The foundation of the new policy is that New York state will be able to authorize first responders to forcibly hospitalize mentally ill New Yorkers who cannot meet their own basic needs such as food, shelter or medical care.
The foundation of the new policy is that New York state will be able to authorize first responders to forcibly hospitalize mentally ill New Yorkers who cannot meet their own basic needs such as food, shelter or medical care.
Bad form. This is a real topic, with real world issues.
It still exists. We may not lobotomize patients or put them in insulin comas, but forced ECT is still on the table. Even if the practice has improved with technological advancements, it can still be misapplied.
Though it was almost a decade ago (and in Austrailia) this story stuck out to me as being an example of everything that can go wrong in psychiatry: https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/05/psychiatry_garth_daniels/
It’s fucking tragic.
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Yeah, this doesn’t sound scientific at all. I suspect you’re talking out of your ass.
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Why not just execute them entirely then, instead of only making them braindead?
Braindead people still have assets. Those must be extracted before they expire.
Oh, so you are giving up your assets?
It’s not the most modest proposal I’ve heard, but it’s up there.