Committee considers allowing board‑certified psychiatric pharmacists to participate in involuntary treatment proceedings HB 2453 would add board‑certified psychiatric pharmacists (BCPPs) to the professionals who may sign 14‑day commitment petitions and provide concurring medical opinions for involuntary medication under less restrictive alternative orders; supporters said it would improve continuity of care and address workforce shortages while some medical and civil‑liberties groups raised concerns about diagnostic authority and civil‑liberty protections.

A heated debate is unfolding in Washington as House Bill 2453 proposes to empower board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to influence involuntary treatment decisions, raising questions about care continuity and civil liberties.

Click to read more!

#WA #ContinuityOfCare #InvoluntaryCommitment

for any #Overdose survivor who was revived by law enforcement.

#HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #WarOnDrugs #Treatment #EndOverdose #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndTheDrugWar #InvoluntaryCommitment #Overdose #PreventOverdose #OverdosePrevention #Recovery #SupportNotStigma

Homeless Queens subway slasher confesses to attacking strangers: ‘Yeah, that’s me’ Tyquan Manassa also told police that he slashed the two strangers because he was “having a bad day,” a source with knowledge of the case said.

A homeless man, who "was living at a shelter on #RandallsIsland" (in fact, #WardsIsland), was arrested for stabbing or slashing two people at a Queens subway station. Watch for anti-homeless calls for #InvoluntaryCommitment.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/22/h...

4/
"ProPublica reports on the tragedies caused by anyone questioning psychiatric diagnoses."

"The Marshall Project blames too many people being forcibly detained on not enough people being forcibly detained."

Support Rob Wipond if you can, his work is impactful. #InvoluntaryCommitment #Carceral

Cartoon depicting legal delays for involuntarily committed psychiatric patients with schizophrenia seeking treatment in Massachusetts

How can we balance due process with timely mental health treatment? This week, the "Student Voices" podcast episode of #ProofOverPrecedent explores potential reforms for involuntary commitment laws. Listen or read the blog: buff.ly/eqVwjun #InvoluntaryCommitment #JusticeReforms #AccessToJustice

Using the newly strengthened #InvoluntaryCommitment laws, those folks will get the compassionate care(?!) they need. The same goes for street homelessness. They don’t just need homes, they also need intensive treatment(?!) to help them reclaim their lives." #PsychiatrizationOfHomelessness 👎.

NC Stabbing Suspect Was Repeatedly Charged for Seeking Help But for the New York Times, the ongoing failures of treatment providers somehow justifies more forced treatment

1/2 #RobWipond through his #PsychForce reporting responds to @nytimes.com biased and inaccurate reporting about North Carolina's #InvoluntaryCommitment laws. Rob offers reality checks and alternatives. #NewYorkTimes article is linked in next post.

robwipond.substack.com/p/nc-stabbin...

neurodivergentrebel > Texas m A major change in Texas' involuntary commitment law will take effect September 1, 2025, adding "anosognosia" (the inability to recognize or understand the severity of one's own mental illness) as a valid reason for cops to detain people for mental health evaluations (if they "believe that inability could lead to harm"). This expands the grounds for emergency detention (beyond the previously required "substantial risk of serious harm"). Every article I find about this is paywalled. (Link to full text of bill in comments!)

Link 🔗 to full text of bill in comments 👇🏼 🖇️
#neurodivergent #texas #txlegislature #involuntarycommitment

America Already Has Extremely High Rates of Civil Commitment A new study confirms that rates of psychiatric incarceration have been rising for many years

More ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reporting from #RobWipond. Follow and support his #PsychForce work & journalism. He's making a difference, let's give him more reach.
#InvoluntaryCommitment #Carceral 'care' #mh #SuicideResearch #Accountability
robwipond.substack.com/p/america-al...

California wants more psychiatric detentions. That’s unlikely to improve anyone’s mental health An op-ed by Rob Wipond in the Los Angeles Times about rising rates of forced psychiatric treatment.

3/ The real #GavinNewsom = terrible for people suffering and vulnerable to the cruelties of our for-profit society, distraught, suffering from the many stresses of life, struggling with substance use #InvoluntaryCommitment #RobWipond subscribe to #PsychForce
robwipond.com/archives/4380

www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housi...

