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Showing posts with label mental health parity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental health parity. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

MENTAL HEALTH REQUIRES DAILY PRACTICE...

Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim dies in apparent suicide, police say

 FROM TWITTER:
Hartford Courant Retweeted Hartford Courant: Jeremy Richman, the founder of the Avielle Foundation, had an office at Edmond Town Hall, where he was found dead Monday morning, police said
  1. "The death appears to be a suicide... Police are confirming that Jeremy is the father of Avielle Richman who was a victim in the Sandy Hook Tragedy."

  2. "Richman and his wife, Jennifer Hensel, were among the Sandy Hook families who filed a lawsuit against Infowars host Alex Jones, who long claimed on his show that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax."
  3. “He had such a clear purpose of what he wanted to do to honor his daughter,” one of the Sandy Hook family members said. “I’m just shocked. I’m sitting in my car right now crying.”
  4. In the last week, two Parkland, Florida shooting survivors died by suicide. Now, the father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Avielle Richman has been found dead after apparent suicide.

  5. This is so tragic: Jeremy Richman, was a Sandy Hook parent. The Richman family worked so hard to prevent what happened to them from happening to another family
    ...You can read about Jeremy Richman's selfless work here: A Newtown Family's Campaign To Change How We Think About Violence
...Five years ago, Avielle Richman, 6, was shot in her first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.    (Jeremy Richman/Courtesy Richman Family)  
  1.   Chris Murphy Retweeted Daniela Altimari
  2. ...My god. This is awful, horrible, devastating news. Jeremy was a good friend and an unceasing advocate for better research into the brain’s violence triggers. He was with me in my office two weeks ago, excited as could be about the Avielle Foundation’s latest amazing work.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

SPEAKING OUT ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS...

Well, it's official: Congress is not doing more for the mentally ill because its members don't want to be "stigmatized" for helping the mentally ill. At least that's one version of the story and it's coming from a former member of Congress - Patrick Kennedy, the Representative from Rhode Island's first district, until 2011. The son of Joan and Ted Kennedy demonstrates what it means to be an advocate when he is seen and heard STEPPINGFORWARD2DAY!

His poignant remarks during a recent interview are worth hearing. Patrick Kennedy, like millions of caregivers of relatives diagnosed or undiagnosed with a biological condition affecting either moods or thinking... is authentic; he speaks from experience. Be sure to step forward with your own comments and observations about why our legislators are not doing more for the mentally ill.

Here's the full Yahoo! interview where the former Congressman says Congress is stigmatized by the stigma of mental illness.  WOW!!!  Just click on link below.

Patrick Kennedy: Members of Congress battle mental illness in their families but vote against help



AND... Patrick Kennedy didn't just start talking about mental illness. In this interview for the American Psychiatric Association on July 19, 2013, the former Congressman shows he has been fighting for parity in health care for some time.