To read the full article by NSSC Policy Director of North Carolina, Beth Wallace, follow this link.

From the article:
"We don’t need more screening. We need systems that work. We need laws that allow earlier intervention. We need continuous care. We need to stop blaming the people our system has abandoned.
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Mental illness isn’t a character flaw—it’s a medical condition. And until we treat it like one, tragedies will keep happening while the public keeps asking the wrong questions."

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.

NSSC member and Policy Action Committee co-chair Laura Craciun is interviewed by Just a Mom Podcast as they explore untreated cannabis-induced psychosis and anosognosia. Listen to the episode here.

NSSC member and mental health advocate Cohen Miles-Rath shares his story with AwareNow Magazine in the article found in the Justice Edition here. Miles-Rath bravely tells his story of psychosis and how it affected his life and family before getting treatment. Today he is a published author and social worker who is actively working to help others with serious mental illness.

NSSC Member and mom to son with a serious brain brain disorder, Laura Craciun, shares her story of how she continues to fight for justice for him. Follow the link to read the full story here.

To read the article written by NSSC member Darrell Herrmann, follow this link.

Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches podcast with Randye Kaye, Miriam Feldman, and Mindy Greiling interview NSSC member Eric Dias.

From the YouTube description:

Eric J Dias is no stranger to the struggles people with addiction and severe mental illness experience. He has lived with schizoaffective disorder since he was a teenager. Eric has been a tireless advocate for people with SMI and their families. He writes about the many issues and emotions associated with SMI (Severe Mental Illness) in his novel, I Got Sober For This. In the story, he weaves the stories with issues that affect us all, especially when it comes to SMI - in our homes, the courts, the streets, AA meetings, detention centers, and the criminal justice system. He currently hosts a show for the National Shattering Silence Coalition’s YouTube Channel interviewing people with lived experience with mental illness, care givers, advocates and clinicians. We ask Eric about his story, his research, stigma, the need for community, and the power of hope in recovery.

To watch the full interview, visit Randye Kaye's site here.

with members Eric Dias and AwareNow's Allié McGuire

In the latest edition of AwareNow Magazine, media specialist and mental health advocate Eric Dias is interviewed and discusses his work in mental health advocacy and the NSSC. Read the full article here.