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Seclusion Kills Young Teen in Georgia

  seclusion room/cell where teenage boy killed himself Hat tip to F.R.I.D.A.  A teen age boy in a school for kids with emotional problems was placed in a concrete cell for over 7 hours on at least 2… more →

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Seclusion Kills Young Teen in Georgia — 1 comment

hymes wrote 2 days ago:   seclusion room/cell where teenage boy killed himself Hat tip to F.R.I.D.A.  A teen age boy in a … more →

Tags: Disability, state hospitals, Mental Health, Civil Rights, DMHMRSAS, Virginia, Accountability, Abuse, trauma

Newspaper Story About Cesar Chumil In Spanish — 2 comments

hymes wrote 2 weeks ago: http://newsok.com/article/3277867/?print=1   Fri August 1, 2008 Revisan caso de guatemalteco en hos … more →

Tags: mentally ill, Accountability, activism, Alternatives, Civil Rights, commitment, Consequences are for "those people", Disability, Disability Rights

Cesar Chumil — 1 comment

hymes wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t know when if ever I will be able to write about the man I saw in a film on Friday, the … more →

Tags: mentally ill, ablism, Abuse, Accountability, Alternatives, Bullies, Civil Rights, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, commitment

131,400 Hours In Locked Seclusion Which Is an Under Count: How Much Longer Commissioner Reinhard and Governor Kaine?

hymes wrote 2 weeks ago: 131,400 hours (15 years but it’s actually longer) is how long a Spanish speaking man has been … more →

Tags: mentally ill, Abuse, Accountability, Alternatives, Bullies, Civil Rights, commitment, Disability, Disability Rights

No!!!! The Only Thing That Would Make Me Not Vote For President is Kaine as VP. NO!! — 3 comments

hymes wrote 3 weeks ago: Sources: Obama Campaign Seriously Vetting Kaine This has to be joke right?  We need a vice presiden … more →

Tags: Disability, state hospitals, Human Rights in the MH System, Civil Rights, Exploiting Tragedy for political purposes, Shootings, scapegoating, Virginia, Voting

Democratic Party of Virginia: Don't Call Me And I Won't Call You, Okay? — 2 comments

hymes wrote 3 weeks ago: I know the do not call registry does not apply to political calls, but how many annoying calls from … more →

Tags: Disability, prejudice, Mental Health, legislation, Human Rights in the MH System, Civil Rights, injuries and illnesses in the psychiatric sytem, Exploiting Tragedy for political purposes, scapegoating

Protections for People Subject to Involuntary In or Outpatient Commitment Proposal I Wrote Last Year — 3 comments

hymes wrote 1 month ago: Alison Hymes, member, Commitment Taskforce, November 15, 2007   Summary of Protection of Subjects … more →

Tags: mentally ill, activism, Alternatives, Civil Rights, commitment, Community Service Boards, Disability, Disability Rights, "Forced Interventions"

Dangerous, Traumatizing, Humiliating and Sometimes Deadly Restraint Chair Still On Every Unit of Virginia's Western State Hospital — 5 comments

hymes wrote 1 month ago: Stay tuned for information on how to contact folks in charge (if anyone actually is) to complain abo … more →

Tags: Psychiatry, Disability, prejudice, state hospitals, health, Mental Health, Human Rights in the MH System, Civil Rights, injuries and illnesses in the psychiatric sytem

Kaine, Bonnie, Congratulate Selves While 5,000 Virginians Languish On Waiting Lists For Community Treatment

hymes wrote 3 months ago: And those 5,000 plus will still be languishing on waiting lists joined by more citizens after the la … more →

Tags: mentally ill, Civil Rights, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, commitment, Community Service Boards, Disability, Disability Rights, health, Just Wrong

Please Join Me In Nominating Eli Lilly For NAMI-Virginia's 2008 Award Of Excellence

hymes wrote 3 months ago: Eli Lilly is my first choice, but if you feel funny nominating a corporation, I have some second cho … more →

Tags: Psychiatry, Disability, prejudice, Mental Health, legislation, Civil Rights, Exploiting Tragedy for political purposes, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, Virginia

Reality Check, One Young Man's Experience of Involuntary Commitment

hymes wrote 3 months ago: And a big thank you to the Virginia General Assembly, the Commission on Mental Health Law Reform an … more →

Tags: Civil Rights, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, commitment, Disability Rights, "Forced Interventions", legislation, Mental Health, Mental Health Law Regression, Myths

What Will Happen to Your Loved One If You Follow the Treatment Advocacy Center's Advice?

hymes wrote 3 months ago: The (forced) Treatment Advocacy Center has a new post today telling family members to prepare thems … more →

Tags: Psychiatry, Disability, health, Mental Health, Human Rights in the MH System, Civil Rights, injuries and illnesses in the psychiatric sytem, Treatment Advocacy Center, trauma

Virginia to Psychiatric Survivors: Everything About You Without You

hymes wrote 3 months ago: One might think the Virginia Mental Health Planning Council would have heard about a conference on m … more →

Tags: mentally ill, ablism, Accountability, activism, Alternatives, Civil Rights, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, commitment, Community Service Boards

Bad Laws Are Nothing New and We Do Not Have to Reinvent the Wheel in Our Response to Them

hymes wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Psychiatry, prejudice, Mental Health, legislation, Human Rights in the MH System, Civil Rights, injuries and illnesses in the psychiatric sytem, Exploiting Tragedy for political purposes, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform

Acceptance and Expectation of Abuse and Neglect in State Hospitals Are a Large Part of the Problem — 3 comments

hymes wrote 3 months ago: The Associated Press has a very brief article on the firings of over 70 staff for abuse and neglect … more →

Tags: Psychiatry, Disability, prejudice, Whisper Ridge, state hospitals, health, Mental Health, Human Rights in the MH System, American Psychiatric Association

Virginia's "Thought Leaders" Missed the Memo--Liberation is On the March in the Civilized World — 3 comments

hymes wrote 3 months ago: When it came to eugenics, memorialized in many countries today, University of Virginia “though … more →

Tags: mentally ill, ablism, activism, Alternatives, Civil Rights, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, commitment, confidentiality, Disability

Blogging Against Disablism Day Post: Psychophobia 101 — 4 comments

hymes wrote 3 months ago: You may not be familiar with the term psychophobia.  You may know it as mentalism or the more gener … more →

Tags: prejudice, state hospitals, Mental Health, Civil Rights, injuries and illnesses in the psychiatric sytem, Commission on Mental Health Law Reform, Eugenics, media, Abuse

No Justice for Virginia Citizen with Psychiatric Label Battered by Police In Her Own Home — 2 comments

hymes wrote 3 months ago: The BrownWatch has a follow-up story on Janace Johnson, the Virginia citizen who was bruised and bat … more →

Tags: mentally ill, ablism, Abuse, Accountability, Bigotry, Bullies, Civil Rights, Disability, Just Wrong

Disabilities Are Not "Behaviors", Stop the Spread of the Term "Behavioral Health" and Ask Folks With Disabilities What Term THEY Want Used — 4 comments

hymes wrote 1 month ago: People with intellectual disabilities and their allies succeeded this year in getting the term menta … more →

Tags: mentally ill, ablism, Accountability, Alternatives, Bullies, Civil Rights, Disability, Disability Rights, DMHMRSAS


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