Consider the case of Harvey. Harvey experiences paranoid delusions, and one evening, he can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching him from his closet. In his panic, he calls the police to come investigate the intruder. When the officers arrive, they do not find anyone besides Harvey, who is agitated and experiencing significant mental […] The post Criminalizing Mental Illness: Cops as Clinicians and Incarceration as Health Care in the United States first appeared on Blog of the APA.
