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 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

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

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

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.