Committable

In season 3 of Committable the hosts are going state by state to explore mental health laws throughout the US. In this episode we interview advocate Ren Faszewski about mental health laws in Virginia.

Ren Faszewski: https://www.dlcv.org/

Episode Transcript:  sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2022/12/19/s3-episode-4-virginia

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In season 3 of Committable the hosts are going state by state to explore mental health laws throughout the US. In this episode we interview attorney James Tucker about mental health laws in Alabama. 

James Tucker: https://adap.ua.edu/

Episode Transcript:

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In season 3 of Committable the hosts are going state by state to explore mental health laws throughout the US. In this episode we interview attorney Brynne Madway about mental health laws in Pennsylvania.

Brynne Madway: https://www.disabilityrightspa.org/

DRP live intake line: (800) 692-7443

Episode Transcript:  sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2022/12/5/s3-episode-2-pennsylvania

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

In season 3 of Committable the hosts are going state by state to explore mental health laws throughout the US. In this episode they interview attorney Carolyn Reinach Wolf about mental health laws in New York.

Carolyn Reinach Wolf: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/nyregion/for-families-struggling-with-mental-illness-carolyn-wolf-is-a-guide-in-the-darkness.html

2009 AOT Independent Evaluation: https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/NYDPH-report.pdf

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2022/11/28/s3-episode-1-new-york

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

With additional production help by Brian Patrick Williams.

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

While producing season 2 one of the most widely discussed changes to mental health interventions in the US has been the roll out of 988.

But what is 988? How does it work? What has changed?

In this episode we interview Aneri Pattani, Rob Wipond, and Yana Calou about 988 and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. 

Aneri Pattani:

https://khn.org/news/article/social-media-posts-criticize-988-suicide-hotline-calling-police/

Rob Wipond:

https://robwipond.com/your-consent-is-not-required

https://www.madinamerica.com/author/rwipond/

https://robwipond.com/documents/samhsa-national-suicide-prevention-lifeline-call-tracing-documents-and-data

Yana Calou:

https://translifeline.org/

https://translifeline.org/safe-hotlines/survivor-stories/

Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Below are other hotlines and resources listed in Aneri Pattani’s article “Social Media Posts Criticize the 988 Suicide Hotline for Calling Police. Here’s What You Need to Know.”

• BlackLine is a hotline geared toward the Black, Black LGBTQ+, brown, Native, and Muslim communities

You can find a directory of warm lines by state here.

Involuntary psychiatric detentions and civil commitments are legal processes that can deprive a person of their liberties and force them through systems that bring the potential for trauma. These practices were not designed around evidence, or empathy, so why are they legal? And what effect do these types of experiences have on the person being pushed through the system?

In this episode we interview Nev Jones and Molly Linhorst to better understand the legality of civil commitments and the potential impacts of forced hospitalizations.

To learn more about the ACLU of New Jersey and their efforts to protect civil liberties: https://www.aclu-nj.org/.

Nev Jones: https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ps.202100263?journalCode=ps

Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/9/19/s2-episode-4-looks-like-criminal-detention

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Cassidy was handcuffed by police and brought to an ER where she was detained for evaluation. Part of that evaluation included a risk assessment, a clinical tool used to help navigate complex decisions about whether or not to involuntarily detain someone. But what is a risk assessment? How reliable are these tools and why do systems of involuntary detention seem to be built around them?

In this episode we speak to Tim Wand and Morgan Shields to try and better understand risk assessments and what role they play in psychiatric holds and civil commitments.

Morgan Shields:

https://brownschool.wustl.edu/Faculty-and-Research/Pages/Morgan-Shields.aspx 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2788761 

Recommended reading from Tim Wand:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/10/world-mental-health-day-10-october-2019

Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/9/6/s2-episode-3-hot-potato

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

What is the history of crisis hotlines? What impact does police involvement have on the person perceived to be in distress? In this episode we continue to explore Cassidy’s story and speak to Hannah Zeavin and Jamie Livingston to try and better understand how these systems evolved and how they could be different.

Hannah Zeavin:

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/distance-cure

https://slate.com/technology/2022/04/crisis-lifelines-surveillance-geolocation-algorithms.html 

http://somatosphere.net/2020/the-third-choice-suicide-hotlines-psychiatry-and-the-police.html/

Jamie Livingston:

https://justmentalhealth.ca/

Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/8/30/s2-episode-2-precisely-no

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Cassidy Wilson called a crisis hotline to ask for help. What she received was multiple police officers coming to her home, handcuffing her, and forcibly taking her to an ER for evaluation. That evaluation led to almost a week of involuntary detention. 

In Season 2 of Committable we explore Cassidy’s experiences and continue our journey to deconstruct the systems of psychiatric detention that make situations like this, and the trauma that they can cause, far too common.

Cassidy’s article: https://thechicagomaroon.com/28693/viewpoints/op-ed/forefront-medicine-summer-involuntary-hospitalization/

Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/8/23/s2episode-1transcript

This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan.

https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown.

https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable