tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7463439792747597246..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Smells SuspiciousAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42103913577088560432008-05-23T18:08:00.000-04:002008-05-23T18:08:00.000-04:00The presentation went well enough. In the wrap-up...The presentation went well enough. In the wrap-up the attorneys indirectly lent support to what I was saying - their comments took as a given the same things I had been explaining. That should knock down some of the criticism. The problem will mostly be the people who weren't there who will now have this apply to them. In general, they did not show up for the workshop because they didn't think they needed to, knowing it all already. They aren't the sort who will like to be told "No, it's not that way. Never was. If you'd been at the <I>required training</I> you would know that."<BR/><BR/>Lelia - New Hampshire has a Conditional Discharge statute that allows to release psychiatric patients on specific conditions, such as taking medications or keeping appointments. About half the other states have some limited version of this, but New Hampshire's is more comprehensive and complicated.<BR/><BR/>Over the years, treatment providers develop mission creep, and try to use the conditional discharge to write in whatever they think would be good for the patient, or would make the provider's life easier. These violate both the spirit and the letter of the law, but they grow like weeds. Like Cassandra, or like Churchill speaking to Parliament in the 1930's, I have been telling people for years what's what, but I am not usually believed outside the hospital I work in.<BR/><BR/>Today I pruned back some growths, telling people "you can't use this condition anymore - it's illegal. Conditions must be designed in the following way." We'll see how it plays out. I remain suspicious.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80747135369035059042008-05-23T17:10:00.000-04:002008-05-23T17:10:00.000-04:00So..... how did it go?So..... how did it go?GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68513596619867449652008-05-23T12:31:00.000-04:002008-05-23T12:31:00.000-04:00Well, now I'm left hanging. What are you going to...Well, now I'm left hanging. What are you going to say????? Please, I want to hear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-89876544525659155242008-05-23T11:12:00.000-04:002008-05-23T11:12:00.000-04:00David - it may be cold comfort, but when I ask for...David - it may be cold comfort, but when <I>I</I> ask for your analysis, I really want it. <BR/><BR/>Of course, that's probably why I don't ask overly often.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.com