Who's child is this?  It is not often that the public gets to see the loss of control that mental patients sometimes suffer:

http://www.mediatak eout.com/ 23350/shocking_ video_disturbed_ girl_terrorizes_ elderly_woman_ on_an_atlanta_ train.html

The unfortunate girl in this video is obviously disturbed, just as the caption says.  People like this child illustrate the reason for my advocacy for the 1.25 million mentally disabled PRISONERS in America who should have better options for inpatient care, and mandates for continuous outpatient treatment upon release from hospitals.  Across America, mental hospitals are closing.  This child does not belong in jail, but that is probably where she is now or soon will be, because homelessness, jail, and death are this country's current answers to mental illness.

Most schizophrenic and many bi-polar persons, as well as people suffering post traumatic stress disorder and other mental dysfunctions, may experience intense psychotic episodes.  Sometimes, their psychosis results in self-inflicted injuries and suicides and murders of innocent people.  Most often, however, the mentally ill do not actually harm anyone, but imagine the trauma to these people -- the anguish they must feel. 

I am not a psychiatrist, nor am I trained in psychology.  However, I feel the child in this video suffers from extreme paranoia.  She feels threatened by a fellow passenger on the train, an elderly woman.  Later, the girl accused another passenger of being someone who raped her.  Perhaps the child really has been raped by someone in her past -- some people take advantage of the mentally ill, many of whom wander in our society vulnerable and unprotected.  See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com

Why does America keep closing its mental institutions?  This trend has resulted in our current overcrowded prison conditions and put a tremendous and unnecessary burden on our criminal justice system.  Do you believe the child in this video needs rehabilitation, or treatment?  Do you believe that if someone asks her if she would like to accept mental health treatment that she would agree to same?  From years of visiting the mental asylum where my schizophrenic brother was, I can assure you of one fact:  Many, if not most, acutely mentally ill persons do not acknowledge, believe, or accept that they are sick, especially not during a psychotic episode. 

I believe it is UNFAIR to ask a person who is obviously delusional if she WANTS mental health services.  This decision should not be hers to make.  I believe it is unfair to punish a person in this mental state for anything she does wrong - she would obviously be not guilty for reason of insanity.  

Many law officers would like to get back to fighting crime and cease from being the nation's psychiatric caretakers.  Let us please join together to see that America offers better than homelessness, jail, and death to our mentally disable citizens 

SURVEY:  PRISONS OR HOSPITALS?

 
http://www.surveymo nkey.com/ s.aspx?sm= eBWphMwXQnxAi6m_ 2bLKqUEw_ 3d_3d  

Who's child is depicted in the video?  She's all of ours.  Let us work together to help her and those like her get the treatment they need, not jail!  Not Tasered to death during an arrest attempt!  Not left in a cold prison cell, naked to prevent suicide.  Let us find a more sane, humane approach to acute mental illness.

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Dog Justice in three languages and Larry Neal's story are now featured on Adrienne Carey Hurley's blog.

See http://adriennecareyhurley.blogspot.com/2008/05/dog-justice.html

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Look for more about our quest for justice for Larry Neal and work to help other acutely mentally ill persons get treatment rather than prison at these links:

Mary Neal's Care2 Sharebook

http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/sharebook/513396753

Quest for Justice for America's Mentally Ill Prisoners

http://www.nowpublic.com/health/justice-quest-americas-mentally-ill-prisoners-mary-neal

Happy Heroes Day - April 4

http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/happy-heroes-day-april-4-mary-neal

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