By: Pat
Ken, I am so proud of you for being able to write this piece. I have read part one and will have to wait a few days to read the next part. I truly loved Dave as a person, friend, advocate and teacher....
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Erik Riera is director of the NH Bureau of Behavioral Health: Thank-you for sharing this with me. I understand how difficult this was for you to write, even after all of these years. I think you were...
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I’m extremely flattered by Erik’s high opinion of me. He is a kind, gentle, almost meek soul. He has good values and wants to do the right thing, but usually lacks the power and resources to do it. I...
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Geoff Souther preceded Erik Riera as director of BBH: Your series is powerful, chilling, and resurrected many memories of David. He was one of — if not THE — most brilliant persons I have known. He...
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Ken Norton is director of NAMI NH: Thanks for sharing your personal reflections on David. It is not something I feel real capable of responding to in writing as it brings up a lot of mixed thoughts,...
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I heard from several NH Hospital employees who worked with David as an inpatient. They could not comment by name because it would violate patient confidentiality. When David was dragged in against his...
View ArticleBy: What I Really Think About NAMI: An Apology and Clarification | Mad In...
[...] mentor in the empowerment movement, David Hilton (click here for Part 1 of 3 of his story), blamed NAMI for all the forced medication and confinement he endured his whole adult life. He was [...]
View ArticleBy: Complete Honesty About Psych Meds Must Be Nuanced, Not Black-and-White |...
[...] psych meds unnecessary. Irresponsible claims like that might tempt people, like my best friend David Hilton, who ultimately took his own life, to go off meds the wrong way. Too many people hate...
View ArticleBy: allan feinblum
Nami national office in Virginia , to the best of my knowledge critized several drug companies including Glaxosmithkline , pfeizer , merck for being fined for illegally promoting off label use of their...
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[...] psych meds unnecessary. Irresponsible claims like that might tempt people, like my best friend David Hilton, who ultimately took his own life, to go off meds the wrong way. Too many people hate...
View ArticleBy: I’m Lucky Like Lou Gehrig | Mad In America
[...] later, when David Hilton and I, with others, were helping to build the recovery and empowerment movement in New Hampshire, we [...]
View ArticleBy: jeanne peschier
Just found this today. I still miss Dave very much and wish I could have known him at least a little longer. He had asked me to go to Spokane with him, but I couldn’t because I had to work (NH Citizens...
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Found out today that Karen Carter also passed away. I have to say I’m really missing these fearless (and angry, yes) advocates who worked tirelessly (and obsessively, yes) for the better treatment of...
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Your two comments go together in my mind, Jeanne. When David Hilton, myself, and Bill Quinn (whom you never appreciated for reasons I never understood) were leading the recovery/empowerment movement,...
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