Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission – NY Times

“The crisis of homelessness is pushing American psychiatry to places it has not gone before — like sidewalk injections of antipsychotics.”

“Every weekday morning, 18 teams fan out across the county, making rounds with about 1,700 patients in tents and vehicles and alleyways. The teams try to persuade them to accept medication, sometimes in an injectable form that remains in the bloodstream for weeks. If clients say no, the teams return, sometimes for months, until they say yes; if they still refuse, the team can petition a court to order involuntary treatment.”

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