The quote is painfully true, and also my strength to get the truth and understanding out there. Even if one person a day’s opinion is corrected to the truth of the differences of SMI brain illnesses and SMI substance abuse is realized, then we can properly HELP both SMI individuals and populations.
I know the Arizona young man’s family who is mentioned in this article. You can read his story on our website www.ArizonaMadMoms.com
My own SMI adult son was also jailed for running from the police. He was then tied to a chair (for being crazy) and beat up by the guards. Before schizophrenia onset he was in college for engineering.
“Telling somebody to stop being psychotic is like telling a blind person to see”. ~ M Smith
Spot on analysis, my friend. Having just spent some hours today helping to edit a report coming out soon that humanizes the lack of state hospital beds and reading stories on this very subject, your writing hit perfectly and does the very same thing. I owe you another hug. Thank you for persisting in writing about this crisis and the inhumanity of our treatment of people with serious brain illnesses.
Our Jones County Sheriff recently said, "He and his Deputies are thr mental providers for Jones County.
The quote is painfully true, and also my strength to get the truth and understanding out there. Even if one person a day’s opinion is corrected to the truth of the differences of SMI brain illnesses and SMI substance abuse is realized, then we can properly HELP both SMI individuals and populations.
I know the Arizona young man’s family who is mentioned in this article. You can read his story on our website www.ArizonaMadMoms.com
My own SMI adult son was also jailed for running from the police. He was then tied to a chair (for being crazy) and beat up by the guards. Before schizophrenia onset he was in college for engineering.
“Telling somebody to stop being psychotic is like telling a blind person to see”. ~ M Smith
Spot on analysis, my friend. Having just spent some hours today helping to edit a report coming out soon that humanizes the lack of state hospital beds and reading stories on this very subject, your writing hit perfectly and does the very same thing. I owe you another hug. Thank you for persisting in writing about this crisis and the inhumanity of our treatment of people with serious brain illnesses.