What can we DU now to help TTW and Yoshi ?

[mnhtnbb]

239. There is a lot of truth to this post.

My husband is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst who has been in practice for almost 40 years.
I summarized the situation for him at dinner last night--over the last 6 months or so--when TTW first began having
troubles with the landlord who eventually evicted her. He agrees that from the description
of behaviors there is likely a serious mental health issue with TTW--and I'll refrain from mentioning
what he speculates--underlying this situation. Things are not going to change for TTW--and Yoshi--
unless she gets some serious mental health treatment, and that treatment is not likely to happen
as long as she insists on having Yoshi with her. Throwing money at the problem through the generosity
of DU is not going to solve these problems.


One comment about what you posted: "going back to the Reagan bashing event when he 'let the nuts out of the loony bins'."
My husband worked with the psychiatrist who was responsible for bringing that model--community based care--to California when Reagan was then governor. Later in his life, the psychiatrist, Dr. Milton Greenblatt, regretted his involvement. Why? Because the community based care model never got adequately funded and through the years it has spread across this country with the same
result: too many people with serious mental health issues are going without adequate care and treatment and many of them do indeed end up homeless or worse, in prison.

The question is now, that with TTW in control of Yoshi and without adequate means of support, is there likely a situation
being created where, in fact, she IS a danger either to herself or others that would allow a judge to place her in an involuntary
commitment, and presumably, also place Yoshi with an Akita rescue? That question can only be answered by mental
health professionals who can interview TTW in person in order to make that determination. No one on DU--unless there is
someone with those credentials who can get to TTW--can make that determination. So, from my point of view, DU has done
all we can do to help TTW and Yoshi and we all now need to let it go.