Humanist. Retired. Interests: #Biology, #Chemistry, #Genetics, #Neuroscience, #Statistics, #Criminology, #Psychology, #Psychiatry, #Policy, #Music, #Hiking, #Caregiving, #Advocacy. Credo: Healthcare and law should see psychiatric illnesses as medical issues; behaviors are symptoms; treatment not punishment is the moral response; serious illness should be a priority; first-responders should be clinicians not police; family caregivers are stakeholders.
@ProPublica@newsie.social The experiences described in this article are well known to the parents of children born with brain disorders that come with behavioral symptoms. It is hard for me to not react with vitriol to the stories of what these children endure at the hands of willfully ignorant adults.