Crystal Fox

There's never been a focus on psychosis or schizophrenia because we've just incarcerated people with this illness. And we've closed all the hospital beds. This is a big word, but personally, I believe it's like state-sanctioned torture, really, for individuals with schizophrenia. Imagine our individuals with autism, which there has been some, that end up incarcerated.

Yes. And I will tell you again, my youngest daughter is severely autistic. There is no question she's got the epilepsy. She's cognitively impaired. She actually had a brain tumor. So she's got multiple disabilities. She functions pretty much as a three or four year old. There's no question. that she has autism and that she's cognitively disabled. No question in society.

Yes. And I will tell you again, my youngest daughter is severely autistic. There is no question she's got the epilepsy. She's cognitively impaired. She actually had a brain tumor. So she's got multiple disabilities. She functions pretty much as a three or four year old. There's no question. that she has autism and that she's cognitively disabled. No question in society.

Yes. And I will tell you again, my youngest daughter is severely autistic. There is no question she's got the epilepsy. She's cognitively impaired. She actually had a brain tumor. So she's got multiple disabilities. She functions pretty much as a three or four year old. There's no question. that she has autism and that she's cognitively disabled. No question in society.

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

No question if you spend any time with her. But my oldest son, Austin, had what they used to call in the old days Asperger's syndrome. We, again, same with him. And he was also twice exceptional. So he was also gifted. And he was diagnosed with ADHD. So trying to work out which issue he was having. We even questioned whether he had bipolar disorder as well. There's a lot of interlap.

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

And what they're starting to find in the genetics is genetically, there's a lot of interlap between all these diagnoses.

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

That's the million dollar question. And that's the question I ask a lot of people. So when I worked at the Arizona State Hospital for 30 years, one of the units that I worked out, and this is my favorite one that I like to talk about, was an open unit. It had open doors. So our patients came and went as they pleased. They were getting ready for discharge.

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

They were truly psychotic, schizophrenic, or bipolar, but they were stable on their medication, but still receiving a lot of supports. They were getting ready to go out into the community, so it was a slow transition back in those days. This is the 1990s when Clozzapine first came out. We went to the movie theaters. We went to what we call Park and Swap, a swap meet. We went on the bus.

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

We went to restaurants. They had dances to go to. They had all these different activities, but we've removed... all of those social situations. And so the thing with schizophrenia is just like the thing with developmental disabilities, they need support for an extended period of time with staff. And there shouldn't be any stigma around that.

The brain of somebody with schizophrenia that's been suffering with psychosis cognitively is impaired. They have to relearn stuff just like a person with a stroke has to relearn things. The difference between autism and schizophrenia, again, is we don't provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy. Those things aren't provided.