Medicine’s Ben Schwan shares thoughts on Ohio’s mental health safety net

Fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old raises questions about Ohio’s mental health safety net

ideastreamBen Schwan, assistant bioethics professor at the School of Medicine, said healthcare providers should use the process of involuntary hospitalization cautiously and the vast majority of people with mental health diagnoses should never be pink slipped. “It would be unreasonable to lock that person away forever or for the rest of their lives for the mere reason that they might be off of their meds and start doing these types of things again,” Schwan said.