Hospitals say hundreds of local patients waiting to discharge over delayed health insurance approvals dlvr.it/T69Cq4

Thank you for representing #FamiliesLikeOurs Linda L. Mimms, MA Public Policy Duke University !

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

We house them. But 70% of all OD deaths happen inside. Our response to drug use? We embrace the idea that we should help people use drugs safely. It makes sense in principle, but not in application. 🧵

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.

Joint Meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee - 04/25/2024 | FDA fda.gov/advisory-commi…

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. psychiatrictimes.com/view/involunta…

“You shouldn’t have to commit murder to get mental health treatment” Even two educated parents, one a doctor and the other a lawyer, struggled to find proper resources for their son, Austin, a young man studying in college. And then, tragedy happened m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pN6jc…

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.

Unable to get mental health treatment, Oregon man killed his mom | kgw.com #TrackingTheTragedies kgw.com/article/news/i…

Dying for care everywhere. And, begging for care everywhere. #FamiliesLikeMine
#DataOfTheSoul #TrackingTheTragedies

Treatment Before Tragedy!

This should be something that every state across the country is working towards. How much money is spent on programs only to see a situation worsen? #BOSPOLI #MAPOLI

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!

Caregiver in MA continues to shatter the silence on the need for AOT chng.it/fbTNLfGfKJ via Change.org

Does Prop 1 Mean More Group Homes for Orange County? voiceofoc.org/2024/04/does-p… via @voiceofoc -Will it bring more #HousingThatHeals for #FamiliesLikeMine ? We need a full continuum of care and all levels of housing. No one size fits all.

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

Amazing testimony, Aaron Meyer! Thank you for #TrackingTheTragedies of your patients who were forced out of care prematurely. The data collected on those 12 patients tells us why we need to support the implementation of #SB43 sooner than tomorrow. #ShatteringTheSilence

Listen to the moms. Way to make them hear you Rachel Streiff and #ArizonaMadMoms !

#FamiliesLikeOurs are #ShatteringTheSilence and the status quo.

Grateful for this opportunity! Thank you to Iowa Press for hosting Kali White VanBaale and me!

#RipplesOfHope for people with #SMI and #FamiliesLikeOurs !