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Alex Barnard

@avbsoc.bsky.social

Prof @NYUSociology. Author: #Freegans, #Mental States, and #Conservatorship. Studying mental health care in US/France and protest-policing @DemoWatch_. My messages, not NYU's.

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Alex Barnard@avbsoc.bsky.social · yesterday

Very excited that this paper (with Jenny Leigh and Cecilia Martínez-Plaza) is out in Psychiatric Services. We examine 1900 pieces of legislation we collected dealing with involuntary treatment and the rights of people living with mental illness from 2011-2022. psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Owen Whooley@owenwho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m a sociologist studying how mental health care breaks down when knowledge is uncertain and institutions don’t align. My new book, A Mad Mess (University of Chicago Press, Dec), looks at why the mental health “system” isn’t a system at all.

A Mad Mess

A sobering assessment of the systematic failures of mental health work.The United States is in the midst of a mental health crisis that cannot be ignored. Its effects are visible in overcrowded emergency rooms, homeless encampments, and frequent police encounters responding to people with serious mental illness. And yet, the many ways we attempt to support people with mental illness—from medical care to housing support to basic hygiene—seem to never take meaningful hold. All this despite the tireless work of professionals who attempt to help people bring together the pieces of a life. The problem is not in any individual effort to ameliorate the problem; it’s the many ways these programs fail to work together. For those with serious mental illness, and those who work to ameliorate it, there is no system. There is only mess. In A Mad Mess, sociologist Owen Whooley uncovers the exasperating barriers, bureaucratic mismatches, and threadbare resources that have made a mess of what should be a supportive system. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico—a city whose struggles echo communities nationwide— the book reveals the challenges mental health workers face daily, from tedious paperwork to occasional violence. Whooley interviewed mental health workers at two local mental health services organizations, the specialized behavioral health division of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD), and a psychiatric emergency department at the University of New Mexico Hospital. Despite mostly good intentions and sometimes heroic efforts, he shows why this important work so often ends in failure. Written with deep sympathy and unflinching honesty, A Mad Mess reveals how the lack of a cohesive mental health system obstructs critical care and places roadblocks before front-line mental health workers at every turn. Most critically, for those who suffer from severe mental illness, these setbacks are a constant reminder that the institutions charged with helping them have left them on their own.

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Alex Barnard@avbsoc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One consequence of the fact that more and more elected officials and civil society groups are finding their voice to resist Trump is that the fact that most university Presidents continue to say absolutely nothing (cc: Linda Mills at NYU) becomes more visible and shameful.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Q: Does Trump want to see Harvard officials arrested? LEAVITT: I know the president wants to see Harvard held responsible for the criminal behavior, the harassment and targeting of Jewish-American students

Tiffany C. Li@tiffanycli.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Some notes: Yes, that’s a typo on the month. Date is correct on page 1 and other docs. Also, the scripture: Matthew 19:14 ~ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

Ro Khanna@rokhanna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda. 1. Vote no on DHS funding bill. 2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE. 3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents. 4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law.

Charlie Thomas@cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 7mo ago

Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

Mark D. Levine@marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · last yr.

the books – even for seminars in recent trends in the area, then the books aren’t selling. The Press might as well price them like Cambridge or Routledge, at a level that assumes no one will buy them. In my view, we need a Bandcamp moment – people realizing their friends won’t have bands ... 9/