The wife of a man who sometimes experiences crises related to his bipolar disorder feels he has been “subjected to treatment that should not happen in a civilized society.”
by Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today September 8, 2022 The unnamed woman, who moved to Mississippi with her husband, told the court-appointed special monitor of the state’s mental health services that her husband was held in jail without medication and continued to decline as he waited for a bed at a state hospital. Another time, he was taken to a crisis stabilization unit , which can provide intensive treatment and serve as an alternative to hospitalization and to waiting in jails.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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