Patient Rights, Family Voices & the Difficult Question of Treatment

Episode 8: Patient Rights, Family Rights & Treatment

How do we protect patient rights while ensuring people with serious mental illness can access the treatment they need?

This episode explores patient autonomy, family involvement, decision-making capacity, involuntary treatment, due process, and the missing middle between hospitalization and independent living.

Because recovery requires more than stabilization—it requires support, dignity, and a pathway forward.