Committable

Committable is a podcast about involuntary commitments. We focus on stories from people with lived experience as a window into complex conversations with attorneys, physicians, psychologists and more.   Trailer transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committabletrailertranscript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable  

In this episode we interview investigative journalist Rob Wipond about his book Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships. Read more about the book and what people are saying about it: https://robwipond.com/your-consent-is-not-required Subscribe to Rob's Newsletter Updates: https://robwipond.com/news Follow Rob on Social Media: https://twitter.com/robwipond https://www.facebook.com/RobWipondAuthor https://www.youtube.com/user/robwipond Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2023/3/1/your-consent-is-not-required-transcript 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  

Committable Concepts is a new series from the Committable podcast and with each episode of this series we are going to attempt to explain a concept related to the commitment process in three minutes or less. Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/5/13/committable-concepts-teasertranscript 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

In this episode of Committable Concepts we talk about Assisted Outpatient Treatment, also known as AOT. Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/5/13/committable-concepts-aot-transcript Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable  

In this episode of Committable Concepts we talk about the term antipsychiatry. Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/9/7/committable-concepts-anti-psychiatry-transcript Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

In this episode of Committable Concepts we talk about voluntary hospitalizations. Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/9/13/committable-concepts-voluntary Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

In this episode of Committable Concepts we talk about anosognosia. Episode Transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable-conceptstranscripts/2024/9/21/committable-concepts-anosognosia-transcript Committable is produced by Michelle Stockman, Jim McQuaid and Jesse Mangan. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable

Could you be committed? Host Jesse Mangan intertwines personal experiences and interviews with attorneys and family members to try and figure out what happened twenty years ago when he was involuntarily committed by something called a Section 12.   Guests in this episode are: Steve Schwartz: https://www.centerforpublicrep.org/ Bob Fleischner: https://www.centerforpublicrep.org/ Karen Owen Talley: https://www.publiccounsel.net/ Tom Mangan   Committable Contributors for this episode are: Michelle Stockman Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/3/16/s1-episode-1-section-12-transcript Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

What happens to the community? Host Jesse Mangan interviews family members, friends and clinical psychologist Pat Corrigan to try and understand how involuntary commitments can impact communities around the person committed.   Guests in this episode are: Pat Corrigan: http://www.comingoutproudprogram.org/ http://www.stigmaandempowerment.org/ Tom Mangan Jean Forward Susan Mangan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-two-track-mind/id1024725485 Steve Brown   Committable Contributors for this episode are: Brian Patrick Williams: https://bravelybrian.com/ Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/3/22/s1-episode-2-going-home Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

Is coercion necessary? Host Jesse Mangan explores experiences that led to 5 weeks in a psych ward and producer Jim McQuaid interviews Attorney Lauren Roy and Psychiatrist Paul Puri to gain some much needed perspective on commitments.   Guests in this episode are: Paul Puri: https://paulrpurimd.com/ https://www.ootify.com/ Lauren Roy: http://mhlac.org/ Tom Mangan Jean Forward   Committable Contributors for this episode are: Brian Patrick Williams: https://bravelybrian.com/ Michelle Stockman   Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee http://mhlac.org/ Six Fundamental Rights in Massachusetts http://mhlac.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/six_fundamental_rights.pdf   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/3/30/s1-episode-3-5-weeks   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable  

How do you navigate this? Host Jesse Mangan and Committable producer Jim McQuaid interview author Marya Hornbacher, psychologist Sasheen Hazel, and former EMT Joshua Yeager about their experiences navigating commitments.   Guests in this episode are: Marya Hornbacher: http://www.maryahornbacher.com/ Sasheen Hazel: http://www.hazelapproach.com/ Joshua Yeager   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/5/3/s1-episode-4-perspectives-transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonablee 

Where did this idea come from? Jesse interviews David Cohen about the origin and evolution of psychiatry.   Guests in this episode are: David Cohen: https://luskin.ucla.edu/person/david-cohen   Article on Involuntary Psychiatric Detention: https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201900477   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/7/19/s1-episode-5-origin-of-an-idea-transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

What is an outpatient commitment? Jesse interviews Brian Stettin and Sera Davidow about Assisted Outpatient Treatment.   Guests in this episode are: Brian Stettin: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/ “Stopping The Revolving Door”: https://vimeo.com/26171883   Sera Davidow: https://wildfloweralliance.org/   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2021/9/9/s1-episode-6-outpatient-commitments-transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

What is the Baker Act? In this episode Jesse interviews Bacardi Jackson from the Southern Poverty Law Center about The Baker Act, a mental health law in Florida that was used to involuntarily detain children over 37,000 times in one year.   Guests in this episode are: Bacardi Jackson: https://www.splcenter.org/about/staff/bacardi-jackson   Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/ Costly and Cruel: https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_special_report_baker_act_costly_and_cruel.pdf   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript/2022/2/14/s1-episode-7-baker-act-transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable

