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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

And so the only thing I could do is if you want to come out here, I can follow you to the hospital with him. But no, we can't take him in. So a week later, almost to the day, Jonathan cut himself down his left arm in 14 places. The ACT team and the VP of care for the facility of acute care said they all cut. Speaking about schizophrenia, they all cut. So he's really just making a big scene.

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

And so the only thing I could do is if you want to come out here, I can follow you to the hospital with him. But no, we can't take him in. So a week later, almost to the day, Jonathan cut himself down his left arm in 14 places. The ACT team and the VP of care for the facility of acute care said they all cut. Speaking about schizophrenia, they all cut. So he's really just making a big scene.

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

And so the only thing I could do is if you want to come out here, I can follow you to the hospital with him. But no, we can't take him in. So a week later, almost to the day, Jonathan cut himself down his left arm in 14 places. The ACT team and the VP of care for the facility of acute care said they all cut. Speaking about schizophrenia, they all cut. So he's really just making a big scene.

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

He's not a threat to himself or a threat to others. We're not going to Baker Act him.

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

He's not a threat to himself or a threat to others. We're not going to Baker Act him.

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

He's not a threat to himself or a threat to others. We're not going to Baker Act him.

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

Here's what you can do, Mr. Wood. You can go to the Sumter County Court and apply for what's called an ex parte. What's an ex parte? Well, it's the court giving you the authority that if you think that Jonathan is a threat to himself or others, then you would have the authority to involuntarily hospitalize him. So I went to the court, spent two hours filling out paperwork.

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

Here's what you can do, Mr. Wood. You can go to the Sumter County Court and apply for what's called an ex parte. What's an ex parte? Well, it's the court giving you the authority that if you think that Jonathan is a threat to himself or others, then you would have the authority to involuntarily hospitalize him. So I went to the court, spent two hours filling out paperwork.

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

Here's what you can do, Mr. Wood. You can go to the Sumter County Court and apply for what's called an ex parte. What's an ex parte? Well, it's the court giving you the authority that if you think that Jonathan is a threat to himself or others, then you would have the authority to involuntarily hospitalize him. So I went to the court, spent two hours filling out paperwork.

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

The next day, I get a call from the clerk of the court, and she said, your application for ex parte has been denied. I didn't bring the paperwork home, so I got in my car and went down to the courthouse, asked them if I could have a copy of it, and a big black stamp right in the center of it with an X on it said, denied.

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

The next day, I get a call from the clerk of the court, and she said, your application for ex parte has been denied. I didn't bring the paperwork home, so I got in my car and went down to the courthouse, asked them if I could have a copy of it, and a big black stamp right in the center of it with an X on it said, denied.

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

The next day, I get a call from the clerk of the court, and she said, your application for ex parte has been denied. I didn't bring the paperwork home, so I got in my car and went down to the courthouse, asked them if I could have a copy of it, and a big black stamp right in the center of it with an X on it said, denied.

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

So I was talking with the clerk of the court, and she said, I will deny I ever said this. But I believe that Judge Morley is turning the ex parte's down because they will dispatch a sheriff to go pick up, in your case, your son. They will take him to the local mental health care center. They will take him in the access center, keep him four to six hours, give him a PRN and probably release him.

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

So I was talking with the clerk of the court, and she said, I will deny I ever said this. But I believe that Judge Morley is turning the ex parte's down because they will dispatch a sheriff to go pick up, in your case, your son. They will take him to the local mental health care center. They will take him in the access center, keep him four to six hours, give him a PRN and probably release him.

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

So I was talking with the clerk of the court, and she said, I will deny I ever said this. But I believe that Judge Morley is turning the ex parte's down because they will dispatch a sheriff to go pick up, in your case, your son. They will take him to the local mental health care center. They will take him in the access center, keep him four to six hours, give him a PRN and probably release him.

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

And she said that officer will spend six or seven hours working on that case because he will not be able to leave the scene until they either accept Jonathan there or turn him back. And that's exactly what happened. So we weren't able to do the ex parte.

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

And she said that officer will spend six or seven hours working on that case because he will not be able to leave the scene until they either accept Jonathan there or turn him back. And that's exactly what happened. So we weren't able to do the ex parte.

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

And she said that officer will spend six or seven hours working on that case because he will not be able to leave the scene until they either accept Jonathan there or turn him back. And that's exactly what happened. So we weren't able to do the ex parte.

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

One week to the day later, two weeks to the day for the sheriff, that when he was, it was the same sheriff. His name is Corporal McPheeters. Jonathan stuck me in the arm with a knife. We called 911. Sheriff McPeters came out and said, gee whiz. I said, does he appear to be a threat to himself now or others? Because there was blood all down my arm.

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

One week to the day later, two weeks to the day for the sheriff, that when he was, it was the same sheriff. His name is Corporal McPheeters. Jonathan stuck me in the arm with a knife. We called 911. Sheriff McPeters came out and said, gee whiz. I said, does he appear to be a threat to himself now or others? Because there was blood all down my arm.