The New York Fed's New Involuntary Commitment Paper is Methodologically Shaky as Well as Irresponsible

these are only the people James Holmes killed; the 70 that he wounded would not fit comfortably in my newsletterI am indebted to my friend Xun for his help in reviewing my methodological interpretation of the offending paper; I would not have had the confidence to publish this post without his knowledge and advice. Recently, the New York Fed published an astonishingly irresponsible analysis about involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, the practice of forcing someone into mental health treatment if they're considered a danger to themselves or others.