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Mental health advocate pans expansion of civil commitment for people with severe mental illness

Jay Carruthers, director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York at the Office of Mental Health, joins Capital Tonight.

Mental health advocate pans expansion of civil commitment for people with severe mental illness

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Jay Carruthers, director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York at the Office of Mental Health, joins Capital Tonight.

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Jay Carruthers, director of the Suicide Prevention Center of New York at the Office of Mental Health, joins Capital Tonight.

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