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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. Approximately half of people with schizophrenia or bipolar lack awareness of their illness, called anosognosia. When schizophrenia goes untreated, the consequences can be deadly.

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

People in poverty have fewer opportunities around assets such as education, interview practice, resume help, or the proper clothing for an interview. In contrast, 28 percent of Connecticut residents treated for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder had been arrested or detained. . ” Another oversimplification. Melanie Blow.