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We are all Friends of Trieste: Your help needed to save mental health system [Update as of 6.22.21]

June 8, 2021 kerryhmorrison 1 Comment

Several weeks ago, I received alarming news from our friends in Italy.  As a result of changes  in their regional…

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Posted in: Community Mental Health Center, Franco Basaglia, Trieste Mental Health, Uncategorized Filed under: mental health system, trieste

How the IMD Exclusion Connects to Our Homeless Crisis

February 25, 2021 kerryhmorrison 13 Comments

Driving east on Hollywood Blvd two days ago, as my car was stopped at Vine, there was a young man…

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Posted in: Homelessness Los Angeles, Housing, Psychiatric Hospital, Uncategorized Filed under: American Psychosis, Community Mental Health Act, Dede Ranahan, homelessness, housing first, IMD Exlusion, LAHSA, Manhattan Institute, Medicaid, Treatment Advocacy Center

What Would Basaglia Do?

March 24, 2020 kerryhmorrison

This virus is the great equalizer, spreading through the earth with impunity and not discriminating as to wealth, class, ethnicity…

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Posted in: Community Mental Health Center, Franco Basaglia, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: Community Mental Health Center, coronavirus, Dr. Franco Basaglia, trieste

Mommy, please don’t ever let that happen to me again

November 26, 2019 kerryhmorrison 16 Comments

Over the course of my journey trying to make sense of the American mental health system, I have encountered stories…

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Posted in: Assisted Outpatient Treatment, conservatorship, Family Involvement, grave disability, Uncategorized, US Mental Health System Filed under: 5150, 5250, AOT, conservatorship, grave disability, homeless, hospitalization, Office of the Public Guardian

Hearing voices

March 30, 2019 kerryhmorrison

I am not a dottoressa.    So often, this past month, visiting Trieste, people assumed I was a dottoressa, a psychiatrist. …

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Posted in: Psychiatric Hospital, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: Anderson Cooper, hearing voices, Hollywood Boulevard, trieste

An accoglienza place for women

March 29, 2019 kerryhmorrison 5 Comments

I am a card-carrying member of Luna e L’Altra, one of the network of membership associations that are important for…

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Posted in: Social Recovery, Trieste Mental Health, Uncategorized Filed under: accoglienza, Luna e L'Altra, trieste

You are not alone in this neighborhood

March 27, 2019 kerryhmorrison 6 Comments

Hands down, the best lunch I’ve enjoyed in Trieste this month was prepared today by three beautiful women at the…

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Posted in: Social Recovery, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: accoglienza, microarea, social cooperative, trieste

The city that cares

March 24, 2019 kerryhmorrison 2 Comments

Anything that has been around for 40 years is bound to experience the forces of change.   The Israelites were disciplined…

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Posted in: Franco Basaglia, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: Franco Basaglia, Franco Rotelli, heartforward, Law 180, trieste, World Health Organization

We’ll catch you if you fall

March 19, 2019 kerryhmorrison 1 Comment

As the theme song opens for Mad Men, there is that silhouette of the man in a free-fall.   Who is…

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Posted in: Community Mental Health Center, Trieste Mental Health, Uncategorized Filed under: Community Mental Health Center, Franco Basaglia, trieste

Who. Is. This. Person?

March 16, 2019 kerryhmorrison 4 Comments

The Trieste model emphasizes social recovery as a more critical element than viewing someone as a patient, in a medical…

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Posted in: Social Recovery, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: Community Mental Health Center, Hollywood Top 14, jail diversion, REMS, trieste

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