Mental Health Care Reform in California
September 2023, Senator Eggman highlighted Dajon’s story
Follow this link for the full interview
https://medium.com/@sensusaneggman/a-closer-look-at-personal-stories-and-real-world-impacts-of-severe-mental-illness-7eb1d311f617
Sunset: July 27, 2019
“I lost my son at the age of 24 years old, he was struck and killed by a train at 4:30am, less than 9 months after a Fresno Superior Court Judge released him from a temporary LPS conservatorship, going against psychiatrist recommendations that he be held on a LPS Conservatorship. My son was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar and suffered with severe substance abuse disorder. As his mental health worsened, he developed the condition called anosognosia, it’s when a person with a severe mental health illness lacks awareness and insight that they have a disease, and they begin refusing treatment, the LPS law is rendered useless at this point, useless to the family of loved one and useless to the individual who is gravely disabled, a harm to themselves and a harm to others.”
— Mother of a son fighting for change in his memory, Dajon Reed
Mom
Michelle Gonzales-Reed
Podcast Trailer May 2023 Michelle’s interview with Kimi Culp bringing awareness to the need for mental health care reform in California
Follow this link for the full interview
https://www.allthewiserpodcast.com/episodes/michelle-gonzales-reed?fbclid=IwAR0_-fzOaTo-lgYjhOXOwu3FcmbJGVsj81q_p870afu5zwnYJ3lUp-ERRCA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