'Dillon was put into an Uber headed toward downtown Baltimore City, nowhere near where we live. They thought sending him to a homeless shelter would help. He had no phone, no wallet, and just the clothes he was wearing.' lynnnanos.com/mental-illness…

“As a forensic psychiatrist who has treated serious mental illness in hospitals and in the correctional setting, I see the enormous psychological and physical trauma that patients endure in chronic untreated crises.” Thank you @bostonglobe @TreatmentAdvCtr

MAMH Breakdown-book There is nothing like AOT in MA unless one is involved in the CJS which has punitive elements. There are peers throughout the country that have been through AOT and it has saved their lives. people.com/health/schizop…?

Jails and prisons are lethal places for people with severe mental illness. A system that responds to crisis by putting them there is a failure. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…

'In the zeal to impeccably protect the patient's civil liberties and rights, an increasing number of troubled and psychotic patients are what I choose to term dying with their rights on' - psychiatrist Darold Treffert theappeal.org/joshua-mclemor…

“'You want someone to remain stable a long enough amount of time to realize they do better with treatment and continue that on their own,' said Lisa Dailey, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center.'

Read more in The Associated Press: bit.ly/3Ukvemr

Massachusetts is one of just three states without Assisted Outpatient Treatment! This is an evidence-based and life-saving tool especially for people with anosognosia and psychosis! abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/m…

All credible studies I've come across show the benefits of Assisted Outpatient Treatment. MA is one of just three states without this life-saving tool. wbur.org/news/2023/03/1…

lynnnanos.com/blog/f/assiste… #psychiatry #Schizophrenia #bipolardisorder #MentalHealthAwareness

provincetownindependent.org/featured/2022/…

Thrilled to be on a panel this Friday in Indy to speak about the Medicaid #IMDexclusion and why either Congress or the courts must shut down this discriminatory law. Also excited to hear Tara Adams Ragone speak on parity.

Assisted Outpatient Treatment symposium of the @TreatmentAdvCtr in TX this past week!

Agree w/almost every word in this & yet it left me frustrated. Prob is what's missing: acknowledgement that those robbed of insight will often want no part of the wonderful array of paid-for community-based services described. Need solutions for them too.
nytimes.com/2022/10/04/opi…

Two victims. Totally preventable. #SMITwitter
bostonglobe.com/2022/10/05/opi… via The Boston Globe

Four years ago my book, 'Breakdown: A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry,' got published. lynnnanos.com

'I refuse to ignore problems just because they could be dangerous and are hard to figure out!” -Author, Clint Richardson #SMITwitter

My article with Maddy Easdale on how the #Medicaid #IMDexclusion violates the #14thAmendment will be published in UMass Dartmouth Law Review this spring! More details to come. #lawtwitter #SMItwitter

Schizophrenia and other psychosis spectrum disorders are lifetime chronic neurological brain diseases that need medical care, psychosocial supports and #HousingThatHeals at every level of care.

This #ICoUMH conference aims to:
1.Forge a dialogue with researchers across various domains from a complexity science perspective
2.Discuss strategies for modelling mental health in the city
3.Share best practices for developing interventions to improve mental health in the city