Beyond Do No Harm Principles Session #2: Non-Punitive Mental Health Crisis Response
This session's topics focus on BDNH Principle #5, how health care providers can stop calling police on people with unmet mental health needs.
Speakers: Vinny Eng (Safer Together), Erica Woodland (National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network), Mimi Kim (Creative Interventions), Olivia Park (Do No Harm coalition) and Asantewaa Boykin (MH First).
Event Recording
Graphic Notes
Illustrated by Sara Yukimoto-Saltman
Image Description: Graphic Notes by Sara Yukimoto-Saltman from Beyond Do No Harm Session 2: Non-Punitive Mental Health Response including the names of panelists Olivia Park, Mimi Kim, Erica Woodland, Asantewaa Boykin, and Vinny Eng. Panel #1 image of a burning police hat, "Care work training deputizes caregivers as agents of the state 'soft policing'", Panel #2 plants rising up, Imaginative Openings towards Abolition - honor self-determination, expands what it means to be well, getting comfy not having the answers, act from an understanding we have more power than we think." Panel #3. waves of quotes, "It's about time for revolution... the tides are rising... when songs of solidarity drowned out the sounds of police cars... its time" - Asantewaa; "Take that imagination and translate it into reality because something better is possible when we care for one another in community" - Vinny Eng.
Resources Shared During the Event
Panelists Resources:
Health Advocacy by Vinny Eng: https://www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts/article/health-equity-advocate-vinny-eng-says-direct-17752175.php
Anti-Police Terror Projects Mental Health First: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/mental-health-first
Creative Interventions Toolkit: https://www.creative-interventions.org/about-the-founder/
Love, Lyric, and Liberation by Asantewaa Boykin: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781955239288/love-lyric-and-liberation.aspx
Healing Justice Lineages by Erica Woodland and Cara Page: https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/healing-justice-lineages/
Ongoing Campaigns Mentioned:
Justice 4 Desman LaDuke: https://www.change.org/p/justice-4-desman-laduke
Resources for Non-Punitive Mental Health Response:
Abolition and Disability Justice Resources by ADJC: https://abolitionanddisabilityjustice.com/resources/
Crisis Toolkit by Fireweed Collective: https://fireweedcollective.org/crisis-toolkit/
What Stops Us from Supporting Us by Project Lets: https://projectlets.org/barriers-to-intervention
Common Mistakes we Make when Supporting Others & What to Do Differently by Project Lets: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a75d2f2c027d8bcb6dae62b/t/6118064f1b32ac0c9144ed8b/1628964432138/Common+Support+Mistakes.pdf
Building Tools and Capacities for Health Emergencies by Critical Resistance: https://justis-allen.squarespace.com/healthcare
SAGE Response to Psychosocial Crisis by Critical Resistance: https://www.csueastbay.edu/shcs/files/docs/sage-response-to-a-crisis.pdf
Creative Interventions Toolkit: https://www.creative-interventions.org/toolkit/
Safety Planning and Intimate Partner Violence by Survived + Punished: https://survivedandpunished.org/2022/04/13/new-toolkit-safety-planning-and-intimate-partner-violence/
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP): https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/WRAP.pdf
Practical Guide to Psychiatric Advance Directives SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/a_practical_guide_to_psychiatric_advance_directives.pdf
National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives: https://nrc-pad.org/
RebPsych Conference at Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/education/conferences/rebpsych-conference/
Transformative Mutual Aid Practices (T-MAP): https://tmapscommunity.net/
Why not to call the police on trans people in crisis by Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/why-to-not-call-the-police-on-trans-people-in-crisis-things-to-consider-when-supporting-a-friend/