Member Cindee Murphy continues to advocate in Florida to improve outcomes for those living with Severe Mental Illness/Serious Brain Disorders. We applaud Senator Jennifer Bradley for filing The Tristin Murphy Act and hope that her leadership on this issue will start a movement. We are grateful for Jim DeFede and his continued news coverage of these critical issues. Here is the link to the full segment on CBS News Miami.

Tristin's son Cody said it best, "As a 17-year-old, I have to wonder what kind of world I am growing up in that would treat someone so broken so badly."

Mental illness is not a crime; as a civilized society, we should not be treating our most vulnerable this way.

by member and Arizona Mad Mom Christen White

Member and Arizona Mad Mom, Christen White, shares her son Matthew’s heartbreaking story, The Chance He Never Had. Matthew went from having a seamlessly normal life to one of chaos and loss when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. This story once again emphasizes the failures of our current system throughout the country in treating those living with a serious mental illness, a treatable neurological brain disease.

To read the article about NSSC Member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.

by member Jason Jepson

'I Was Hazed in the Army for My Bizarre Behavior. Then I Got a Diagnosis'

To read the article, follow this link to Newsweek's online article.

by member Crystal Fox.

To read the article, follow this link to AwareNow's online Isuu magazine.