WELCOME !  INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Pete as a person with schizophrenia lived within the
confines of his own mental world. The author explores
that world in a critique of the medical record of those
years; 28 years in Evansville State Hospital, Evansville,
Indiana, and 19 more in two nursing homes. When you
have read that chapter of the book, you might ask if that
was all there was to Pete's life. If so, it is not a pleasant
one.
The author chose to not leave the reader with just that
institutional picture of his father. Never is one event,
even for forty-seven years, the whole story of ones life.
We are much healthier mentally if we see the big picture
of existence.
So the author demonstrated the big picture of Dad's life
by the inclusion of other chapters. Mental health issues
are raised in each segment. One of Gene's speeches is
entitled “Our Life, a Segment of the Ages.” It is based on
this concept of life being larger than any one event.
Mental health issues are raised as the author explores
Pete's ancestry, the childhood of his four children, school
days in rural Sullivan County, Indiana.
A sequel to Pete's journey from Evansville Woodmere to
MacaNell and onto Woodlawn Nursing Home, was his
wife Fleda's paying off the farm, dealing with the mental
health system, finally being in court to defend her
actions.   Fleda was a part of Pete's story, with a love
that weathered the storm.
And the story doesn't end without hearing about our
need to have something bigger than self to hang onto in
tough times, and being able to survive victoriously with
support of community and faith-based actions.

Copyright, 2004 Rev 2005 All Rights
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A son reflects on his father's forty-seven year confinement with mental illness, seeking understanding,
hope, and caring for our mentally ill
.
CHAPTER SYNOPSIS
CH 1 LAYING OFF A LAND
Setting the stage with general background and finding
hidden treasure in similarities and differences of
Pete's experiences with Rip Van Winkle's lost years.
CH 2 A BACKWARD OUTLOOK
A look at our beginnings and endings, seen and
unseen, our place in that grand scheme, with issues
of mental health using the family's genealogy.
CH 3 FROM GRANDMA'S TO GRADUATION
Notes mental health issues for today as the author
tells his story of growing up in Sullivan County,
Indiana, in the 1930s and 1940s.
CH 4 SLATE BOARDS TO COMPUTERS
With memories of a supportive school setting, the
author shares ideas about mental health in the
classroom.
CH 5 WOODMERE TO WOODLAWN
On the basis of Pete's 47 years of medical records
from Evansville State Hospital and two nursing homes
in Indiana, the author critiques the work of all those
who work with patients.
CH 6 CONFIDENCE AND CENTS
With confidence gained in childhood experiences, the
author's mother, Fleda, managed her affairs
admirably, including court battles regarding her
husband's care.
CH 7 KNEELING TO DANCE
Pete's family found support in their neighborhood,
understood their limitations and potential, received
and gave in the name of their faith.
LINGERING QUESTIONS
While there is much improvement over the last century
in mental health delivery, much needs to be done.
TIES THAT BIND THE BOOK TOGETHER

1.The inherent worth of every person,  including
persons handicapped in mind and/or body.

2.Life's Big Picture: Mental health means seeing ourselves
as a segment of the ages, our ancestry, our life on earth, and our
legacy, all as a whole event.

3.Facing our limitations: We must seek the assistance of
others and that of a  greater power to find success.

4.Genuine caring about others: May be an instinct or
learned, but a challenge  and saving act for self and for others; a  
necessary ingredient in a sane society.

5.Issues of caring then (1948-1995) are still
issues today
in any hospital, nursing home, or mental health
facility today.

6.The author's purpose: To find hidden
treasure
in the loss of his father's forty-seven years of
confinement;    

Offering Pete's unique legacy for mental health.
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM DAD'S ANCESTRY TO HIS LEGACY
Gene's blog:  http://www.filedandforgotten.blogspot.com
 F O R     P E T E 'S     S A K E
  by   Gene   Gilbreath
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