For the most part, I am deeply interested in the models of care you mentioned and from what I have read, I believe they could be helpful.
Letās set aside the fact that only rich people or people in the right time periods and geographical locations can benefit from these projects. I have spoken directly with people from both CooperRiis and Windhorse: $$$$$$$$$$$$$!!
None of these models, to my knowledge, provides emergency assistance for people deep in psychosis who, in my opinion, need to be gotten to safety until they feel better. To my knowledge, none of these models provides outreach to people whose psychosis has resulted in homelessness or imprisonment. There are people with psychosis starving themselves, hurting themselves, making illegal mistakes.
As much as there is controversy around involuntary treatment, I was relieved my family member was grabbed by the cops when he was suicidal. I was glad he was in a relatively safe hospital for a brief time period. Do I wish he had not been traumatized and demeaned? Yes. Do I wish he had received ongoing, real, and relevant treatment from the start? Yes. Do I want anyoneās rights taken away? No. Do I believe in forced medication? No, but I hope my family member someday tries medication to find out whether it helps.
I understand there are environments far more conducive to well-being than the societies we live in. Nobody can be dragged into CooperRiis or back in time to Kingsley Hall or to a meditation retreat and kept there. Itās all about choice.
Maybe Open Dialogue where everyone participates would help once a person is relatively stable. Itās my understanding that no one is being singled out or removed from the community. Everyone is opened to needed change. From my point of view, that seems worthwhile. Plus, far more accurate since no individual has to be the āidentified patient.ā
This is where I am most concerned: I want to preserve my family memberās life, well-being, and rights (in that order I guess). I also hope my family member finds a safe way to be in the world that makes sense to him.
I have never heard of Diabasis, the sanctuary, Burch House, or the Agnews Project, but I will try to familiarize myself with them.
Apotheosis, I think some of my opinions about the other stuff might be triggering to some and I hope the above was not. Would it be alright to pm you if I can figure out how?