Don't Call Me Crazy: A Survey of America's Mental Health System

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1 Chicago-Kent Law Review Volume 91 Issue 3 Nonprofit Oversight Under Siege Article Don't Call Me Crazy: A Survey of America's Mental Health System Justin L. Joffe IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation Justin L. Joffe, Don't Call Me Crazy: A Survey of America's Mental Health System, 91 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev (2016). Available at: This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact dginsberg@kentlaw.iit.edu.

2 Amanda Bynes Bipolar Diagnosis Turns Murky See supra Amanda Bynes Confesses She Wants to Slit Dad s Wrists and Throw Him in a Ditch Id. Id. supra

3 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Addressing Criminalization of the Mentally Ill: The Importance of Jail Diversion and Stigma Reduction Id. Understanding the Impact of Stigma on People with Mental Illness When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind Id. Amanda Bynes Confesses She Wants to Slit Dad s Wrists and Throw Him in a Ditch Amanda Bynes Parents to Surrender Conservatorship in the Next Few Days and Plan to Move Away to Texas

4 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Seeid. See The Dangerousness of the Status Quo: A Case for Modernizing Civil Commitment Law Id. State Institutions Without Walls: Chronic Homelessness for People with Mental Illness Can Be Brought to an End supra supra Position Statement 53: Mental Health Courts Id.

5 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW A. Early Mental Health Treatment Practices supra The Cost of Crazy: How Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Mental Health Courts Lower Incarceration Costs, Reduce Recidivism, and Improve Public Safety Advocacy of the Establishment of Mental Health Specialty Courts in the Provision of Therapeutic Justice for Mentally Ill Offenders

6 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Id. Id. supra supra One Flew Over the Cuckoo s NestId. supra Id. Putting in Scientific and Historical Context: A Response to Victoria Nourse Id. Id. Id.

7 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Buck v. Bell Buck Buck Buck Seeid. Id.Skinner v. Oklahoma Seesupra Id. See Id. supra Buck Seesupra Id. Id. Id. Id. Id.

8 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Buck B. Deinstitutionalization Seesupra supra supra supra SeeExamining Prevailing Beliefs About People with Serious Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System supra supra supra

9 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. Id. Seesupra Id. supra Id. Id. supra supra Id. Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric Titanic

10 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Id. supra supra supra Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id.

11 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW O Connor v. Donaldson supra Id. Id. Id. Id. See Id.

12 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Donaldson Id. supra supra supra

13 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. Id. Id. supra Id. Id.see also Lionel Penrose, Fellow of the Royal Society supra

14 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM supra Id. supra Id. Id. See id. supra Id. Id. supra Id.

15 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons: A Review supra Id. Id. Id. Id. Id.

16 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM supra Id. Id. supra Id. Id. Id. supra Id. Id.

17 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. Id. Id. Feds to Reconsider Harsh Prison Terms for Drug Offenders Id. Id.

18 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM A. The Expansion of Mental Health Courts in the United States supra supra Developments in the Law The Law of Mental Illness The Dual Treatment Track Program: A Descriptive Assessment of a New In-House Jail Diversion Program supra Id. Id. Id. supra

19 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Mental Health Courts Mental Health Courts: Serving Justice and Promoting Recovery Id. Id. Id. Id. See id. supra Id. Id. Id.

20 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM B. The Basic Features of Mental Health Court Id. Id. Id. Breaking the Cycle and Stepping Out of the Revolving Door : Why the Pre-Adjudication Model Is the Way Forward for Illinois Mental Health Courts Id. supra Id. supra supra Id. Id.

21 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW C. Potential Concerns About Mental Health Courts Id. Mental Health Courts: Judicial Leadership and Effective Court Intervention supra supra supra. supra Id. Id. Position Statement 53supra

22 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id.

23 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW A. The Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness Let s End the Stigma of Mental Illness Mental Health: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness supra Id. Id. Mental Health: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illnesssupra

24 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM American Journal of Psychiatry supra See supra supra Id. supra Id. supra A Better Understanding of Mental Illness Hasn t Reduced the Stigma Around It A Disease Like Any Other? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence supra

25 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW American Journal of Psychiatry supra Id. Id. Seesupra supra Id. Id. Id. supra Id. Id.

26 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM B. Strategies for Reducing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness Id. Id. Id. Mental Health: Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illnesssupra Id. Id.

27 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. supra supra Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id.

28 AMERICA S MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM See Me See Me Nuremberg Alliance Against Depression Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. Id. See supra See Me SeeReporting on the Death of Robin Williams supra

29 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW Id. Id. Id. Id. Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Suffers from Mental Illness Each Year See Fixing the Broken Mental Health System