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The book discussed the involuntary treatment system in California, which the author jokingly noted was also about Britney Spears, focusing on how conservatorship functions more broadly. The discussion highlighted that the book's subject matter, involuntary commitment and conservatorship, relates to current debates regarding the unhoused population in Washington D.C.
Yeah, I wrote a book about California's involuntary treatment system. I joke that it's a book about Britney Spears, but it's more broadly about how conservatorship functions in California.
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The book discussed the involuntary treatment system in California, which the author jokingly noted was also about Britney Spears, focusing on how conservatorship functions more broadly. The discussion highlighted that the book's subject matter, involuntary commitment and conservatorship, relates to current debates regarding the unhoused population in Washington D.C.
Yeah, I wrote a book about California's involuntary treatment system. I joke that it's a book about Britney Spears, but it's more broadly about how conservatorship functions in California.
His book about Britney Spears is called Conservatorship Inside California's System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness.