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Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act – H.R.3717

A letter that I wrote to our Representative in Congress ============== As a parent of a child with severe mental illness, a child who has been in crisis many times, I would like to voice my opinion in regards to this Act and why I would like to recommend that Representative Cramer not co-sponsor the bill. Briefly. We adopted our son David, when he was 18 months old. He was a special needs adoption not because of his birth history, but because of his ethnic background. As David grew older, little things began to come out. Staying awake for 2 and 3 days, destroying property, attacking teachers and family members. Poisoning family pets. For 9 years we did every kind of community based therapy that we could access. We utilized our states Protection and Advocacy Project to work with our school to allow David to continue to attend public school

something new and different

today, in the mail, we received an envelope from David. Some pictures and stuff that he had drawn. It was pretty exciting to receive anything from him, as that just isn’t something that he does. thanks David, you brightened my day. Tweet #fighting4answrs

Why do we view mental illness with negativity?

In the news each day, we see and read about people. People like Adam Lanza, and others who destroyed the lives of many. We never hear about the people who have mental illness yet don’t destroy the lives of others. Why? Sure the state of mental illness, and the treatment of those with mental illness is abysmal in our country, but not all people with mental illness are bad. The things that we think and do not say. In the latter half of the 20th century there was a push to de-institutionalize. By and large this was mostly a success. People deserve to live in the community. Everyone deserves that chance. However. Have we gone too far the other way? I know, some of my readers will rake me over the coals with this question. But it needs to be asked. When families have no options for treatment and care