Changing the Mental Health System and Building Awareness

Brainstorming Session How to Change the Mental Health System and Build Awareness In Memory of Joshua Steingraber

Introduction-Why are we here? Jonathan Steingraber Caitlin Colandrea Dr. Norma Bowe “From those of us who still live in the shadow of the ignorance of the world, thank you.” We are here because what is happening in the Mental Health System affects all of us. Especially our loved one’s that have a mental illness and their families. We need your help, this cause will only succeed if we work as a team and do this together.

Josh’s Story Http://www.JoshyBoy.com

Josh’s Story Continued.. March 9th 1996 our father murdered our mother by stabbing her 12 times Our dad tried killing us by driving us into a bridge going 75 MPH Our dad went to TPH for 2 years and then he was incarcerated in Rahway Prison, after 7 years in prison he took his life with When Josh was 21 he started to show signs of Schizophrenia He was hospitalized at Trinitas, Runnels, and TPH Only 3 ½ months after being discharged Josh committed suicide

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1 in 17 — suffer from a serious mental illness, such as: Schizophrenia, Bi-polar disorder, and Major Depression

Approximately half of all individuals with severe mental illnesses have received no treatment for their illnesses in the previous 12 months.

The majority (55 percent) of those not receiving treatment have no awareness of their illness

Source: Surviving Schizophrenia,[object Object]

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The approximate number of people in the United States suffering from:

Schizophrenia: Over 2.2 million people

Multiple Sclerosis: 400,000 people

Insulin-dependent Diabetes: 350,000 people

Muscular Dystrophy: 35,000 people

The earlier that Schizophrenia is diagnosed and treated, the better the outcome of the person and the better the recovery. (Source: Yale University Medical School),[object Object]

Suicide is the number one cause of premature death among people with schizophrenia, with an estimated 10 percent to 13 percent killing themselves and approximately 40% attempting suicide at least once

Anti-psychotic medications are the generally recommended treatment for schizophrenia. If medication for schizophrenia is discontinued, the relapse rate is about 80 percent within 2 years. With continued drug treatment, only about 40 percent of recovered patients will suffer relapses.( Source: NIMH),[object Object]

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In New York 60% of patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals are re-hospitalized within a year. Source: Surviving Schizophrenia

Many of the mentally ill, particularly those who are poor and homeless, are unable to obtain the treatment they need. Ignored, neglected, and often unable to take care of their basic needs, large numbers commit crimes and find themselves in the criminal justice system. ,[object Object]

Few correctional officers have the training in and understanding of the nature of mental illness that would help them cope better with the challenges posed by offenders with severe illnesses

A study in 2002 of New York prison suicide risk factors by New York's Office of Mental Health, which provides mental health services to New York prisoners found that 70 percent of prisoners who committed suicide had a history of mental illness.,[object Object]

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 81.2 percent of the mentally ill in state prisons have prior criminal histories, 26.3 percent have three to five prior sentences to probation or incarceration, 15.6 percent have six to ten, and 10 percent have eleven or more.,[object Object]

Among these teens in juvenile detention, nearly two thirds of boys and nearly three quarters of girls have at least one psychiatric disorder, compared to the estimated 15 percent of youth with Mental Illness in the general population

Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D., Northwestern University, and colleagues, report on their findings in the December, 2002 Archives of General Psychiatry.,[object Object]

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