All it took was a phone call. Next thing she knew she was at a hospital, in the psych ward. Independent Study kicks off its new season with a look at how and why, year after year, thousands of people are involuntarily committed. We trace the personal stories of two UVa students — including our new producer — and ask some tough questions about mental health and the legal system surrounding it.
Join us for the last episode of this season of Independent Study as we explore a local story involving discrimination, the law and drivers licenses.
Coming up on the first episode of Independent Study: a rendezvous with death and emergency medicine. Founding producer and host Sarah Alberstein will be spending the night shadowing an EMT and finding out some frank truths about life and death.