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After a Murder, Looking at Hospitalization and Release of the Mentally Ill

Posted on August 18, 2008

Two years ago, a 24-year-old schizophrenic man killed his mother with a hatchet a few months after being released from a psychiatric center over the objections of his doctors. This weekend s WSJ tells the story, and uses it as a lens to examine the system in which government-funded mental health advocates sometimes wind up arguing against doctors for the release of the mentally ill.It s a fraught issue. Given the history of locking up the mentally ill, it makes sense to be very cautious about committing people against their will. So Congress created the Protection and Advocacy for Individu...

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mental health , mental illness