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A physically abused boy with emotional problems is adopted at the age of three. Despite the best efforts of his father to assist him, the boy enters the perpetual dysfunction of the American mental health system and continues in a downward spiral from childhood to young adulthood until the cycle of physical abuse come full circle with tragic outcomes for both the boy and a new-born infant. Part biography, part social commentary, and part cold case, a compelling tale of the author's descent into his son's problems and the madness of the perpetual dysfunction of the country's mental health system. There is an astonishing level of detail taken from reports, evaluations, and the author's own journal entries, as he records his frustration, heartbreak, as well as a fair amount of humor. The MH system appears as bureaucratic maze of incompetence and callousness more interested in collecting insurance payments and protecting itself from liability than in assisting others. The failure of the system in the case of the author's son has disastrous results. Physically abused at the age of one and a half by his own biological father, the subject of this book commits physical abuse to an infant twenty-one years later with fatal consequences. And just when readers have thought it couldn't get any worse, there is a twist at the end that is beyond belief. Staring when the boy was four, the author writes of his efforts to raise his son by himself. It is clear from the beginning that Christopher has emotional problems, and the author seeks help. However, the boy is continuously misdiagnosed as ADHD with the solution being to try another medication. Indications that the boy is brain-damaged are ignored for many years. In school learning takes a back seat to behavior management. Adolescence brings violence, substance abuse, inappropriate sexual advances, and turns in and out of placements. At a crucial stage where both father and son are pleading for help, the MH system does not even return phone calls. Throughout the emphasis is on the failure of the MH system rather than the possible shortcomings of individuals. Pseudonyms are used to maintain the focus on the system. The author concludes by citing crucial points in his son's life were opportunities for interventions were missed. He also cites long standard practices in the MH field that deflect accountability and keep the system inefficient. Recommendations for changes in the system are made. In the book's final passage, the author citing a case of a student in the last year in which the recommendations by the MH system are totally inappropriate for the student. About the author: John Rubisch has over thirty years of experience with the American mental health system as a counselor, social service worker, and parent. He holds a PhD in Instructional Systems from the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Mill River Junior High and has been published many times in journals, magazine and newspapers on a variety of topics. Keywords: Mental Health, Medication, Counseling, Brain Damage, Special Education, ADHD, Psychological Evaluation, Bender-Gestalt, Rubisch, MRI Walt Whitman: Song of Myself - DayPoems To link to this poem put the URL below into your page: a href="daypoemsnet/poems/1900html"Song of Myself by Walt Whitman/a Plain for Printing Business News Personal Finance and Money News - ABC News Find the latest business news on Wall Street jobs and the economy the housing market personal finance and money investments and much more on ABC News Bystanders to Genocide - The Atlantic The story of US policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil US officials did not sit around and conspire to allow Robert Vaughn - Who died in 2016? - Pictures - CBS News A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year whod touched us with their innovation creativity and humanity By CBSNewscom senior producer Archives - Phillycom Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Daily News and Phillycom 21-Year-Old Pro Cyclist Chad Young Not Expected To Recover Chad Young was racing the Tour of the Gila with Axeon Hagens Berman last Sunday when he fell on a descent while chasing back onto a breakaway Young was airlifted out News - MSN Minnesota Health Officials Seek $5 Million for Measles Outbreak NBC News; Mourning a soldier whose death could mark new stage in longest US war The Washington Post
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