Mental Illness Is Not a Crime
In this podcast, listeners will hear experts from across the United States discuss how and why we have criminalized mental illness – and what we can do about it. The challenge is steep. In the U.S., more than two million people with a mental health condition are jailed every year. And roughly one in two Americans with a serious mental illness will be arrested. Alisa Roth, the author and journalist, notes that jails and prisons “have become the nation’s de facto mental health care providers.” Listen in to learn more.
Mental Illness Is Not a Crime
Community Best Practices: Approaches to Decriminalizing Mental Illness
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Sam Savin
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Season 1
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Episode 1
Leading experts discuss best practices in communities across the country in response to the over-incarceration of the mentally ill. Specific topics include crisis response, early detection and diagnosis, and mental health courts. The experts featured include:
Ron Bruno, Executive Director, CIT International
Rick Kellar, President, Peg’s Foundation
Andy Keller, Ph.D., President and CEO, Meadows Mental Health Foundation
Moderated by Norman Ornstein, Ph.D., Vice President of the Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation