Geri Clark

And you will not get any of the help that you would expect.

And you will not get any of the help that you would expect.

Yeah, there's just a serious lack of understanding about what psychosis is. And another thing that's important for the public to know is psychosis causes brain damage. So ongoing exposure to untreated psychosis worsens the condition and makes it less likely that the person will recover in the long term. Which is what happened to my son, and I watched the brain damage occur over four years.

Yeah, there's just a serious lack of understanding about what psychosis is. And another thing that's important for the public to know is psychosis causes brain damage. So ongoing exposure to untreated psychosis worsens the condition and makes it less likely that the person will recover in the long term. Which is what happened to my son, and I watched the brain damage occur over four years.

Yeah, there's just a serious lack of understanding about what psychosis is. And another thing that's important for the public to know is psychosis causes brain damage. So ongoing exposure to untreated psychosis worsens the condition and makes it less likely that the person will recover in the long term. Which is what happened to my son, and I watched the brain damage occur over four years.

His chances for recovery were much better at the beginning, but we kept being told he had to be much sicker before he would be eligible for services.

His chances for recovery were much better at the beginning, but we kept being told he had to be much sicker before he would be eligible for services.

His chances for recovery were much better at the beginning, but we kept being told he had to be much sicker before he would be eligible for services.

Correct. That's correct. And when he was his sickest, he was incarcerated, not hospitalized.

Correct. That's correct. And when he was his sickest, he was incarcerated, not hospitalized.

Correct. That's correct. And when he was his sickest, he was incarcerated, not hospitalized.

The other area that is really lacking in appropriate understanding is the area of family engagement. There's this misunderstanding in the system that families have given up, that families don't care, or that families actually caused these illness conditions. And that is incorrect. And I know that because I talk to families all across the country.

The other area that is really lacking in appropriate understanding is the area of family engagement. There's this misunderstanding in the system that families have given up, that families don't care, or that families actually caused these illness conditions. And that is incorrect. And I know that because I talk to families all across the country.

The other area that is really lacking in appropriate understanding is the area of family engagement. There's this misunderstanding in the system that families have given up, that families don't care, or that families actually caused these illness conditions. And that is incorrect. And I know that because I talk to families all across the country.

who are doing everything in their power to save their loved ones. I talked to family members who have been almost murdered by their loved ones in psychosis, but they are still doing everything they can to save the lives of those loved ones. Family engagement is really poor across the system. HIPAA is badly misunderstood across the system.

who are doing everything in their power to save their loved ones. I talked to family members who have been almost murdered by their loved ones in psychosis, but they are still doing everything they can to save the lives of those loved ones. Family engagement is really poor across the system. HIPAA is badly misunderstood across the system.

who are doing everything in their power to save their loved ones. I talked to family members who have been almost murdered by their loved ones in psychosis, but they are still doing everything they can to save the lives of those loved ones. Family engagement is really poor across the system. HIPAA is badly misunderstood across the system.

Families are in it for the long term, and they need to be engaged as allies in the care of their loved ones, but they also need to be equipped. with the right information and the right support so that they could continue to do what they want to do, but they become unable to do because the system is so lacking.

Families are in it for the long term, and they need to be engaged as allies in the care of their loved ones, but they also need to be equipped. with the right information and the right support so that they could continue to do what they want to do, but they become unable to do because the system is so lacking.

Families are in it for the long term, and they need to be engaged as allies in the care of their loved ones, but they also need to be equipped. with the right information and the right support so that they could continue to do what they want to do, but they become unable to do because the system is so lacking.