Psychological Misinformation and the Killing of Sonya Massey (cont)

Psychological Misinformation Myths In the context of the horrific death of Sonya Massey, I hope that helping people challenge psychological misinformation can help us make safer responses to each other. In part 1, I described myths regarding how people with mental health diagnoses reason, and whether they are unpredictable or dangerous. Let’s now look at… Continue reading Psychological Misinformation and the Killing of Sonya Massey (cont)

Psychological Misinformation and the Killing of Sonya Massey

What is our social contract? Like many others, I was shocked and horrified to watch, on the news, Sonya Massey get killed. Such a tragic death brings out many strong feelings, and I want to be careful and explicit about which aspects I talk about here. Careful in particular because escalation and violence like I… Continue reading Psychological Misinformation and the Killing of Sonya Massey