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

Mad in America

N eil Gong is an assistant professor of sociology at UC San Diego, where he researches psychiatric services, homelessness, and how communities seek to maintain social order. What can we learn about the intersection of mental health, homelessness, and social policy? How do these disparate systems reflect our societal values?

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

I n 1999, New York State passed the first Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) law, which creates a regime of civil courts to force psychiatric interventions on those found to have “serious and persistent mental illness” who “struggle to engage voluntarily” with care. What made this year different?