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31 Stories, 31 Days: Terry Taggart
My demons still haunted me, but I got wonderful help from my mom, sister, and psychiatrist. My family and I hooked up with NAMI and we went to support groups.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Grace Garcia
Believe it or not, I thank God I was in jail. It’s what turned my life of drinking, drugging, and partying into one filled with love and purpose.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Dixie Gamble
Family struggle inspired Dixie Gamble to make crisis intervention training films for first responders.
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Should Police Accommodate People with Mental Illness in Crisis? The Supreme Court Weighs In—Kind Of
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on May 18, on an issue that has become all too familiar for people living with mental illness and their families. -
31 Stories, 31 Days: Herb Cotner
Family-to-Family taught me how important education is to families, especially with the crisis in mental health care.
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Supreme Court Leaves Open Key Issue on Police Approaches to People with Mental Illness
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in City and County Of San Francisco v. Sheehan that police acted reasonably in a confrontation with Teresa Sheehan, a woman living with mental illness who wielded a knife, shooting her three times. Today’s decision leaves open the ADA question, which in fact may not need to be addressed if future tragedies can be averted. -
31 Stories, 31 Days: Erwin Lenowitz
Two years in, he’s doing exceptionally well. He understands his situation and circumstances.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Patrick Kennedy
There is hope for everyone, even people who have been involved with the criminal justice system. In fact, most people who have mental illnesses have conditions that are manageable.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Kevin Earley
I decided to become an active part of my treatment, taking my medication, and working toward recovery.
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Cruel and Unusual – It’s Time to End an American Tragedy
Human Rights Watch released a report today, Callous and Cruel, that describes in chilling detail the degree to which “unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force” is used in jails and prisons throughout the U.S. to control inmates with serious mental illness.