Dr. Jhilam Biswas

The hope is we can provide antipsychotic medications to someone with serious mental illness and a psychotic disorder in the community monitored while getting them all the other services they need to stay in the community.

And the other thing that we are trying to do in Massachusetts, we have this timely treatment bill that's also in the legislature that we just refiled in January to reduce that time that it takes

And the other thing that we are trying to do in Massachusetts, we have this timely treatment bill that's also in the legislature that we just refiled in January to reduce that time that it takes

And the other thing that we are trying to do in Massachusetts, we have this timely treatment bill that's also in the legislature that we just refiled in January to reduce that time that it takes

For the court hearing to happen in order to get medications to an individual who has a psychotic disorder, is lacking insight and is refusing care and therefore has ended up in this cycle of needing multiple hospitalizations or ending up homeless or ending up with multiple criminal charges and in the jail system.

For the court hearing to happen in order to get medications to an individual who has a psychotic disorder, is lacking insight and is refusing care and therefore has ended up in this cycle of needing multiple hospitalizations or ending up homeless or ending up with multiple criminal charges and in the jail system.

For the court hearing to happen in order to get medications to an individual who has a psychotic disorder, is lacking insight and is refusing care and therefore has ended up in this cycle of needing multiple hospitalizations or ending up homeless or ending up with multiple criminal charges and in the jail system.

Right now, we have no safety nets in either of those two spaces to provide medication treatment for people with psychotic disorders in Massachusetts. So those are the two bills that I'm really hoping we can push during the time that I am president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. So that's one of my goals. But what I will say is this is a nationwide problem.

Right now, we have no safety nets in either of those two spaces to provide medication treatment for people with psychotic disorders in Massachusetts. So those are the two bills that I'm really hoping we can push during the time that I am president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. So that's one of my goals. But what I will say is this is a nationwide problem.

Right now, we have no safety nets in either of those two spaces to provide medication treatment for people with psychotic disorders in Massachusetts. So those are the two bills that I'm really hoping we can push during the time that I am president of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. So that's one of my goals. But what I will say is this is a nationwide problem.

In the nation, every state, whether they have those AOT laws, assisted outpatient treatment laws, or timely treatment laws in the inpatient settings, sometimes they have major staffing shortages. They don't have psychiatric care necessarily available very quickly.

In the nation, every state, whether they have those AOT laws, assisted outpatient treatment laws, or timely treatment laws in the inpatient settings, sometimes they have major staffing shortages. They don't have psychiatric care necessarily available very quickly.

In the nation, every state, whether they have those AOT laws, assisted outpatient treatment laws, or timely treatment laws in the inpatient settings, sometimes they have major staffing shortages. They don't have psychiatric care necessarily available very quickly.

or they don't have the psychiatric beds, or they don't have the wraparound services needed in the community to keep people off the streets and in a shelter system with psychotherapy, with other types of community services needed for people with serious mental illness. So every state has some version of this problem.

or they don't have the psychiatric beds, or they don't have the wraparound services needed in the community to keep people off the streets and in a shelter system with psychotherapy, with other types of community services needed for people with serious mental illness. So every state has some version of this problem.

or they don't have the psychiatric beds, or they don't have the wraparound services needed in the community to keep people off the streets and in a shelter system with psychotherapy, with other types of community services needed for people with serious mental illness. So every state has some version of this problem.

Yeah, I mean, I think I think what has happened is this issue has become a state by state basis issue. And every state makes their mental health laws and their determinations of how they're going to manage people with mental illness. You know, the hope is what the Supreme Court does is give the bottom. This is what you have to do.

Yeah, I mean, I think I think what has happened is this issue has become a state by state basis issue. And every state makes their mental health laws and their determinations of how they're going to manage people with mental illness. You know, the hope is what the Supreme Court does is give the bottom. This is what you have to do.

Yeah, I mean, I think I think what has happened is this issue has become a state by state basis issue. And every state makes their mental health laws and their determinations of how they're going to manage people with mental illness. You know, the hope is what the Supreme Court does is give the bottom. This is what you have to do.

But states can have a higher level of scrutiny than what the Supreme Court deems to be needed. I would love some sort of way of keeping people out of the criminal justice system and in the community at a national level.