California is a state that has a strong belief in patient rights. It sounds like a good and reasonable theory until you talk to the mothers of severely mentally ill children.
The Treatment Advocacy Center (www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org) is a national nonprofit dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illnesses. TAC promotes laws, policies, and practices for the delivery of psychiatric care and supports the development of innovative treatments for and research into the causes of severe and persistent psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Severe mental illness: a mother's perspective
On today’s San Francisco Chronicle blog two mothers each tell heart-breaking stories of their grown sons’ struggles with severe mental illnesses. As the Chronicle writes in the introduction to the video clips: