Caption: A homeless encampment in Los
Angeles. A large share of homeless people
in the state have mental health issues
.Credit: Philip Cheung for The NY Times
[....] Roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population is in California, and a substantial proportion suffers from schizophrenia or other serious psychotic disorders. Getting them treatment and medication, the authorities have long maintained, would make a significant dent in the state’s homelessness crisis.
But some of them resist care, and laws have been on the books for decades that make it difficult to force people into treatment, because of past abuses in state mental health institutions and coercion of mentally ill people.
Now, the state is trying a course correction, and one of the most closely watched measures will start next week.
A new program known as CARE Court — the acronym stands for Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment — will give relatives, health care providers and homeless outreach workers standing to ask state courts to compel certain people with severe mental illness to accept treatment, to be provided by county government. The measure will apply only to untreated people who have diagnoses of schizophrenia or certain other psychotic disorders.
The approach is aimed at adults who resist care and often end up in crisis, cycling through emergency rooms, jail cells or homeless shelters. It authorizes judges to order evaluations and, if necessary, to order up to two years of treatment by a team that can also prescribe medication and help the patient find housing. If a person refuses to enter treatment voluntarily, the court can order them hospitalized or refer them to conservatorship, in which a conservator would be appointed who could make medical and financial decisions for them [....]
1st time in a very long time riding the bus in #LosAngeles and 3 mins in already being harassed by a homeless man. No wonder there’s so many people driving in LA. They don’t want to deal with this BS. There’s no law or order here and we suffer bc of it. #homelessness#California
Well he may indeed have delusions of white supremacy, and indeed perhaps Donald Trump sets him off. On the other hand he might as well have delusions of little green aliens taking over human bodies and it's not Trump but Taylor Swift who sets him off. Let's give him access to guns, teach him a great trade like being a firearms instructor and then sign him up for the National Guard reserves. And after he threatens to shoot up the guard base, let him free after committing him for two weeks, to shoot people at the bowling alley because the voices told him to:
^ wait, wait don't tell me, I know another narrative: he was just fine, mentally fit as a fiddle, until those docs at the institution where he was committed for two weeks, gave him SSRI's.
For this article, Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom interviewed more than 250 homeless mentally ill people, care providers, lawyers and government officials and reviewed tens of thousands of pages of confidential medical records and other documents.
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
Avoid the area;
Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
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Mho, in a better world, the orderlies in the hospital would be dealing with him, not Gary's 'testosterone' rush.
by artappraiser on Mon, 10/09/2023 - 5:00pm
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Well he may indeed have delusions of white supremacy, and indeed perhaps Donald Trump sets him off. On the other hand he might as well have delusions of little green aliens taking over human bodies and it's not Trump but Taylor Swift who sets him off. Let's give him access to guns, teach him a great trade like being a firearms instructor and then sign him up for the National Guard reserves. And after he threatens to shoot up the guard base, let him free after committing him for two weeks, to shoot people at the bowling alley because the voices told him to:
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 11:10pm
^ wait, wait don't tell me, I know another narrative: he was just fine, mentally fit as a fiddle, until those docs at the institution where he was committed for two weeks, gave him SSRI's.
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 11:08pm
He heard voices - watcha gonna do?
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 12:51am
Behind 94 Acts of Shocking Violence, Years of Glaring Mistakes
By Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom
Photographs by José A. Alvarado Jr.
For this article, Amy Julia Harris and Jan Ransom interviewed more than 250 homeless mentally ill people, care providers, lawyers and government officials and reviewed tens of thousands of pages of confidential medical records and other documents.
by artappraiser on Mon, 11/20/2023 - 2:14pm
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