Mental Healthcare
Because
we believe that people with mental disabilities are better served by a functioning
mental health care system than they are by stop-gap measures and needless
coercion, the Bazelon Center works on a wide array of issues to support access
to voluntary services and promote empowerment of people with mental illnesses
in their treatment decisions.
See our resources on healthcare reform (new in 2008), involuntary
commitment, self-directed
care and updates on community-based
services.
Our Vision
Two publications by the Bazelon Center highlight why we're fighting and what
we're working for:
- Disintegrating Systems:
Excerpting state-based documents that illustrate the unraveling of public
policy for meeting the needs of people with serious mental illnesses, this
report is a call to action.
- A New Vision of Public Mental
Health: The Bazelon Center has set out to reshape the debate
about mental health system reform by developing and disseminating
a model law
for adaptation by states and localities.
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