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Article: Drawing attention to the mentally ill: NARSAD Artworks paints a different picture.(National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression)
- Article from:
- Behavioral Health Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Society often views the mentally ill as crazed and out of control, having little to offer the community. But behavioral health professionals see a different side. They see these people as human beings with normal feelings, hopes, dreams ... and creativity.
When Annick Hollister was diagnosed at age 15 with schizophrenia, her parents Patsy and Hal were amazed at how quickly their attractive, intelligent daughter deteriorated. In the course of a year she went from vice-president of her high-school class to howling at the moon during a Halloween party. She slit her wrists. She ran away from an institution. She disappeared for months at a time. Eventually, medication ...