NSSC: Voices of Change Part 3: Serious Mental Illness, Missed Care, and the Criminal Justice Gap

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges families face when dealing with severe mental illness and the gaps in care within the criminal justice system.

Send us Fan Mail We bring together seven voices to face the hardest question families live with: when severe mental illness and psychosis take over, what does “choice” really mean. We share what it looks like when schools, hospitals, and law enforcement treat brain illness like behavior, and we lay out concrete steps that can shorten the gap to real care. • capacity and consent when someone refuses help during psychosis • power of attorney and psychiatric advance directives plus where they fa...

People in this episode

Host: Tony Mantor

Topics covered

• serious mental illness
• psychosis
• criminal justice
• mental health care
• family support
• power of attorney

Keywords

• mental illness
• psychosis
• care gap
• criminal justice
• power of attorney
• advance directives
• family support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NSSC

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