25 JAN 24 | 12News: Joe Dana, I-Team Reporter/Anchor
Arizona lawmakers propose new bills for psychiatric care of seriously mentally ill Lawmakers are proposing major reforms to the care of individuals with serious mental illness receiving court-ordered treatment.
Read MoreBaillie [Video – Senate Floor Session]
January 22, 2024 | Senate Floor Session Sen. Catherine Miranda reads impact story: Baillie starts at minute 12 (welcome) starts at minute 26 (story at end of floor session) Replay: https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID=2024011118 “It is a myth that individuals with Serious Mental Illness will hit rock bottom and then ask for help. With serious brain disorders like…
Read MoreJoshua John Fox 🖤 [Video – Senate Floor Session]
January 16, 2024 | Senate Floor Session Sen. Catherine Miranda reads impact story: Joshua 🖤 2000-2023 starts at minute 9 Replay: https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID=2024011083 “Kick off with our Mental Health Monday’s First Impact Story, about Joshua J. Fox.” (Monday, January 15th, Martin Luther King Holiday Recognized, and so this session is on Tuesday, January 16th.)
Read MoreMondays mean Senate hears true stories of mental health crisis
January 9, 2024 | Senate Floor Session Sen. Catherine Miranda reads proclamation starts at minute 5 Replay: https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID=2024011049 “Welcome Mad Moms”
Read MoreJohn Kevin Fox and son Joshua John Fox
(Father and Son, Maricopa County) John Fox and his son Joshua Fox are the inspiration for the Arizona Mad Moms movement. Joshua was a millennial baby, born in the year 2000 to John and Crystal Fox in Phoenix, Arizona. John was an amazing artist with a passion for helping teenagers. His son Joshua was a…
Read MoreMatthew Patrick Quinn🖤[1984 – 2023]
July 26, 1984 – July 7, 2023 Tucson District 17 (Sen. Wadsack, Rep. Jones, Rep. McGarr) Imagine your life is pretty normal. You work at a grocery store to pay for college. You graduate from aircraft mechanic school, get a good job that you love, and are enjoying the life of a typical 29-year-old man.…
Read MoreJoshua John Fox 🖤 [2000 – 2023]
October 26, 2000 – December 23, 2023 Joshua was a kind-hearted child who loved writing, art, rap music, and wolves. Joshua developed signs of schizophrenia at age 15, but the symptoms were intermingled with substance use, so Joshua didn’t get appropriate psychiatric treatment. At age 18, John and Crystal Fox tried to petition their son for…
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