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Congressional Hearing on Violence & Mental Illness – My Open Letter to Congressman Murphy
March 6, 2013Representative Tim MurphyFax: (202) 225-1844 Dear Congressman Murphy: My name is Chrisa Hickey and I am a parent of four young adults, two of which are diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder. I write a blog about Childhood Onset Mental Illness and moderate a support group of over 600 parents of children diagnosed with all…
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Keeping Focus
When the Newtown tragedy happened, there was immediately a lot of Internet rhetoric around two topics: mental health care and gun control. Being a proponent of both, I jumped into conversations about both and tried to steer the conversations to addressing both. It took me about two days to realize – after the media started…
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Why?
I’ve been watching the news, joining in on discussions on social media, and reading the editorials and blog posts about the horrific events that transpired on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. I’ve spent three days in many different states of mind – disbelief, horror, grief, anger. I’ve wept tears for the children and their teachers that…