According to the city council report, the minority of those who are unconsciously taken to the hospital in accordance with the policy of the Mayor Eric Adams, New York City, is rarely among the minorities aimed at helping people in the mental health crisis can receive long -term treatment.
The report, published on Monday, on the January report of Adams Administration on Visa -in -hospital hospitals, questioned the effectiveness of this practice related to the treatment of New York residents who suffered mental health crisis.
In the statement, Linda Lee, chairman of the Committee on Mental Health, Disability and Poisoning, said: “The administration did not provide funding for those in need of long -term services, but continued to rely on non -bonced removal.”
ADAMS explained how it functioned in 2022 that public officials, such as law execution and clinical trials, could unconsciously transfer people to hospitals by facing the city’s mental health crisis. Almost all categories have fallen, but there were famous crimes including slash, subway promotion and other attacks accused of mentally interrupted people.
On Monday, Adams defended his plans, saying that homelessness and mental illness were difficult to deal with his market for a long time.
Adams said, “Many people who criticize our work have no answer about how to deal with serious mental health diseases and how to deal with people who refuse to treat.” Thus, idealism conflicts with realism. “
According to the city council report, vision removal is more likely to occur in private residence than public transportation or other public environments. For example, from October to December, the number of non -developing moving was 1,015 in the residence, 241 in public places, 219 in public transportation, and 369 city data shows in unknown positions. (This number does not include the figures of the viscous transfer issued by the clinician.)
In addition, at the request of a doctor in 2024, almost 40%of the people of the city’s public hospital system, NYC Health + Hospithals, were not directly treated. According to the report of the ADAMS released on January 31, it can be transferred to the emergency room for up to 72 hours for psychiatric evaluation. The doctor then shows that the doctor meets the legal standards for voluntary or involuntary psychiatric treatment in the hospital.
The mental health advocates and the city council said that they support some changes, including intensive mobile treatment to help those living in the streets.
Matt Kudish, the CEO of National Alliance on New York City’s mental illness, said, “There is no magical pill that can solve the magic pill or mental illness problem.
He later said, “In fact, it must be very individualized and personal -centered. What is necessary is the slope of continuous treatment and criminal legal system, including housing and social business services and family support.”
The New York Disabled Independence Center (Sharon Mclennon Wier) said it is important to remember that people with mental illness are not monsters.
“We need to find a way to prevent mental health so that people can get the treatment they need,” she said.
