After several years of planning, organizers held a dedication ceremony on June 10 for the national consumer memorial which commemorates the hundreds of thousands of mostly anonymous people buried at state hospitals across the country.
Our friend Larry Fricks, director of the Appalachian Consulting Group and vice-president of peer services for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, has been an active leader on this project.
For our part, a couple of years ago we provided the documentary, Recovered Dignity, on a local public access channel and held a discussion panel following the movie on the issues of treating people with mental illness with dignity and respect. The program was well received and helped to raise awareness of the project to create a national memorial at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C……
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