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"Out of Whack!"
by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson If only the “powers that be” could provide a small percentage of the care and concern that your private...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Nov 1, 20204 min read
What If the Mental Healthcare System is Not Just Broken?
By Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Damaging, harmful, and negative beliefs that the seriously mentally ill were possessed, sinful, or lacking...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Sep 28, 20206 min read
NO JUSTICE FOR JAMES MARK RIPPEE!
by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Our brother, James Mark Rippee, has been hospitalized for 187 days now, after being struck by a vehicle in...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Aug 16, 202012 min read
A Few Words From Mom...A Caregiver's Legacy
by Linda (Rippee) Privatte My twin, Catherine (CJ) Hanson, and I continue to tell true stories of our journey to find treatment and...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Aug 7, 202017 min read
When Time Runs Out...
by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Aging parents of adult children with a serious brain illness often have spent their lives caring for their...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Jul 31, 20207 min read
I Just Wanted to Help...
by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson I had just laid down for the night when the phone rang. My stomach lurched and my heart suddenly skipped a...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Jul 13, 202015 min read
The Road Ahead... by Linda (Rippee) Privatte
Mark will soon be medically cleared and based on over 3 decades of discharges and releases several dozen times from hospitals the outcome...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
May 31, 20206 min read
NO APOLOGIES... by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson
"Once someone mentioned that we told Mark's story in a raw and unapologetic way. That's because the truth is raw and unapologetic!"...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
May 28, 20207 min read
LOST AND FOUND
by Linda (Rippee) Privatte For the last 13 years, I have searched the streets hundreds of times for my brother, Mark, in order to care...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
May 25, 20203 min read
A World Disease
by Linda (Rippee) Privatte There is a very serious disease that affects humanity. It can affect all of us as a society. No one is to...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Blind man w/ TBI, Schizophrenia & Anosognosia left on streets by Officials Now in Critical Condition
PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, GAVIN NEWSOM! https://www.thepetitionsite.com/376/138/959/demand-attention-for-ja...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Feb 18, 20201 min read
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Feb 6, 20200 min read
California Off Track with Homelessness & the Seriously Mentally Ill
James Mark Rippee, my brother, sleeping behind a wall on a bustling street in Vacaville, in Solano County, California as people go about...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Feb 4, 20208 min read
THANKSGIVING... Diverging Thoughts in Our Minds
By both, Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson and Linda (Rippee) Privatte What do we contemplate and what do we say when the Thanksgiving holiday...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Nov 27, 20199 min read
SHATTERED IN THE NIGHT
My fiancé, myself and my two children had finally made the long 10-hour drive home safely without too much fuss, after having an...
Catherine J Rippee-Hanson
Oct 31, 201919 min read
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