We need to accept and support our brothers and sisters who live with #TD .

A sad state of affairs when common sense lifesaving changes to our jails are ignored by San Diego Sheriff who is perpetuating a #toxic culture where deadly drugs are getting in and people with severe mental illness continue to die.

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Families in MA are making some noise - they will no longer suffer in silence & are starting a movement. #SMIcaregivers #MAPOLI #BOSPOLI #shatteringsilence #treatmentb4tragedy #right2treatment provincetownindependent.org/featured/2024/…

An Aug 16 #FDA mtg will address negative symptoms of #schizophrenia : bit.ly/3UFsRfw. No approved meds exist for negative symptoms. Our VOP Report (bit.ly/3Qswinf) shared heartbreaking stories of the consequences. We thank FDA for listening.

The current system of extrajudicial medical holds does not protect the rights of those who lack capacity to care for themselves due a medical condition, like some cognitively impaired hospitalized patients.

Update: SanDiegoCounty supervisors just voted unanimously to initiate talks to purchase a Vista property that could become a county behavioral health campus.

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth ! Check out our website (sczaction.org) for lots of new info. In 2 weeks, we’ll host our SPRING Summit on Capitol Hill. (More on that soon.) This month, your gift will be matched up to $25,000! Donate today: sczaction.org/donate/

Follow up to groundbreaking 72 Hours 2023 report. Thank you The San Diego Union-Tribune reporters. No one with untreated #schizophrenia should be sentenced to 22 years in prison but to a psychiatric facility.

enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/infinity/artic… - Moving on from mental illness — 1 year in

Honored to give the keynote address at NAMI Wisconsin State Conference today “Supporting People with Schizophrenia: From Hope to Recovery.” Love their tagline: Recovery, Resiliency, Hope. #BrainHealthIsPhysicalHealth

An FDA AdComm will meet this fall to re-evaluate the #clozapine #REMS program, which creates major access barriers for people with #schizophrenia . Our community's efforts to alert FDA and Congress to the program's dangers have worked! Learn more: bit.ly/3xQMSqt.

No words for the stupidity and inhumanity that led to a dear son killing his beloved mom while in psychosis, his brain hijacked by a treatable brain disease that was left untreated due to archaic laws that don’t incorporate current medical knowledge. #RighttoHealthcareDenied

Just got my hard copy of Dr. Alice Feller, M.D.’s new book “American Madness: Fighting for Patients in a Broken Mental Health System.” I was honored to review this incredible book! I highly recommend you read it to learn from a physician the complexities of treatment in the US.

There's a saying: 'You can't improve what you don't measure'

That's why, in January 2021, I called for a state audit to investigate the deaths in custody in #SanDiego county jails.

Thanks to the work of newly-elected Assemblymember Akilah Weber, MD:
The audit request was approved unanimously…

Thank you Jeff McDonald for spotlighting the beyond inhumane treatment of Elisa with the coverup of incompetent uncaring players in our jails. San Diego Sheriff #despicable #criminal

This is a big step in requiring SMI treatment agencies to be accountable to measurable outcomes- just like we do for other medical conditions. Thank you Catherine Miranda and all the stakeholders that came together - and thank you Governor Katie Hobbs for signing a great bill.

Thank you Aaron Meyer for your outstanding testimony for those who are “seen the most treated the least” Everyone deserves lifesaving healthcare including those with #brain diseases like #SUD #schizophrenia and other #psychosis spectrum disorders. #SB43 will save lives!

Thank you for this update @SarahCorcoran and @guideconsult for this encouraging news.

Spending Packages Signed into Law Will Keep Federal Mental Health Funding at Historic Levels mindsitenews.org/2024/04/02/spe… via MindSite News

Excellent piece which describes some common themes, such as: this young man had great promise while growing up, came from a stable family (mental illness can occur in anyone) and that if people with mental illness are treated, they do not pose a danger m.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxkkE…

The indomitable power of a group of moms committed to making lifesaving healthcare changes for their children living with #braindiseases 👏👏 so they can live and thrive #MadMomsRock 🎉🎉

This story by Jeff McDonald about the failings of San Diego jails medical contractor, NaphCare, is deeply troubling. There were so many red flags prior to Sheriff contracting with NaphCare. Findings: + sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/…