The Man in Room 117
A disheartening and in-depth portrait of a man bouncing between his delusions and a family desperately trying to coax him into treatment.
He, like many homeless people, cycles through incarceration, treatment, and release. "A 1975 Supreme Court decision set the bar for involuntary treatment high, ruling that people who pose no danger and are "capable of surviving safely in freedom" cannot be confined to a psychiatric hospital against their will."
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