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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Leigh, Mother of Melissa

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She was never again able to function at the high level she did before, sleeping a lot at first and then developing insomnia afterward. She spent three years living with us, in and out of short stays in psychiatric hospitals, getting more and more depressed. And that is when the window of opportunity closed.

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MindFreedom’s Shield Program: Working to Free People from Psychiatric Incarceration and Forced Treatment

Mad in America

I don’t think there’s enough actual oversight, whether civilian or governmental, of the mental health system, and it does a ton of harm.” Every time I was in the hospital, they always had a little flier that said, ‘Know your Rights.’ “They’re good people and they give a s**t,” he said of the volunteers. “I

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Grant, Interrupted: An Introduction and Report Back from Oregon

Mad in America

Peer respites are an innovative and cost effective alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, and these resources are badly needed across the country. In late 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a public request for grant proposals, and our organization was chosen to create and operate a peer respite in Southern Oregon.