Mental Health Legislation: Will Michigan's "Kevin's Law" model involuntary treatment policy for the broader US mental health system and criminal justice system? -Brandon Dellario LMSW LASAC

Kevin's Law is a 2005 addition to the Michigan Mental Health Code. The legislation includes four bills involving involuntary Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) for individuals with a diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness.

Social Welfare Legislation: Evolutions of US Social Policy from "The New Deal" & "The Great Society" (FDR, JFK & LBJ) -Brandon Dellario LMSW LASAC

Social policy journalist David G. Gil defines social policy as: “. . . guiding principles or courses of action adopted and pursued by societies and their governments, as well as various groups or units within societies . . . [additionally] The common domain of all social policies can consequently be identified as the overall quality of life in society, the circumstances of living, of individuals and groups, and the nature of all intra-societal human relations