Geri Clark

For example, right now, I'm working closely with a group of families in the state of Oregon who are going to rally in the upcoming legislative session to try to get Oregon lawmakers to better define dangerousness in statute.

For example, right now, I'm working closely with a group of families in the state of Oregon who are going to rally in the upcoming legislative session to try to get Oregon lawmakers to better define dangerousness in statute.

Dangerousness can make a little bit more sense if you have a psychiatric deterioration standard that defines what mental incapacity might logically lead to dangerousness so that again we can prevent harm when somebody is really really sick instead of waiting for harm to happen. And I can give you an example that's quite heartbreaking, so trigger alert.

Dangerousness can make a little bit more sense if you have a psychiatric deterioration standard that defines what mental incapacity might logically lead to dangerousness so that again we can prevent harm when somebody is really really sick instead of waiting for harm to happen. And I can give you an example that's quite heartbreaking, so trigger alert.

Dangerousness can make a little bit more sense if you have a psychiatric deterioration standard that defines what mental incapacity might logically lead to dangerousness so that again we can prevent harm when somebody is really really sick instead of waiting for harm to happen. And I can give you an example that's quite heartbreaking, so trigger alert.

One of my Oregon family advocates has a son with severe schizophrenia, paranoia, delusional thinking, quite unwell, and his mother became guardian, was able to get him hospitalized, but the hospital refused to medicate him against his objection despite florid psychosis. They sent him home still extremely psychotic, and he murdered his mother.

One of my Oregon family advocates has a son with severe schizophrenia, paranoia, delusional thinking, quite unwell, and his mother became guardian, was able to get him hospitalized, but the hospital refused to medicate him against his objection despite florid psychosis. They sent him home still extremely psychotic, and he murdered his mother.

One of my Oregon family advocates has a son with severe schizophrenia, paranoia, delusional thinking, quite unwell, and his mother became guardian, was able to get him hospitalized, but the hospital refused to medicate him against his objection despite florid psychosis. They sent him home still extremely psychotic, and he murdered his mother.

Well, first of all, I don't think there's anything that you can do to overblow a situation of a psychotic young man who was discharged from a hospital so sick that he killed his mother. You know, you can't call it stigma to tell the truth. These stories come my way all the time. They are heart-wrenching stories. And we've got to get past being told that it's stigmatizing to tell the truth.

Well, first of all, I don't think there's anything that you can do to overblow a situation of a psychotic young man who was discharged from a hospital so sick that he killed his mother. You know, you can't call it stigma to tell the truth. These stories come my way all the time. They are heart-wrenching stories. And we've got to get past being told that it's stigmatizing to tell the truth.

Well, first of all, I don't think there's anything that you can do to overblow a situation of a psychotic young man who was discharged from a hospital so sick that he killed his mother. You know, you can't call it stigma to tell the truth. These stories come my way all the time. They are heart-wrenching stories. And we've got to get past being told that it's stigmatizing to tell the truth.

I think our anti-stigma campaigns across the country have done a disservice in making the general public so uncomfortable to talk about severe mental illness, that the truth gets buried. So I think the way to bust through stigma is to get real about what is truly happening. And individuals with untreated and undertreated severe mental illness are more likely to be violent.

I think our anti-stigma campaigns across the country have done a disservice in making the general public so uncomfortable to talk about severe mental illness, that the truth gets buried. So I think the way to bust through stigma is to get real about what is truly happening. And individuals with untreated and undertreated severe mental illness are more likely to be violent.

I think our anti-stigma campaigns across the country have done a disservice in making the general public so uncomfortable to talk about severe mental illness, that the truth gets buried. So I think the way to bust through stigma is to get real about what is truly happening. And individuals with untreated and undertreated severe mental illness are more likely to be violent.

And those that they are violent against are most likely to be family members and loved ones. These people are not criminals and they're not violent by nature. They are very, very sick and their brains are creating confusion in their minds. I recently met a family and the young man dabbed and killed his mother, dabbed her in the heart because he thought that was how to save her soul.

And those that they are violent against are most likely to be family members and loved ones. These people are not criminals and they're not violent by nature. They are very, very sick and their brains are creating confusion in their minds. I recently met a family and the young man dabbed and killed his mother, dabbed her in the heart because he thought that was how to save her soul.

And those that they are violent against are most likely to be family members and loved ones. These people are not criminals and they're not violent by nature. They are very, very sick and their brains are creating confusion in their minds. I recently met a family and the young man dabbed and killed his mother, dabbed her in the heart because he thought that was how to save her soul.

Someone in psychosis is not a violent person by nature. They are completely confused because their brain is misperceiving reality. And we've got to be able to talk about the truth of that and admit that we want to prevent harm instead of requiring harm as a criteria for treatment.

Someone in psychosis is not a violent person by nature. They are completely confused because their brain is misperceiving reality. And we've got to be able to talk about the truth of that and admit that we want to prevent harm instead of requiring harm as a criteria for treatment.

Someone in psychosis is not a violent person by nature. They are completely confused because their brain is misperceiving reality. And we've got to be able to talk about the truth of that and admit that we want to prevent harm instead of requiring harm as a criteria for treatment.