Jessica (Watson Miller) Ocean interviewed me for Changing Crisis Care: The Psych Crisis Podcast. Jessica lost her brother after he had a brutal experience with involuntary psychiatric interventions. "psychcrisis.org is working to change the system that responds when someone has a mental health crisis so it actually helps. On this podcast, we interview people with
After our talk got bombed by online trolls and forced to shut down, the Institute for Development of Human Arts kindly hosted me and Kelechi Ubozoh discussing "Political Uses of Mental Health Laws in the U.S. and Canada Today." Unlike in my other talks, in this one I focus on how we understand "political" uses
Bernadine Fox interviewed me for Rethreading Madness after my most recent article about covert call tracing by the new 988 line in Canada. Bernadine received the Breaking Barriers award at the 2023 National Community Radio Awards -- that's her in the picture! Click here to listen to the interview.
988: Is it harming more than helping? Wildflower Alliance hosted a discussion with me, psychiatric survivor and 988 victim Emily Wu Truong, and 988 consultant Jess Stohlman-Rainey about the latest known and still-not-known about 988 in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84ysd8kB5Y
I presented a talk on involuntary psychiatric treatment and discussed the issues with students as part of Georgetown University's fascinating Health and the Public Interest series. Click here to watch it on YouTube.
