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What Would Basaglia Do?

March 24, 2020 kerryhmorrison Leave a comment

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 15 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 Leave a comment

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

The family that won’t give up

March 13, 2019 kerryhmorrison 4 Comments

For the first two days of this week, I’ve been involved in a series of meetings and site visits.  Many…

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Posted in: Community Mental Health Center, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: Barcola, cat, Community Mental Health Center, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, mental health reform, mental illness, trieste

A psychiatrist with no office

March 11, 2019 kerryhmorrison 3 Comments

Imagine a psychiatrist in a community mental health center who rarely sits down.  He doesn’t have an assigned office and…

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Posted in: Community Mental Health Center, Social Recovery, Trieste Mental Health Filed under: accoglienza, Community Mental Health Center, Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Domio, family, Ospedale Maggiore, Tommaso Bonavigo, trieste

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