Judge Milton Mack

People with mental illness can lead productive, satisfying lives if they get early treatment. But the system was not designed to permit early treatment. It was designed to wait till that magic moment just before someone actually killed themselves or killed someone else or did something terrible.

My effort has been trying to change the system. Ironically, I had thought I'd run into a brick wall with Michigan. And I've been a probate judge for 25 years, and the chief justice asked me to be state court administrator, so I agreed to do it. And when I became a state court administrator, this made me a member of the conference of state court administrators.

My effort has been trying to change the system. Ironically, I had thought I'd run into a brick wall with Michigan. And I've been a probate judge for 25 years, and the chief justice asked me to be state court administrator, so I agreed to do it. And when I became a state court administrator, this made me a member of the conference of state court administrators.

My effort has been trying to change the system. Ironically, I had thought I'd run into a brick wall with Michigan. And I've been a probate judge for 25 years, and the chief justice asked me to be state court administrator, so I agreed to do it. And when I became a state court administrator, this made me a member of the conference of state court administrators.

They drew a paper over here on a topic of some sort. So I volunteered to do a paper on the mental health system and how we can change the system so we intervene early, reduce hospitalization and incarceration, and improve people's lives. They actually chose the paper as the paper for that year that led to creation of a national task force.

They drew a paper over here on a topic of some sort. So I volunteered to do a paper on the mental health system and how we can change the system so we intervene early, reduce hospitalization and incarceration, and improve people's lives. They actually chose the paper as the paper for that year that led to creation of a national task force.

They drew a paper over here on a topic of some sort. So I volunteered to do a paper on the mental health system and how we can change the system so we intervene early, reduce hospitalization and incarceration, and improve people's lives. They actually chose the paper as the paper for that year that led to creation of a national task force.

In the meantime, all of a sudden, logjam broke loose in Lansing. I was able to get a series of bills passed in 2016 and 2018 that changed the way the process works in Michigan. We're seeing real differences now. Are there other things that you do as well? One of the things I do is I do CIT training for law enforcement.

In the meantime, all of a sudden, logjam broke loose in Lansing. I was able to get a series of bills passed in 2016 and 2018 that changed the way the process works in Michigan. We're seeing real differences now. Are there other things that you do as well? One of the things I do is I do CIT training for law enforcement.

In the meantime, all of a sudden, logjam broke loose in Lansing. I was able to get a series of bills passed in 2016 and 2018 that changed the way the process works in Michigan. We're seeing real differences now. Are there other things that you do as well? One of the things I do is I do CIT training for law enforcement.

And I tell them about the new mental health code in Michigan, how it's now an inpatient, it's now an outpatient model in an outpatient world. And when I say that, It's because over 90% of all the treatment for mental illness is on an outpatient basis. So the system should reflect that. We should find a way to help people get help when they need it.

And I tell them about the new mental health code in Michigan, how it's now an inpatient, it's now an outpatient model in an outpatient world. And when I say that, It's because over 90% of all the treatment for mental illness is on an outpatient basis. So the system should reflect that. We should find a way to help people get help when they need it.

And I tell them about the new mental health code in Michigan, how it's now an inpatient, it's now an outpatient model in an outpatient world. And when I say that, It's because over 90% of all the treatment for mental illness is on an outpatient basis. So the system should reflect that. We should find a way to help people get help when they need it.

If you go back to 1963, the Community Mental Health Act, that bill was designed to do two things. Significantly reduce the number of people in hospital and provide an outpatient system of care as an alternative. The outpatient treatment system didn't happen. So what happened? We got 2 million people in America with serious mental illness in jail every year.

If you go back to 1963, the Community Mental Health Act, that bill was designed to do two things. Significantly reduce the number of people in hospital and provide an outpatient system of care as an alternative. The outpatient treatment system didn't happen. So what happened? We got 2 million people in America with serious mental illness in jail every year.

If you go back to 1963, the Community Mental Health Act, that bill was designed to do two things. Significantly reduce the number of people in hospital and provide an outpatient system of care as an alternative. The outpatient treatment system didn't happen. So what happened? We got 2 million people in America with serious mental illness in jail every year.

We have well over 300,000 in our state prison system with serious mental illness because they're left untreated. People think that guardianship is for adults. No. Over half of our guardianships are for people with serious mental illness who never got the treatment they needed when it would have made a difference.

We have well over 300,000 in our state prison system with serious mental illness because they're left untreated. People think that guardianship is for adults. No. Over half of our guardianships are for people with serious mental illness who never got the treatment they needed when it would have made a difference.

We have well over 300,000 in our state prison system with serious mental illness because they're left untreated. People think that guardianship is for adults. No. Over half of our guardianships are for people with serious mental illness who never got the treatment they needed when it would have made a difference.

So my objection has been to create a system where we intervene early and avoid the use of hospitals as well as jails and prisons. Because hospitals really are not therapeutic environments, number one. Well, they're more than jails and prisons, but they're designed to stabilize someone. not to get them into recovery, not to get them well, but stable.