And then what? In the season one finale Jesse engages in conversations with friends and family about what it is like to live with these experiences.   Guests in this episode are: Joanna Yip Michelle Stockman Tom Mangan Susan Mangan Jean Forward Jim McQuaid   Committable Contributors for this episode are: Brian Patrick Williams: https://bravelybrian.com/ Michelle Stockman   Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables1-episode-1transcript   Committable is produced by Jesse Mangan, Jim McQuaid and Michelle Stockman. https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committable All music is from the song Reasonable by Christopher G. Brown. https://christophergbrown.bandcamp.com/track/reasonable  

Cassidy Wilson called a crisis hotline to ask for help. What she received was multiple police officers coming to her home, handcuffing her, and forcibly taking her to an ER for evaluation. That evaluation led to almost a week of involuntary detention.  In Season 2 of Committable we explore Cassidy’s experiences and continue our journey to deconstruct the systems of psychiatric detention that make situations like this, and the trauma that they can cause, far too common. Cassidy’s article: https://thechicagomaroon.com/28693/viewpoints/op-ed/forefront-medicine-summer-involuntary-hospitalization/ Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/8/23/s2episode-1transcript This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, 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

What is the history of crisis hotlines? What impact does police involvement have on the person perceived to be in distress? In this episode we continue to explore Cassidy’s story and speak to Hannah Zeavin and Jamie Livingston to try and better understand how these systems evolved and how they could be different. Hannah Zeavin: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/distance-cure https://slate.com/technology/2022/04/crisis-lifelines-surveillance-geolocation-algorithms.html  http://somatosphere.net/2020/the-third-choice-suicide-hotlines-psychiatry-and-the-police.html/ Jamie Livingston: https://justmentalhealth.ca/ Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/8/30/s2-episode-2-precisely-no This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, 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  

Cassidy was handcuffed by police and brought to an ER where she was detained for evaluation. Part of that evaluation included a risk assessment, a clinical tool used to help navigate complex decisions about whether or not to involuntarily detain someone. But what is a risk assessment? How reliable are these tools and why do systems of involuntary detention seem to be built around them? In this episode we speak to Tim Wand and Morgan Shields to try and better understand risk assessments and what role they play in psychiatric holds and civil commitments. Morgan Shields: https://brownschool.wustl.edu/Faculty-and-Research/Pages/Morgan-Shields.aspx  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2788761  Recommended reading from Tim Wand: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/10/world-mental-health-day-10-october-2019 Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/9/6/s2-episode-3-hot-potato This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, 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  

Involuntary psychiatric detentions and civil commitments are legal processes that can deprive a person of their liberties and force them through systems that bring the potential for trauma. These practices were not designed around evidence, or empathy, so why are they legal? And what effect do these types of experiences have on the person being pushed through the system? In this episode we interview Nev Jones and Molly Linhorst to better understand the legality of civil commitments and the potential impacts of forced hospitalizations. To learn more about the ACLU of New Jersey and their efforts to protect civil liberties: https://www.aclu-nj.org/. Nev Jones: https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ps.202100263?journalCode=ps Episode transcript: sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts/2022/9/19/s2-episode-4-looks-like-criminal-detention This episode of Committable was produced by Michelle Stockman, Cassidy Wilson, 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  

While producing season 2 one of the most widely discussed changes to mental health interventions in the US has been the roll out of 988. But what is 988? How does it work? What has changed? In this episode we interview Aneri Pattani, Rob Wipond, and Yana Calou about 988 and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.    Aneri Pattani: https://khn.org/news/article/social-media-posts-criticize-988-suicide-hotline-calling-police/ Rob Wipond: https://robwipond.com/your-consent-is-not-required https://www.madinamerica.com/author/rwipond/ https://robwipond.com/documents/samhsa-national-suicide-prevention-lifeline-call-tracing-documents-and-data Yana Calou: https://translifeline.org/ https://translifeline.org/safe-hotlines/survivor-stories/ Episode transcript: https://sensiblenonsense.squarespace.com/committables2-transcripts This episode of Committable was 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   Below are other hotlines and resources listed in Aneri Pattani’s article “Social Media Posts Criticize the 988 Suicide Hotline for Calling Police. Here’s What You Need to Know.” BlackLine is a hotline geared toward the Black, Black LGBTQ+, brown, Native, and Muslim communities Kiva Centers offers daily online peer support groups M.H. First Oakland and M.H. First Sacramento operate during select weekend hours in the California cities of Oakland and Sacramento Peer Support Space hosts virtual peer support groups twice a day Monday through Saturday Project LETS provides support by text for urgent issues that involve involuntary hospitalization Samaritans of New York is a hotline based in New York City Wildflower Alliance has a peer support line and online support groups focused on suicide prevention. You can find a directory of warm lines by state here.