>Proponents hope Senate Bill 1164 will allow for interventions before there is an immediate danger — because by then, it can be too late. Walter Macias said he […]

NYC Ramps Up Effort to Remove Mentally Ill From Streets, Subways Mayor Eric Adams, facing a steep path to reelection, is bolstering efforts to reduce the number of mentally ill people on the streets and subways of New York City.

A short report on NYC #MayorAdams' efforts at #PsychiatrizationOfHomelessness, after he declared and the state legislated "failure to meet basic needs" as a permissible ground for #InvoluntaryCommitment. Folks everywhere, beware. And watch your shoes when you sleep.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Real Danger of Trump's Civil Commitment Order YouTube video by Shrinks In Sneakers

The Real Danger of Trump's Civil Commitment Order youtu.be/LP9_2jaYF6k?... via @YouTube
#MentalHealth #Homelessness #Psychiatry #HealthPolicy #InvoluntaryCommitment #PublicHealth #psychiatrist #doctor

Appalling:

"This is undiluted evil from an administration that’s no longer even willing to pretend its ultimate goal is to secure their existence and a future for whatever children are considered white enough to be given an opportunity to thrive in the former Land of the Free — a downhill slope […]

Trump seeks to make it easier for people with mental illnesses to be involuntarily committed President Trump wants to make it easier to involuntarily treat people with serious mental illnesses, but critics say the approach lacks sufficient evidence to be expanded.

The Cruelty Is the Point • Part 2. #Drumph junks Biden's successful housing-first solution for homelessness among the mentally ill in favor of #InvoluntaryCommitment first—instead of a last resort. Public health experts say lock-ups will erase decades of progress. www.statnews.com/2025/07/24/m...

The Worst Part of Trump's Order to Boost Civil Commitment The demolition of federal agreements and consent decrees will be a license to abuse

Author #RobWipond 's investigative journalism is some of the best for #mh and how govts & institutions deal with this extremely personal area of human life #PsychForce .
#InvoluntaryCommitment #SuicideResearch #SuicidePrevention #Postvention #MadInAmerica
robwipond.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

The order proposes pushing states to keep the homeless in jail even if there's nowhere to discharge them to; increase #InvoluntaryCommitment; deny shelter to men; end #HousingFirst, safe drug #ConsumptionSites and #NeedleExchanges; and does nothing to increase housing. 👎

"(Involuntary Commitment) is Near and Dear to Powerful Institutions" Psychiatrist Josef Witt-Doerring interviewed me--and shared his own experiences witnessing the harms of involuntary commitment

#RobWipond 's work to support & advocate for person's who have experienced #InvoluntaryCommitment is truly phenomenal & impact-full.This article, I absolutely loved, so well written & w experience Rob has gathered. Please share.
robwipond.substack.com/p/involuntar...
#SuicideResearch #PsychForce #mh

The Fight Against Involuntary Commitment Protection & Advocacy organizations have a chance to lead the way -- or be wiped out by the new U.S. federal administration.

Sharing #RobWipond 's #PsychForce excellent reporting on #InvoluntaryCommitment lack of #Consent
during this turbulent time in US #mh - health 'care'
robwipond.substack.com/p/the-fight-...

Hochul proposes expanding involuntary commitment To address subway safety concerns, Kathy Hochul suggested changing the legal criteria for involuntary commitment, but civil liberties advocates and mental health professionals criticized the propos…

Hochul proposes expanding #InvoluntaryCommitment

Maybe Gangster Bannon is afflicted with frontotemporal dementia too. Delusional Austin State Hospital day room talk. #InvoluntaryCommitment #DementiaDon #25Amendment

The system wants us to fail By D. Woodin After sixteen hard years, my beautiful son has mostly recovered from schizophrenia. He still hears voices, but he knows they aren’t real. He takes his medications every […] The post The system wants us to fail first appeared on Treatment…

The system wants us to fail #Hospitalization #InvoluntaryCommitment #PersonallySpeaking