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Families on the Frontline. Please help us to mobilize the resources needed to support better research, treatment, services and a cure for those impacted by serious mental illness and their families. Your support will give us a voice on behalf of families and individuals who are suffering and too often forgotten. Please contact us directly if you would like to discuss pro bono support or. Help us make us, our families, and communities healthier and safer for all. Thank you for your support.

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Family members as mental health allies. Help When You Need It. Families often feel as if they are spinning in a revolving door of hospitalizations, relapse and, sometimes, jail and homelessness. There are solutions in the way of laws, called "Kendra's Law" and "Laura's Law," that require court-ordered treatment if certain standards are met. They change from state-to-state. We advocate for a national treatment standard. How can we help you? Let us know what additional resources. If danger is imminent.

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Families on the Frontline. Shame, stigma and silence are too often companions to families impacted by serious mental illness. It may be frightening to emerge from your "private hell.". Here is strength in numbers. Check to see if your representative supports H.R. 2646. Click here to use our PopVox account to directly email your representatives Congress. And ask that they support H.R. 2646. Mention you are a member of Treatment Before Tragedy. Chronicle difficulties you face getting treatment and services.

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Families on the Frontline

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Families on the Frontline. When Leisl Stoufer's son, Cody, turned 17, she dreaded the next year. Fear rose in her chest and tears stung her eyes. She was scared, sad and angry. Cody has bipolar disorder. After years of frequent hospitalizations, terrifying phone calls to the police and a constant battle for care, he was finally receiving treatment. He was living in a treatment center. He was recovering. But, the next year, Cody would turn 18, and while he sees freedom and independence, all his mother.

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Treatment Before Tragedy Advocacy For Better Treatment. And Services For Serious Mental Illness. Raise awareness of challenges faced by families with loved ones with. Establish a network of trained family advocates to assist families. Advocate before Congress, the Administration and in other forums for better. Treatment, services and research for serious mental illness. Raise awareness that serious mental illness is brain disease, and serious mental. Illness is a physical not behavioral disorder. When Co...

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Families on the Frontline. Please upload a photo that illustrates your story. This can include a childhood family photo. We were unable to upload your file. Please ensure your file is 10MB or smaller in size. State or Country *. How would you like to be identified? Full name and place of residence. First name and place of residence. None of the above. Please identify me this way:. What have you experienced? Shut Out: Not having knowledge about the illness or being excluded from treatment by privacy laws.

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Families on the Frontline. Donate to keep us going. Become a member now. Please support Treatment Before Tragedy's important mission by donating to our work. Treatment Before Tragedy is dedicated to supporting a movement to mobilize families and community members to advocate for better treatment, services, research and a cure for those impacted by serious mental illness. Please join us. Please fill out the form to join our network and be added to our mailing list.

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Leadership

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Families on the Frontline. Marisa Peacock, principal and chief social business strategist at Strategic Peacock, a social media strategy and marketing firm, has worked for not-for-profits, independent schools and small businesses, managing and producing websites, multimedia and online content. Marisa is an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md., where she teaches social media marketing as a part of their Business of Art and Design graduate program. 15 years of no...

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Neuroscience

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When family members find themselves walking on eggshells, to avoid aggression or even violence from a loved one with serious mental illness, it is too often difficult to understand why a son, daughter, mother or father can strike out at a loved one. It is horrifying to wonder how they can kill others. The parents of a girl, Avielle, killed in the 2012 Newtown, Ct., tragedy, started a foundation in her name to study the science of violence and promote healthy brain initiatives. Of the brain, just like the.

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Broken System

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Juanita wished she could have given her son, Christopher, a better childhood after his father died of cancer when he was nine. But she could never have imagined the death that would await him in a prison cell. Once their loved ones are discharged from hospitals but not fully treated, families often endure a painful, frightening time when they just don’t know if their loved one will. Snap During this time, loved ones often don’t have insight into their illnesses, so. Parents are often afraid to call 911, ...