Lee Davis is currently the chair of the Alameda County Mental Health Advisory Board. In her official bio, she indicates that she is a Civil Engineer and Journeyman Electrician by profession. She comes to her work on the Advisory Board as a woman with lived experience of a mood disorder.
In this interview, we explore three themes about which Lee is passionate:
1. The case for involuntary treatment
2. The lack of capacity in our so-called continuum of care
3. Her assertion that the failure to invest in the requisite infrastructure to treat people and promote their recovery is morally wrong and socially debilitating
In addition, we explore Lee’s extraordinary life journey, about which she writes with remarkable vulnerability in her blogs.
Being Bipolar. Maybe it is my unisex name. Maybe it is… | by Lee Andrea Davis | Medium
Other organizations she references in this interview:
Alameda County Families Advocating for the Seriously Mentally Ill
Articles about the February 2022 sleep-in organized by FASMI with which Lee was involved.
Oakland: Protesters sleep on sidewalk, demand mental health care (mercurynews.com)
Link to the annual report for the Alameda County Mental Health Advisory Board