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“The hospital staff were texting with [the child welfare agency] about the dilation of her cervix”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The government placed the child with strangers two hours away, strictly limited visits and tried to deprive the child of her mother forever. So heres the second question of the quiz: What mental health condition kept coming up as something from which the mother allegedly suffered? AI images designed with deepai.org

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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In Maine “child welfare” it’s more like 1001 clowns – and there’s nothing funny about them

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

At times the allegations bordered on paranoia – on the part of the workers – and may have said more about the mental health of the caseworkers than anyone else’s. And the parking lot incident led to criminal charges. The boy was moved to four different foster homes – and allegedly abused in one of them.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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Guest Post: A Letter To Police Officers Regarding the Mentally Ill by Nancy Boucher

Bipolar Bandit

A person who has a serious mental illness and is in crisis may be experiencing paranoia, delusions, hallucinations and be feeling threatened and fearful. I have learned these lessons on the front lines as a Mom, and the road ahead in helping those in crisis with serious mental illness. Their brain is not functioning normally.

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Guest Post: Interview with Author of ” I am Her She is Me” Birdie Thorn

Bipolar Bandit

The 5 phases are: Phase 1-Reflection, Phase 2-Content, Phase 3- Manic, Phase 4- Paranoia, Phase 5- The crash. I would cycle through these “phases” pretty consistently. Once I established the phases, I began adding symptoms, triggers, and durations to them. I explain each phase in the book.

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