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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I increasingly realized that there is no opportunity to influence legislators to change the system in the clinical setting. I wrote Breakdown to appeal for legislative reform because it’s nearly impossible to change the system from within the trenches of clinical work. Most states have overly restrictive involuntary hold laws.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” This has resulted in a fixation on clinical services and proprietary models rather than proactive family support. The Bronx Defenders is suing New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services, over such a case. Increase SNAP benefits: Less “neglect.”