The Kings County Chapter of SSNS will hold three sessions in a series on"Mental Illness and Therapy". These sessions will be on Wednesday eveningsat the Lions Club Hall on River Street in Kentville. The sessions will startat 7.00 pm and conclude with refreshments. Come for the information, enjoythe interaction, and benefit from the insight.
Wednesday September 15, 2010: "Mental Illness and Concurrent Disorders andAddictions". Those providing input will include Eric Patton, certifiedaddictions specialist with 20 years of clinical experience, Derek Vernest ofAnnapolis Valley Mental Health and Addictions Services staff, and TonyLegere, a recovering consumer. More than 50% of those seeking help foraddictions have a mental illness. And more than 20% of those seeking helpfrom a mental illness have concurrent disorders or addictions.
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My son was picked up lying in the road in Oregon last night. They have admitted him to Cedar Hills Hospital in Oregon. He was diagnosed as schizophrenic 8 years ago, is 29, is on SSD/SSI, medicare/medicaid. He was picked up naked in the mud in Naselle Tuesday night and the WAshington DMHP let him go (we don't get any help from the local DMHPs), he called from Grayland Thursday night and we brohght him back home. He left again some time Saturday. Thank God Oregon has compassionate mental health professionals. And I mean that.
If he was your son, what would you do? What treatment program? Where? What state? Injectables? Group home? Which one? Where? Why are we having so much trouble?
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