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Mama Bear Diaries

Deborah Geesling

Undoing everything you learned about schizophrenia from Criminal Minds.

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Latest Issues

When “Community Integration” Becomes Abandonment

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The recent Department of Justice opinion on Olmstead has sparked strong reactions across the disability advocacy landscape. But for those of us working closely with individuals who are severely mentally ill,...

a month ago
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Stop Ignoring the Seriously Mentally Ill and Their Families

In Washington, “mental health” is back in the headlines. Task forces are convening, summits are livestreamed, and fresh initiatives promise “holistic care,” “deprescribing,” and “transforming the system.” But for Americans with serious ment...

2 months ago
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When the System Fails, the Church Builds a Home

Sixteen years.

Sixteen years since our family was first introduced to the “system” that’s supposed to serve people with serious mental illness and anosognosia, those who are too sick to recognize they’re ill. Our journey started at least f...

2 months ago
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When Mental Illness Comes to Church

As a member of this pastor’s church, I have watched him step into some of the hardest and most confusing places of human suffering. One of the heaviest of these has been walking with individuals and families affected by serious mental illne...

3 months ago

Psychedelic Hype, Psychotic Risk: A Mama Bear’s Warning to Washington

As a mom who has sat in ERs and courtrooms begging for real help for my son, I cannot stay quiet while our government fast‑tracks psychedelics for “serious mental illness” without first fixing the system that already abandons our sickest lo...

3 months ago
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