On one hand I want to be sympathetic to the author here, who has personal stake in preventing the severely mentally ill from murdering people. At the same time, the author doesn't at all go into the deeply personal and often traumatic reasons the mentally ill may resist being forcibly hospitalized in the way the author suggests should be done to them. The author doesn't go into cases like Brittney Spears's conservatorship, forced to take medication and have an IUD inserted and have her estate taken over by her parents under spurious claims of being unable to care for herself. The author doesn't go into how little oversight there is over ensuring the safety of patients once they're in the healthcare system, many of which go on to develop medical trauma due to rape, assault, etc.
There has to be some kind of middle way where people who are deeply sick can have healthcare even if they are resistant and also heavy guardrails in place to prevent them from being abused while they're vulnerable.
There has to be some kind of middle way where people who are deeply sick can have healthcare even if they are resistant and also heavy guardrails in place to prevent them from being abused while they're vulnerable.