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What you're worried about is reasonable but it doesn't seem to have much to do with the article. There's no mention of the mental health clinician and EMT in t
by jdeibele 6y ago
What you're worried about is reasonable but it doesn't seem to have much to do with the article.
There's no mention of the mental health clinician and EMT in the van grabbing people, throwing them in the van, and hauling them off to be committed.
Instead they seem to be sympathetic listeners who can help with problems. Not solve, probably, and probably not permanently but anything that helps keep people from getting shot or locked up in jail is good.
- imperio59 6y agoI had a friend who was essentially committed against her will. She was never grabbed violently or thrown into a van. She was calmly told they would be committing her, then asked to strip and change into a gown, told to take the medication or it would be administered forcefully, etc... You have a very "Hollywood" idea of how this stuff happens. Reality is a lot more insidious.
- ogre_codes 6y agoNo idea what your friend went through, but that's not what this program does. The people in these programs can't commit anyone, or take them anywhere they don't want to go. The service works much much better that way because when the van rolls up, there is no fight or flee reaction.