To the editor: The haunting photo of the anonymous cloaked figure featured in the article about local psychiatric departments struck me deeply. (“Time stands still outside county psychiatric units,” July 4)
I was once that person. I know the agony of endless hours of waiting for basic treatment. I managed to survive and begin a successful treatment of my bipolar illness. I urge your readers and exhausted family caregivers not to give up on treating these most challenging patients.
Time doesn't always stand still. Indeed, healing can start with the involuntary 5150 hold.