This ad developed by PEF's Public Relations Department, appeared in The Legislative Gazette during June.
Placing mentally ill children with mentally ill adults —
The Office of Mental Health calls it “Efficiency.”
Experts call it “A giant step backward.”
We call it a “Nightmare” for our most vulnerable children.
Legislators — make sure consolidation of children’s and adult psychiatric centers never happens.
Combining children’s and adults’
mental health facilities could become a nightmare of
horrors for our most vulnerable children!
The proposed consolidation is, “...a giant step
backward,” according to the president of the Board
of Visitors for the Rockland Children’s Psychiatric
Center. He says, “The treatment of our most precious
resource, our children — particularly the vulnerable
and unfortunate ones — is reflective of our
society’s priorities.”
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
calls for treatment of children and adolescents in
programs that are “...physically distinct from
programs for adult psychiatric patients.”Legislators
— make sure this nightmare never happens. You can
change this picture for the better.
'Fight Back' PEF Ad campaign 2001