Parents praise new Iowa mental health commitment law; critics fear loss of civil rights
July 24, 2018
IOWA CITY, Ia. — Leslie Carpenter hopes Iowa families like hers, who have loved ones with severe mental illness, will no longer have to wait for a life-threatening crisis before authorities order treatment.
Carpenter, whose adult son has been repeatedly hospitalized for schizoaffective disorder, helped lead a successful effort this spring to change Iowa’s mental Read More