Mad in America

AUGUST 23, 2024

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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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

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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Mad in America

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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.

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