NO TO 988

I saw this tonight. It alarms me. The National Council (NatCon) posted this all over ig and other social media this afternoon and yesterday.

I oppose the proposed 988 Suicide Hotline. It will increase Georgia numbers of poor souls who will be visited upon, shackled, routed to their local Emergency Room for medical clearance as a  Suicide/Homicide Risk. That person WILL be placed in a 1013/1014 (Georgia 72 hour involuntary hold). 

988 will increase involuntary commitment

988 will increase mobile crisis intervention site visitation routing to 1013/1014

988 does NOT recognize self-determination

988 does NOT hold dialogue using the CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST and Endorsements (2019) for SI/HI Redirection

988 will increase numbers routed to jail, incarceration, asylum

988 offers no Hope

988 propogates Stigma and Hate towards a person exhibiting, stating directly/indirectly self/other harm (with/without plan)

988 buys into the meds and beds model

988 is NOT recovery modeling

988 is duping the mental health communities nationally and regionally

988 will triangulate you digitally

988 brings Cops to your Door

Take a look at https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BhkZ4gzmC/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet