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.
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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.
Due Process & Mental Health Laws: An Interview with Ruth Lowenkron
Committable
42 minutes
2 months ago
Due Process & Mental Health Laws: An Interview with Ruth Lowenkron
In this episode I speak with Ruth Lowenkron, Director of the Disability Justice Program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. We talk about the basic principles of due process in relation to involuntary hospitalizations as well as concerns about the ongoing expansion of commitment laws in New York.
NYLPI: https://www.nylpi.org/
NYLPI report on Kendra’s Law: https://www.nylpi.org/nylpi-releases-new-report-implementation-of-kendras-law-continues-to-be-severely-biased/
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.
