Why “Excited Delirium” is a Fraud

Joanna Naples-Mitchell, JD is a human rights lawyer in New York City and the U.S. Research Advisor at Physicians for Human Rights, where she supports PHR’s research and advocacy related to the intersection of law enforcement, racism, and medicine. As PHR’s U.S. Researcher from 2019-2022, she coauthored three reports, including the March 2022 report “Excited Delirium” and Deaths in Police Custody: The Deadly Impact of a Baseless Diagnosis. Joanna also directs the Redress Program at the nonprofit Zomia Center, where she advocates on behalf of civilians harmed in U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Joanna has previously worked at Human Rights Watch and the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division. She holds a law degree from New York University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. She is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.
Session title - "Why “Excited Delirium” is a Fraud"
The Law & Mental Health Conference is the premiere online educational event dedicated to the intersection of law and mental illness. Since 2000 the Conference has brought together expert speakers, teachers, and practitioners with legal, clinical, and lived experience. The Conference is designed for attorneys, law enforcement, public and private clinicians, public healthcare and hospital administrators, social workers, policy designers and legislators, and organizations and individuals involved with the care and welfare of people with mental illness, addiction, and alcoholism - and most importantly, for those with lived experience of severe mental illness.
The 2024 Law & Mental Health Conference on psychosis was held June 10, 11 2024, and is produced by Jason Renaud for the Mental Health Association of Portland