A State of Mind Thirty-five years old and mentally ill. Sarah is one of hundreds and thousands of people who suffer with debilitating forms of mental illness. Until a few years ago, Sarah, and many others like her were housed in institutions regulated by the State of Connecticut. Burdensome and expensive, these facilities were closed leaving patients to make their own way in a complicated world. The results were devastating. Thousands of mentally ill patients …showed first 75 words of 796 total…

…showed last 75 words of 796 total…an organization, multiple barriers challenge our ability to care for those in need. Faced with growing scrutiny from the State, we continue to work within the limitations imposed, striving for the right to provide treatment for the mentally ill. We are a light in the darkness for many who struggle with daily living. Perhaps those who make the rules, who hold these people's future in their hands, should spend but one day in their shoes.