The article shares a parent's experiences navigating mental health treatment for their son while also providing critical insight into the mental health system in Wisconsin's Dane County. It highlights the evolution of available care and the importance of advocacy from groups like the Alliance for Mentally Ill (AMI) in creating less restrictive treatment settings. The author emphasizes the collaborative efforts required to improve mental health services and hopes to offer guidance to others facing similar challenges within the mental health system.
My hope is that reading this may be helpful for people with mental health issues and also their families and friends.
It was a tedious process, tracking down funding and advocating for better services for mentally ill children.
This set of services had come about as a result of extensive lobbying efforts on the part of the Alliance for Mentally Ill (AMI).
For patients whose behavior couldn't be managed there or who would require a longer stay there were the state hospitals.
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