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It's folly to wait until someone with mental illness gets dangerous before stepping in. It pretty much guarantees that a sick person will start looking like a criminal. Then what's a cop to do?
- Instead of psychiatric care, he got jail, Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 1, 2003
Resource Understanding Minnesota’s Civil Commitment Process a guide by NAMI Minnesota |
No one would think of letting a loved one lie about the house
with an untreated fracture, or dismissing a worker grappling with diabetes or shunning a
neighbor whose eyesight is failing. Yet with society's blessing, many of us look away when
the illness in question involves certain disorders of the brain. |
NEWS Instead of psychiatric care, he got jail. Explain this one:
Gerald Lund, a sick guy from Floodwood, Minn., has spent the last six months in the St.
Louis County Jail.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June 1, 2003
CHANGE IN LAW Governor Jesse Ventura signed SF179 into law on June 30, 2001. SF179 provides better access to treatment and became effective July 2002. The law allows earlier intervention, removing the requirement that danger be "imminent" for emergency response, and improving the standard for treatment so that a person's deteriorating psychiatric condition may be considered in the standard for care. The law also allows for lengthened hospital stays to stabilize a person's condition as well as timely intervention with medication. Our profound admiration and grateful congratulations go to Minnesota Representative Mindy Greiling, the original sponsor of this legislation and the leader of the effort for treatment reform in her state.
NEWS In jailhouse interview, Shoreview mom tells why she killed her son
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, March 11, 2002
PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES The Preventable Tragedies database includes summaries of news articles of which an individual with a neurobiological brain disorder (usually untreated) is involved in a violent episode, either as a victim or perpetrator. Search for Minnesota episodes by choosing MN in the drop down box.
MINNESOTA LINKS |
ARTICLE Idealism gone awry -
Exploring origins of dysfunction in mental health care
by John W. Milton, former State Senator and
Co-chair, NAMI-MN Legislative Committee
Catalyst newsletter, May/June 2001
PRESS RELEASE HF 281 helps
those who need it most - A benefit for all
Treatment Advocacy Center
March 5, 2001
After one of Jim’s rampages at home his parents called the police and asked them to take him to the hospital. But the police refused, since the mentally ill cannot be committed until they pose a threat. “You reach the point,” said [Minnesota Rep.] Mindy [Greiling], “where you’re actually hoping for something to happen, so he’ll be forced to go to a hospital.” |
ARTICLE A lesson from
Minnesota and California
by E. Fuller Torrey, president, Treatment Advocacy
Center
Catalyst newsletter, January/February 2001
UPDATE Minnesota - Looking forward to next year
TAC update, April 2000
OPED Update in mental health laws needed; Earlier intervention could
prevent many tragedies
Star Tribune, June 30, 2000, by Representative
Mindy Greiling
UPDATE
Bill introduced
Treatment Advocacy Center
Catalyst newsletter, March/April 2000
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