NYC: An Addiction to Force and Coercion

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NYC: An Addiction to Force and Coercion

In this episode we interview Max Guttman and Leah Harris about a recent announcement from NYC Mayor Eric Adams requesting that police officers initiate more involuntary hospitalizations.

Max Guttman:

https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/12/nyc-mayor-adams-consult/

https://mentalhealthaffairs.blog/editor-in-chief-max-e-guttman-lcsw-j-peters/

Leah Harris:

https://progressive.org/magazine/defining-what-it-means-to-care-harris/

https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/12/unhoused-expand-involuntary-treatment/

https://rootedinrights.org/the-anosognosia-label-is-psychiatric-gaslighting-masquerading-as-science/

1987 Article: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-30-mn-11718-story.html

Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables3-transcripts/2023/2/20/nyc-an-addiction-to-force-and-coercion

Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Max E. Guttman

Mindful Living LCSW | 914 400 7566 | maxwellguttman@gmail.com | Website | + posts

Max E. Guttman is the owner of Mindful Living LCSW, PLLC, a private mental health practice in Yonkers, New York.

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