The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment: Are Protection and Advisory Councils Fulfilling Their Mission?

Spurred on by narratives that street problems are caused by mental health issues rather than by worsening economic inequities, new bills expanding powers to involuntarily commit people have been leapfrogging each other in recent years from California and New York to Oregon, Oklahoma, Indiana and beyond. Around the country, small, underfunded organizations and scrappy volunteer groups—often brought together by peers, survivors and users of the me…