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Laura Craciun

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183 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And if McLean had that option, we would have prevented what happened 10 months later, which was the biggest disaster in his young life and in our family's history, where he tried to kill his own father. So that all could have been prevented.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And if McLean had that option, we would have prevented what happened 10 months later, which was the biggest disaster in his young life and in our family's history, where he tried to kill his own father. So that all could have been prevented.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And if McLean had that option, we would have prevented what happened 10 months later, which was the biggest disaster in his young life and in our family's history, where he tried to kill his own father. So that all could have been prevented.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

I think there was a gang in Boston that he happened to be associated with externally, you know, through high school friends. And they sort of took him in and housed him and gave him a place to stay. And they got him into some serious trouble, I think, because Nick got more and more charges against him. He died. Kept getting in trouble with the law, but he had a place to stay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

I think there was a gang in Boston that he happened to be associated with externally, you know, through high school friends. And they sort of took him in and housed him and gave him a place to stay. And they got him into some serious trouble, I think, because Nick got more and more charges against him. He died. Kept getting in trouble with the law, but he had a place to stay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

I think there was a gang in Boston that he happened to be associated with externally, you know, through high school friends. And they sort of took him in and housed him and gave him a place to stay. And they got him into some serious trouble, I think, because Nick got more and more charges against him. He died. Kept getting in trouble with the law, but he had a place to stay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

He wasn't homeless anymore. Nick had to be homeless after he came home from being missing three months because we were now afraid of him for our own physical safety. So the homeless shelters did house him for periods of time until they would kick him out. He was kicked out twice from a homeless shelter.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

He wasn't homeless anymore. Nick had to be homeless after he came home from being missing three months because we were now afraid of him for our own physical safety. So the homeless shelters did house him for periods of time until they would kick him out. He was kicked out twice from a homeless shelter.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

He wasn't homeless anymore. Nick had to be homeless after he came home from being missing three months because we were now afraid of him for our own physical safety. So the homeless shelters did house him for periods of time until they would kick him out. He was kicked out twice from a homeless shelter.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

First once because he was speaking crazy, like he was saying he was the creator, he was the universe. The second time was because he had a knife. So he was literally at the will of whoever would take him in.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

First once because he was speaking crazy, like he was saying he was the creator, he was the universe. The second time was because he had a knife. So he was literally at the will of whoever would take him in.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

First once because he was speaking crazy, like he was saying he was the creator, he was the universe. The second time was because he had a knife. So he was literally at the will of whoever would take him in.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

Well, you can have psychosis and the symptom of anosognosia when you have these illnesses brought on possibly from marijuana or from a genetic illness in your family history. I'll do it through a story. Nick and I went for a walk on the beach when he came back from being missing three months. And I'll never forget the moment he turned to me. He's like, you know, I can hear and see aliens.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

Well, you can have psychosis and the symptom of anosognosia when you have these illnesses brought on possibly from marijuana or from a genetic illness in your family history. I'll do it through a story. Nick and I went for a walk on the beach when he came back from being missing three months. And I'll never forget the moment he turned to me. He's like, you know, I can hear and see aliens.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

Well, you can have psychosis and the symptom of anosognosia when you have these illnesses brought on possibly from marijuana or from a genetic illness in your family history. I'll do it through a story. Nick and I went for a walk on the beach when he came back from being missing three months. And I'll never forget the moment he turned to me. He's like, you know, I can hear and see aliens.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And I said, oh. I tried to sound normal and he said, yeah, all I have to do is turn my head without my brain telling me to. And I could see and hear the alien in the passenger seat in the car I was living in Cape Cod in the winter. It didn't have a window. I was trying to act normal. And then, you know, he was saying things that I'd never heard him say before with total conviction.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And I said, oh. I tried to sound normal and he said, yeah, all I have to do is turn my head without my brain telling me to. And I could see and hear the alien in the passenger seat in the car I was living in Cape Cod in the winter. It didn't have a window. I was trying to act normal. And then, you know, he was saying things that I'd never heard him say before with total conviction.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

And I said, oh. I tried to sound normal and he said, yeah, all I have to do is turn my head without my brain telling me to. And I could see and hear the alien in the passenger seat in the car I was living in Cape Cod in the winter. It didn't have a window. I was trying to act normal. And then, you know, he was saying things that I'd never heard him say before with total conviction.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

When I tried to say to him, you know, maybe you need some help, he was looking at me like I was crazy, that there was something wrong with me. So when you see it and you hear it for the first time, you'll never forget it. And most people go a lifetime never face-to-face with something like this, especially with someone you know. So it was very scary.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Laura Craciun: A Son's Mental Illness and a System That Failed Him

When I tried to say to him, you know, maybe you need some help, he was looking at me like I was crazy, that there was something wrong with me. So when you see it and you hear it for the first time, you'll never forget it. And most people go a lifetime never face-to-face with something like this, especially with someone you know. So it was very scary.