Treatment Advocacy Center
Policy Director for the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national nonprofit organization that works to remove legal barriers to treatment for people with severe mental illness
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Brian Stettin
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FROM Brian Stettin
Which Way, L.A.?
Crime Prediction and Its Unintended Consequences With a big push from Governor Cuomo, the New York State Legislature passed a law this week requiring psychotherapists to report any client thought "likely to engage" in violent behavior, so authorities can confiscate weapons. That has produced a backlash from some practitioners.
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Crime Prediction and Its Unintended Consequences With a big push from Governor Cuomo, the New York State Legislature passed a law this week requiring psychotherapists to report any client thought "likely to engage" in violent behavior, so authorities can confiscate weapons. That has produced a backlash from some practitioners.
To the Point
Crime Prediction… and its Unintended Consequences… The latest mass killing has renewed multiple controversies about mobilizing science and medicine to prevent violent crime.
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Mental Illness and the Threat of Violence in America During five disruptions in classrooms and libraries, Jared Loughner frightened teachers and classmates at Pima College. Police were used to deliver a letter telling him he couldn't come back unless he got "mental health clearance" indicating he was not "a danger to himself or others."
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Mental Illness and the Threat of Violence This weekend, Tucson joined Virginia Tech , Fort Hood and the Holocaust Museum as locations of mass killings that have rocked the nation. Were there warning signs that disturbed people might commit mayhem? During five disruptions in classrooms and libraries, Jared Loughner frightened teachers and classmates at Pima Community College .
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Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.
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National Security: An Adult in the Room America’s mainstream media are obsessed with President Trump’s off-hand policymaking in military and foreign affairs. But his mistakes don’t justify the unquestioned authority given the Pentagon, the CIA and the FBI.