"Involuntary hospitalization" is a live conversation right now in NYC, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who's been paying attention. We should be having this conversation here in Seattle too.
We need more resources, more psych beds and more stable housing options for those with severe behavioral health issues, but we also need more workable civil commitment options for those too impaired to make rational decisions about their own well being.
Leaving seriously mentally ill people to suffer on our streets is neither compassionate nor is it good policy.
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@TheNeedling this feels personal.
A. my wife has been arguing this case for years.
B. You wouldn’t believe how many darn raccoon calls WDFW already gets from the greater Seattle area.
We need a version of CA’s CARE Court/conservatorship here.
When addicted, mentally ill people are too impaired to make rational decisions about their own well being, the compassionate act is not to leave them to suffer on our streets, but to intervene.
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