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Jack Wood

๐Ÿ‘ค Person
204 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

i was able to get a hold of the wand and tear it out of his hand and throw it onto the couch little did i know that was a sacred tool to him so number one i got it away from him but two it was a sacred instrument grabbed a bottle and started hitting me on the leg and then we got that away from him and he went to the counter and got a small kitchen knife and stuck it in my left arm

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

i was able to get a hold of the wand and tear it out of his hand and throw it onto the couch little did i know that was a sacred tool to him so number one i got it away from him but two it was a sacred instrument grabbed a bottle and started hitting me on the leg and then we got that away from him and he went to the counter and got a small kitchen knife and stuck it in my left arm

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Well, prior to that, he had been in the hospital a year, had been out of the hospital for about 10 months, and started having all of the same symptoms and episodes that come with schizophrenia.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Well, prior to that, he had been in the hospital a year, had been out of the hospital for about 10 months, and started having all of the same symptoms and episodes that come with schizophrenia.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Well, prior to that, he had been in the hospital a year, had been out of the hospital for about 10 months, and started having all of the same symptoms and episodes that come with schizophrenia.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

He was in a program called ACT. You may be familiar with it. They're in most of the state's community treatment team. understaffed with underqualified people who were also underpaid. Unbelievable. They would stop by our house once every two weeks for 30 minutes with a sheet of paper to run through a checklist to justify their payments.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

He was in a program called ACT. You may be familiar with it. They're in most of the state's community treatment team. understaffed with underqualified people who were also underpaid. Unbelievable. They would stop by our house once every two weeks for 30 minutes with a sheet of paper to run through a checklist to justify their payments.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

He was in a program called ACT. You may be familiar with it. They're in most of the state's community treatment team. understaffed with underqualified people who were also underpaid. Unbelievable. They would stop by our house once every two weeks for 30 minutes with a sheet of paper to run through a checklist to justify their payments.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan ended up sticking me in the left arm with a knife, and we had asked the ACT team if they would please give him, in Florida it's called a Baker Act, an involuntary hospitalization. What happened when you tried that? They refused to do that. They said that he's not a threat to himself or threat to others.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan ended up sticking me in the left arm with a knife, and we had asked the ACT team if they would please give him, in Florida it's called a Baker Act, an involuntary hospitalization. What happened when you tried that? They refused to do that. They said that he's not a threat to himself or threat to others.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan ended up sticking me in the left arm with a knife, and we had asked the ACT team if they would please give him, in Florida it's called a Baker Act, an involuntary hospitalization. What happened when you tried that? They refused to do that. They said that he's not a threat to himself or threat to others.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And we're saying, you have no idea the amount of psychotic episodes that are going on with him. He is definitely not stable. And we kept approaching, kept approaching. And finally, they came to me and they said, you need to call the police if he does something dangerous, but we can't take him.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And we're saying, you have no idea the amount of psychotic episodes that are going on with him. He is definitely not stable. And we kept approaching, kept approaching. And finally, they came to me and they said, you need to call the police if he does something dangerous, but we can't take him.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And we're saying, you have no idea the amount of psychotic episodes that are going on with him. He is definitely not stable. And we kept approaching, kept approaching. And finally, they came to me and they said, you need to call the police if he does something dangerous, but we can't take him.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan threatened me and he called the police himself. What happened when the police got there? Came to his house. He was living by himself in a mobile home. He told the police he wanted to put a restraining order on 150 people. And so they called me, oh, are you Mr. Wood? Yes, it is. Well, is your son Jonathan? Yes, it is. And he said, is he doing all right?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan threatened me and he called the police himself. What happened when the police got there? Came to his house. He was living by himself in a mobile home. He told the police he wanted to put a restraining order on 150 people. And so they called me, oh, are you Mr. Wood? Yes, it is. Well, is your son Jonathan? Yes, it is. And he said, is he doing all right?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So Jonathan threatened me and he called the police himself. What happened when the police got there? Came to his house. He was living by himself in a mobile home. He told the police he wanted to put a restraining order on 150 people. And so they called me, oh, are you Mr. Wood? Yes, it is. Well, is your son Jonathan? Yes, it is. And he said, is he doing all right?

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And I said, well, he has mental illness. And I said, he's having a lot of schizophrenic psychotic episodes. Brian, I'll call you back. He called me back and he said, gee, says Mr. Wood, I know you're not going to like this information because I can tell you that he's a very sick boy. I can see that. He's telling me that he won't threaten himself or others.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And I said, well, he has mental illness. And I said, he's having a lot of schizophrenic psychotic episodes. Brian, I'll call you back. He called me back and he said, gee, says Mr. Wood, I know you're not going to like this information because I can tell you that he's a very sick boy. I can see that. He's telling me that he won't threaten himself or others.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jack Wood:: A Father's Fight for Mental Health Reform

And I said, well, he has mental illness. And I said, he's having a lot of schizophrenic psychotic episodes. Brian, I'll call you back. He called me back and he said, gee, says Mr. Wood, I know you're not going to like this information because I can tell you that he's a very sick boy. I can see that. He's telling me that he won't threaten himself or others.