagnosing Anosognosia and Poor Insight: Dr. Xavier Amador | PDF
- Impaired Awareness and Anosognosia in Mentally Ill: Study Summaries
- Lack of Awareness One is Ill (Anosognosia) Increases Violence in Mentally Ill
- Laws that Require Dangerousness for Involuntary Admission Delay Initial Schizophrenia Treatment - Study | PDF
- Legal Fallacies of Antipsychotic Drugs | PDF
- Medications Cut Violence Among Mentally Ill in Study - US News | PDF
- Poor Insight in Schizophrenia: Overview and Impact on Medication Compliance | PDF
- Schizophrenia & Bipolar Are Neurobiological Disorders - The Evidence
- Schizophrenia Fact Sheet
- Schizophrenia Treatment Guidelines from AHRQ
- Mental Health Parent Page
- Mental Illness in NYC & NYS and Kendra's Law Home Page
- MENTAL ILLNESS POLICY ORG.
- Myths Parent Page
- 11 Myths About Mental Illness Even Believed by Mental Health Advocates
- ACLU Causes Incarceration of Seriously Mentally Ill
- Answers to opposition by Mental Hygiene Directors to Closing Cracks in Kendra’s Law | PDF
- Antipsychiatry vs. Psychiatry: Essay by DJ Jaffe
- Brain changes in people never medicated for mental illness and those who have been medicated
- Brain changes in people never medicated for mental illness and those who have been medicated
- Comparison of False Claims by SAMHSA-Funded AOT Opponents with the Actual Research | PDF
- Criticisms of Mad in America, Psychiatry Under the Influence & Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker
- Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Dictates Mental Health Reform
- Involuntarily Treated Patients Approve of It - Study Review
- Mad in America by Robert Whitaker includes some unsound science - Mental Illness Policy Org
- Mindfreedom, Scientology, David Oaks, CCHR, Citizens Commission on Human Rights: Comparison
- Myths about Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) (Kendra's Law, Laura's Law)
- Myths Concerning Forced Treatment, AOT, and Involuntary Treatment of Mentally Ill
- Patient-Centered, Recovery-Oriented Psychiatric Care and Treatment Are Not Always Voluntary | PDF
- Problems with SAMHSA and How to Fix
- Problems with SAMHSA and how to fix | PDF
- Protection and Advocacy (PAIMI/P&A) Lawyers Break Law - Amanda Peters in Oregon Law Review
- Protection and Advocacy (PAIMI/P&A) Lawyers Break Law - Amanda Peters in Oregon Law Review | PDF
- SAMHSA's Own Evaluation Shows Major Problems with PAIMI/P&A
- SAMHSA's Own Evaluation Shows Major Problems with PAIMI/P&A | PDF
- Scientology, CCHR, and Serious Mental Illness - New York Times
- Why Families of Schizophrenics Need a New Organization: Richard Lamb - Journal Article | PDF
- National Studies Parent Page
- AHRQ Endorses Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) To Reduce Hospitalizations - Summary
- AHRQ Endorses Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) To Reduce Hospitalizations - Summary | PDF
- Broader Commitment Criteria Lowers Homicide Rates - Study Summary
- Broader Commitment Criteria Lowers Homicide Rates – Study | PDF
- Discussion and Map of States with Need for Treatment Commitment Standard
- Estimate of Number Eligible for AOT by State and Projected Savings - Mental Illness Policy Org
- Fraud, Waste and Excess Profits In Mental Illness System - Mental Illness Policy Org Report | PDF
- Funds for Mental Illness: Is Your State Generous or Stingy
- Funds for Mental Illness: Is Your State Generous or Stingy (Report)
- How HIPAA Handcuffs Parents of Mentally Ill and How to Fix It
- How HIPAA Handcuffs Parents of Mentally Ill and How to Fix It | PDF
- Involuntary Commitment (Assisted Treatment) Standards (50 states) - Treatment Advocacy Center Report
- National Mental Health Expenditures | PDF
- Standards states use for assisted outpatient treatment for mentally ill - Mental Illness Policy Org
- Summary of Nationwide Studies on Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) | PDF
- Who Can Petition Court To Treat Mentally Ill - 48 State Laws | PDF
- NGRI (Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) Parent Page
- Changes Needed to Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Law (NGRI): A Case History: Eric Clark and Jeffrey Moritz
- Maryland's Incompetency to Stand Trial Polices and Practices - Report | PDF
- Outpatient Commitment Standards: Nationwide
- State Tables: Mentally ill in Jails vs, Hospitals: Treatment Advocacy Center Report
- The Trouble with the Insanity Defense: DJ Jaffe Oped in Wall St. Journal
- Unfit to Stand Trial: Russell Weston and Ronald Reagan (Washington Post Oped)
- Open Letter to NAMI Affiliates and State Organizations About Serious Mental Illness
- PressRoom
- Results Group Wrong About Laura's Law (Original Report)
- SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Page
- Congressman Tim Murphy on Failures of SAMHSA - Statement | PDF
- Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (Text-2013 Version) | PDF
- House Hearing on SAMHSA - Committee Background Memo | PDF
- Joe Bruce: How Fed. Protection and Advocacy Program Killed My Wife - Testimony | PDF
- Kognito At-Risk for Lacks Evidence SAMHSA Still Certified It
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- California's Mental Health Service Act: A Ten Year $10 Billion Bait and Switch - White Paper | PDF
- California’s Mental Health Service Act A Ten Year $10 Billion Bait and Switch
- Darrell Steinberg Bills Diverted Millions from Mentally Ill
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- MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention: $2 Billion Diverted - Special Report | PDF
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- Misspending in California's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) - Oped
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- NAMI: MHSA Fails to Work | PDF
- New Regs Proposed To Drive MHSA Funds Away From People With Serious Mental Illness | PDF
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- Rose King on Problems in MHSA Implementation
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- MHSA Whistleblower Complaint - Rose King | PDF
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- Nevada County Judge Anderson Encourages Counties to Adopt Laura's Law - Letter | PDF
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- Orange County Health Department Report on Laura's Law | PDF
- Orange County Laura's Law Testimony of Carla Jacobs
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- Request for Audit of Proposition 63 Funding | PDF
- Resolution Authorizing Implementation in Nevada County of Laura's Law as of April 22,2008 | PDF
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- San Diego County Board of Supervisors Review of Laura's Law | PDF
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- San Diego Mental Illness Tragedies - List of
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- San Francisco Should Implement Laura's Law - 2013 S.F. Chronicle Article
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- San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes October 18, 2011 | PDF
- San Mateo Health Care Officials Make False Claims About Laura's Law - Analysis | PDF
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- Sonoma: Treatment Not Jail for Mental Illness - Letter to Editor | PDF
- Suggested Fixes to Laura's Law (AOT, Assisted Outpatient Treatment) | PDF
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- Ventura County Hears Judge Describe Laura's Law Success - Presentation
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