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Jessica Ferguson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
243 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

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.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

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.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So I guess to other family members, I would say, you know, just educate yourself as much as you can because you never know when you're going to might need that need to know what to do. Like those behavioral helplines, while they are certainly a tool in the toolbox, when you're dealing with someone who's in psychosis and well past understanding that they're sick, you know,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So I guess to other family members, I would say, you know, just educate yourself as much as you can because you never know when you're going to might need that need to know what to do. Like those behavioral helplines, while they are certainly a tool in the toolbox, when you're dealing with someone who's in psychosis and well past understanding that they're sick, you know,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

So I guess to other family members, I would say, you know, just educate yourself as much as you can because you never know when you're going to might need that need to know what to do. Like those behavioral helplines, while they are certainly a tool in the toolbox, when you're dealing with someone who's in psychosis and well past understanding that they're sick, you know,

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Our senators and lawyers need to realize that those helplines fit a certain segment. There's another segment afterward that still needs help, and they need help just like somebody with Alzheimer's. You know, you find your grandma walking outside in her pajamas and no slippers on. You're going to do something. You're going to tell them you cannot be outside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Our senators and lawyers need to realize that those helplines fit a certain segment. There's another segment afterward that still needs help, and they need help just like somebody with Alzheimer's. You know, you find your grandma walking outside in her pajamas and no slippers on. You're going to do something. You're going to tell them you cannot be outside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Our senators and lawyers need to realize that those helplines fit a certain segment. There's another segment afterward that still needs help, and they need help just like somebody with Alzheimer's. You know, you find your grandma walking outside in her pajamas and no slippers on. You're going to do something. You're going to tell them you cannot be outside.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

You're going to involuntarily take them inside. The same should be true of someone that's in psychosis. They're human beings, you know, and their brains are flexing and not flexing correctly. And they just need some support and not to be left like, good luck. You know, hope it works out for you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

You're going to involuntarily take them inside. The same should be true of someone that's in psychosis. They're human beings, you know, and their brains are flexing and not flexing correctly. And they just need some support and not to be left like, good luck. You know, hope it works out for you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

You're going to involuntarily take them inside. The same should be true of someone that's in psychosis. They're human beings, you know, and their brains are flexing and not flexing correctly. And they just need some support and not to be left like, good luck. You know, hope it works out for you.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Yes. Agreed. Very overwhelming. Very, very overwhelming. I don't know if he would have agreed, but maybe before all this had happened, just having myself or my sister be healthcare proxy, because most doctors and hospitals protect themselves by HIPAA. Sorry, HIPAA, I can't do it. And they hide behind the HIPAA curtain. So HIPAA needs to be rewritten. And I've heard that it has been.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Yes. Agreed. Very overwhelming. Very, very overwhelming. I don't know if he would have agreed, but maybe before all this had happened, just having myself or my sister be healthcare proxy, because most doctors and hospitals protect themselves by HIPAA. Sorry, HIPAA, I can't do it. And they hide behind the HIPAA curtain. So HIPAA needs to be rewritten. And I've heard that it has been.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

Yes. Agreed. Very overwhelming. Very, very overwhelming. I don't know if he would have agreed, but maybe before all this had happened, just having myself or my sister be healthcare proxy, because most doctors and hospitals protect themselves by HIPAA. Sorry, HIPAA, I can't do it. And they hide behind the HIPAA curtain. So HIPAA needs to be rewritten. And I've heard that it has been.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I guess we're going to probably need to educate everyone that has been rewritten or rewarded a little bit to better help people in situations like my own. So if someone's in psychosis or not mentally well, then yes, you can talk to a family member or the appropriate person regarding their care. Then really the families are the ones on the front lines.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I guess we're going to probably need to educate everyone that has been rewritten or rewarded a little bit to better help people in situations like my own. So if someone's in psychosis or not mentally well, then yes, you can talk to a family member or the appropriate person regarding their care. Then really the families are the ones on the front lines.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

I guess we're going to probably need to educate everyone that has been rewritten or rewarded a little bit to better help people in situations like my own. So if someone's in psychosis or not mentally well, then yes, you can talk to a family member or the appropriate person regarding their care. Then really the families are the ones on the front lines.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

These doctors need to partner with us and realize that we know our loved ones best. We're not just saying these things to be annoying. We know them better than anyone. So just partner with us and helping them because together we can like get this person on right path. People with serious mental illness are able to live normal lives. They just need help getting up when they fall. That's all.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

These doctors need to partner with us and realize that we know our loved ones best. We're not just saying these things to be annoying. We know them better than anyone. So just partner with us and helping them because together we can like get this person on right path. People with serious mental illness are able to live normal lives. They just need help getting up when they fall. That's all.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Jessica Ferguson : Brother in Crisis: A Family's Desperate Fight for Mental Health Support

These doctors need to partner with us and realize that we know our loved ones best. We're not just saying these things to be annoying. We know them better than anyone. So just partner with us and helping them because together we can like get this person on right path. People with serious mental illness are able to live normal lives. They just need help getting up when they fall. That's all.