Linda Mims

I recently talked to a sheriff in our town and he was the head of the unit that services our town.

And I said, what if my mother had dementia and she was wandering around and wandered into the traffic because they had just arrested somebody

somebody I knew because he had done that.

And then he had hurled a threat at the officers or something.

I don't know all the circumstances.

And he said, oh, well, if somebody with dementia was wandering around, we would never take them to jail.

And I said, it's the same thing.

No, it isn't.

It's completely different.

There is a chart somewhere that shows these similar symptoms with schizophrenia, anosognosia, dementia, and Parkinson's anosognosia, because anosognosia exhibits in stroke and different other neurological conditions.

And that is a big, big problem that you just brought up, Dr. Hagar.

That's a big problem because that's what we're fighting against.

And they're supposed to be trained in CIT training.

We have psychiatric advance directives that all the officials in the state keep pushing parents to have for their neuropsychiatrically challenged loved ones.

But the trouble is, if they go back into psychosis, and if they say they want to rescind that, they can.

So what I mean, the only good thing in it would be that they put in where they'd want to get treated, what drugs they don't want, you know, their preferences.

But what good is it really if it can just be rescinded once they're sick again?

You have to do mandatory care.

You have to, because that's what happened to Eric.

He got into a great assisted outpatient treatment program in Texas with a wonderful judge.