When people have a poor experience with mental health services, they are unlikely to seek treatment again, experts say. For some in Delaware, experiences in the mental health system have led them to seek treatment elsewhere.
Mental Health & Trauma
Delaware spends tens of millions of dollars each year on its mental health programming statewide. When programs aren’t effective, it not only burdens patients, but the state which has to pay for more treatment.
At Corcoran State Prison, a 12-week program called SAGE helps incarcerated men confront trauma and grief, filling a gap California’s prison system leaves to grant-funded nonprofits.
After 20 years in a California prison, Ursula Gomez was handed to ICE and deported to Mexico, a country she left at 5. Now she’s rebuilding and fighting her case.
911 calls reveal multiple suicide attempts at Adelanto ICE detention center
J Vasquez pasó 25 años preso desde los 16 por violencia pandillera ligada a trauma infantil. Hoy, a los 49, sanó y trabaja como director de política en CURYJ, escribiendo leyes para ayudar a otros.
J Vasquez spent 25 years incarcerated for gang violence rooted in childhood trauma. Now 49, he's healed, works as CURYJ's Policy Director, and helps writes laws to help others come home.
A Watts family endures 6 months of separation after ICE detains devoted father of four, José Padilla, straining finances, mental health, and the children's wellbeing.
