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Beyond Paternalism or Abandonment in Mental Health Care: An Interview with Neil Gong

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However, there’s another aspect of freedom, which involves ensuring that people have the capacities and resources, such as education, healthcare, and safety, to act freely. The idea was to release some prisoners who were incarcerated for drug offenses into the community and build up a community support system.

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

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Yet, in many of America’s underfunded and under-resourced community-based systems, it is often impossible for people to access care until and unless they are in a crisis. Proponents of court-ordered treatment also frequently argue that it is voluntary.