Jessica Ferguson

She is to an extent, but I mean, she has a kid and I feel like I just have a little bit more time on my hands to deal with this. And so I think she plays the younger sibling role very well. Like somebody else will take care of that. I'm just so farther down the road than she is. You know, if she wants to know something, she'll ask. Otherwise, she just kind of stays out of it.

Of course, she keeps in touch with him and talks to him on the phone and writes letters and that sort of thing. But like in terms of the advocacy and figuring it out and all of that, that's not really her.

Of course, she keeps in touch with him and talks to him on the phone and writes letters and that sort of thing. But like in terms of the advocacy and figuring it out and all of that, that's not really her.

Of course, she keeps in touch with him and talks to him on the phone and writes letters and that sort of thing. But like in terms of the advocacy and figuring it out and all of that, that's not really her.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. I think that they have helped him. However, I will say at the state hospital he's at, one issue I will say we're seeing is that, you know, he's had this illness for 20 plus years. So he's been through lots of therapy and lots of whatever. So I kind of liken it to a school system. Like he done kindergarten level work. He's done first grade level work.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. I think that they have helped him. However, I will say at the state hospital he's at, one issue I will say we're seeing is that, you know, he's had this illness for 20 plus years. So he's been through lots of therapy and lots of whatever. So I kind of liken it to a school system. Like he done kindergarten level work. He's done first grade level work.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. I think that they have helped him. However, I will say at the state hospital he's at, one issue I will say we're seeing is that, you know, he's had this illness for 20 plus years. So he's been through lots of therapy and lots of whatever. So I kind of liken it to a school system. Like he done kindergarten level work. He's done first grade level work.

And I feel like the state hospital really only goes up to like grade three and he's more like a seventh, eighth grade level. So in terms of the therapy there, he's quite frankly bored. It's hard for him to engage with it because, and I guess they, you know, they play to the lowest common denominator. And so some of the denominators are pretty low.

And I feel like the state hospital really only goes up to like grade three and he's more like a seventh, eighth grade level. So in terms of the therapy there, he's quite frankly bored. It's hard for him to engage with it because, and I guess they, you know, they play to the lowest common denominator. And so some of the denominators are pretty low.

And I feel like the state hospital really only goes up to like grade three and he's more like a seventh, eighth grade level. So in terms of the therapy there, he's quite frankly bored. It's hard for him to engage with it because, and I guess they, you know, they play to the lowest common denominator. And so some of the denominators are pretty low.

To a certain extent, they aren't able to service him at the level that I think he probably needs to be serviced at at this point. But it's far better than what he would get in jail, which would be nothing.

To a certain extent, they aren't able to service him at the level that I think he probably needs to be serviced at at this point. But it's far better than what he would get in jail, which would be nothing.

To a certain extent, they aren't able to service him at the level that I think he probably needs to be serviced at at this point. But it's far better than what he would get in jail, which would be nothing.

Um, well, I mean, I think in hindsight, I wish that I kind of knew all this before you're in the middle of the crisis. So learn everything you can before there's a crisis happening because it's really hard to learn on the go.

Um, well, I mean, I think in hindsight, I wish that I kind of knew all this before you're in the middle of the crisis. So learn everything you can before there's a crisis happening because it's really hard to learn on the go.

Um, well, I mean, I think in hindsight, I wish that I kind of knew all this before you're in the middle of the crisis. So learn everything you can before there's a crisis happening because it's really hard to learn on the go.

In Massachusetts specifically, we're missing a key tool in our toolbox, which is AOT, the Assisted Outpatient Therapy, to allow for more involuntary and the courts to be involved in more treatment plans that are followed by the courts.

In Massachusetts specifically, we're missing a key tool in our toolbox, which is AOT, the Assisted Outpatient Therapy, to allow for more involuntary and the courts to be involved in more treatment plans that are followed by the courts.

In Massachusetts specifically, we're missing a key tool in our toolbox, which is AOT, the Assisted Outpatient Therapy, to allow for more involuntary and the courts to be involved in more treatment plans that are followed by the courts.

Because having these people go to these hospitals, whether even if it's for three days, two weeks or whatever, I mean, I think he got released with a 30-day supply of medication and was told good luck. I mean, that's not going to help anybody. There needs to be a better systematic care plan in place.