I am against Governor Hochul’s proposal to expand the Mental Hygiene Law to subject many more New Yorkers to very counterproductive and harmful psychiatric interventions through loss of their rights, choices, and control over their lives.   It is almost universally acknowledged that our mental health system doesn't work and this proposal is to double down on that. 

Our current mental health system is reducing the recovery rate of people who experience psychosis for the first time from a possible 80% to 5%.  Yes, 80% to 5%.  See, https://psychiatrized.org/summit/WhyWeNeedDifferentApproaches.htm for a written summary and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYareuzuIRE&list=PL6_yEWfoZtJTybg06rSlNrlmqCpZdwHhW for a 4 video playlist totaling only 11 minutes.

The proposal is the very definition of insanity.

Please vote NO on these harmful amendments!  #ForcedTreatmentIsNotTreatment

Thank you.

Jim Gottstein
President of the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights and
Author of The Zyprexa Papers
https://thezyprexapapers.com/