NYC politics
fromThe Nation
1 week agoAssisted Outpatient Treatment Doesn't Work. Mamdani Could Stop It.
Coercive mental health care lacks evidence to support its necessity and effectiveness.
Too many people in San Francisco are falling into crisis when intervention could and should come sooner. At the center of this effort is a simple reality: Stability is the gateway to recovery. For many people with severe mental illness, medication is what allows treatment to work at all. Without it, housing placements fail, care plans break down, and crises repeat themselvesoften with greater harm each time.