Ann Corcoran

It really is through education. And we're seeing that in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of the last two states in the entire country without an assisted outpatient treatment law. And what that would do, it would allow someone to be treated in the community before they deteriorated to the point that they needed inpatient hospitalization.

It really is through education. And we're seeing that in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of the last two states in the entire country without an assisted outpatient treatment law. And what that would do, it would allow someone to be treated in the community before they deteriorated to the point that they needed inpatient hospitalization.

It really is through education. And we're seeing that in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is one of the last two states in the entire country without an assisted outpatient treatment law. And what that would do, it would allow someone to be treated in the community before they deteriorated to the point that they needed inpatient hospitalization.

So what we're doing now here in Massachusetts is we have to wait until somebody gets so sick and then they're hospitalized. And we just have to hope and pray that a tragedy doesn't occur. And so with an assisted outpatient treatment law, there's usually very strict criteria. It varies from state to state on what that criteria may be.

So what we're doing now here in Massachusetts is we have to wait until somebody gets so sick and then they're hospitalized. And we just have to hope and pray that a tragedy doesn't occur. And so with an assisted outpatient treatment law, there's usually very strict criteria. It varies from state to state on what that criteria may be.

So what we're doing now here in Massachusetts is we have to wait until somebody gets so sick and then they're hospitalized. And we just have to hope and pray that a tragedy doesn't occur. And so with an assisted outpatient treatment law, there's usually very strict criteria. It varies from state to state on what that criteria may be.

It's usually that they have to have a certain number of hospitalizations or have been involved in the criminal justice system, have a diagnosis of severe mental illness and a history of noncompliance. So that they now, you know, in all likelihood, if this person doesn't get help, then they are going to end up in the hospital.

It's usually that they have to have a certain number of hospitalizations or have been involved in the criminal justice system, have a diagnosis of severe mental illness and a history of noncompliance. So that they now, you know, in all likelihood, if this person doesn't get help, then they are going to end up in the hospital.

It's usually that they have to have a certain number of hospitalizations or have been involved in the criminal justice system, have a diagnosis of severe mental illness and a history of noncompliance. So that they now, you know, in all likelihood, if this person doesn't get help, then they are going to end up in the hospital.

So in Massachusetts, really what it is, because we had organizations like large mental health organizations that were actually against this because they were feeding the legislators false information. So what we have done is educate all of our legislators on what is happening and how many families are actually suffering and trying to get help when there is none.

So in Massachusetts, really what it is, because we had organizations like large mental health organizations that were actually against this because they were feeding the legislators false information. So what we have done is educate all of our legislators on what is happening and how many families are actually suffering and trying to get help when there is none.

So in Massachusetts, really what it is, because we had organizations like large mental health organizations that were actually against this because they were feeding the legislators false information. So what we have done is educate all of our legislators on what is happening and how many families are actually suffering and trying to get help when there is none.

And they truly didn't understand this information before. There was a recent retrial where a police officer's life had been taken. And during that retrial, I had the mom reach out to me and she said, what you're not hearing in this trial and on the news is that my son had a long history of schizophrenia.

And they truly didn't understand this information before. There was a recent retrial where a police officer's life had been taken. And during that retrial, I had the mom reach out to me and she said, what you're not hearing in this trial and on the news is that my son had a long history of schizophrenia.

And they truly didn't understand this information before. There was a recent retrial where a police officer's life had been taken. And during that retrial, I had the mom reach out to me and she said, what you're not hearing in this trial and on the news is that my son had a long history of schizophrenia.

Two weeks before this incident happened, I was begging the hospital to keep him and was told that, no, we asked him. He doesn't want to hurt himself or anybody else. So again, I just think where really is the fault in that? And I know that the family of this officer, they had no idea that this happened.

Two weeks before this incident happened, I was begging the hospital to keep him and was told that, no, we asked him. He doesn't want to hurt himself or anybody else. So again, I just think where really is the fault in that? And I know that the family of this officer, they had no idea that this happened.

Two weeks before this incident happened, I was begging the hospital to keep him and was told that, no, we asked him. He doesn't want to hurt himself or anybody else. So again, I just think where really is the fault in that? And I know that the family of this officer, they had no idea that this happened.

And I just think as people in the community, we should be outraged that our state is allowing this to happen because we have made it a public safety issue. When you have no means to treat people with serious mental illness and get them the help they need early on, we are putting everybody in the community at risk. It could be your neighbor.

And I just think as people in the community, we should be outraged that our state is allowing this to happen because we have made it a public safety issue. When you have no means to treat people with serious mental illness and get them the help they need early on, we are putting everybody in the community at risk. It could be your neighbor.