To read the entire post, click here.There ain't no controversy like the one surrounding Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT). Right now Pennsylvania is considering Senate Bill 226, which amends the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143), entitled "An act relating to mental health procedures; providing for the treatment and rights of mentally disabled persons, for voluntary and involuntary examination and treatment and for determinations affecting those charged with crime or under sentence," adding provisions relating to assisted outpatient treatment programs. For the full text of the bill, click here. And please do read the entire text of the bill before making any judgments, pro or con. I think people don't do that enough.
Photograph of Liz Spikol courtesy of The Trouble with Spikol.
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