Flee the Facility: The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.This episode is heartbreaking. I’m sorry (but not sorry) for the rant there at the end. Consider this your warning for an emotional workout. To find your senators/representatives quickly, go here.To buy a shirt, go here.For more reading: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30339237/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_State_Hospital_(Indiana)https://indyencyclopedia.org/central-state-hospital/ https://indyencyclopedia.org/george-f-edenharter/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroDiagnostic_Institutehttps://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/find-historical-markers-by-county/indiana-historical-markers-by-county/central-state-hospital/ https://indyencyclopedia.org/william-baldwin-fletcher/https://iyi.org/resources/latest-data-on-the-well-being-of-children/https://iga.in.gov/publications/agency_report/2024%20-%20Indiana%20Behavioral%20Health%20Commission%20Final%20Report.pdfhttps://www.oecd.org/en/publications/health-at-a-glance-2025_8f9e3f98-en.htmlhttps://www.tac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TAC_ORPA_ResearchSummary1.24.pdfhttps://www.in.gov/dcs/files/4.28-v10.pdfhttps://www.namiindiana.org/cmhihttps://www.in.gov/medicaid/members/home-and-community-based-services/child-mental-health-wraparound-program/https://indyencyclopedia.org/indiana-medical-history-museum/ Get full access to Geoffrey Breedwell at geoffreybreedwell.substack.com/subscribe