<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2117852/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Judge Milton Mack shares his mission to reform the mental health system by moving from crisis intervention to early treatment and prevention. </p><p>His groundbreaking work in Michigan demonstrates how changing laws and procedures can dramatically improve outcomes while reducing costs.<br><br>• Moving from an inpatient model to an outpatient world where over 90% of mental health care now occurs<br>• Changing intervention standards to help people before they reach crisis, not waiting for the "magic moment" of danger<br>• Implementing mediation for mental health cases to increase engagement and compliance<br>• Creating a system that reduces trauma by avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and incarceration<br>• Demonstrating success through Genesee County's 70% reduction in hospitalization and 90% treatment compliance<br>• Building coordinated stakeholder systems where law enforcement, hospitals, courts and treatment providers work together<br>• Focusing on upstream solutions to prevent people from entering the criminal justice system<br>• Recognizing that early intervention in mental health is as important as early intervention for cancer<br><br>We need to intervene early—we wouldn't wait to treat someone with cancer when they're stage four, and we do just as much damage by waiting to treat mental illness. </p><p>Assisted outpatient treatment is the most humane option, far better than hospitalization, jail, or homelessness. This approach benefits everyone.<br><br><br></p><p>https://tonymantor.com<br>https://Facebook.com/tonymantor<br>https://instagram.com/tonymantor<br>https://twitter.com/tonymantor<br>https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic<br>intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild<br>Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)</p>