#bc of their abolitionist values and to give them more freedom to work without the state

[trans-axolotl]

Psych abolition questions:

What will happen with those who need/want medications? How will they be able to get access to safe, affordable, and reliable medication?

What will happen to those who need intervention during extreme states to stay alive? How will this be institutionally handled?

For those who cannot live/function alone and need inpatient, how will this work? Who will pay for the care?

For those who like an impartial neutral party that gives advice and can point out problems you have and legally shouldnt tell people things without your say so(something average people arent bound to), how will they be verified as capable? Will the psychologist/therapist schooling still exist? Will having people whos job it is to talk to other sin this manner still exist?

How will care be paid for in general?

Is the plan to shift to symptom/trait-based resources and help, or will diagnostic labels still be used? If labels are still used, what rigor will go into the process of updating criteria or adding/removing diagnoses and who will decide that?

What is the plan to ensure useful psych tools are available to people and their loved ones? How will the information be tested, synthesized, updated, and distributed?

Note: I am super for psych abolition in theory but in practice I worry about those who rely on some parts of the existing structure so these questions are pretty in-depth. The actual nitty-gritty details like this are what I most would want to know out of everything.

makes sense! these r questions that i think would be really awesome to discuss with other people who are interested in psych abolition, so this is def helpful for the panel! thank you so much.

also after i go to this conference def will upload notes here of what we all talk about and what ideas people have to answer some of these questions if that's something people would like!

#one of the people doing this panel with me is an abolitionist therapist who got their msw but is specifically staying unliscenced #bc of their abolitionist values and to give them more freedom to work without the state #anyway so i'm excited to hear their perspective on ideas as well #bc i defintely come at things from a different perspective and i'm always talking about like. resistance in psych wards #carceral psychiatry. peer respite. stuff like that