Jill Rappaport

Stephen's Story: Turning Short-term Suffering into Long-term Misery Jill Rappaport

Written from his mother's perspective, "Stephen's Story" documents Stephen's difficult journey through the US mental health system from age 12 to 34. What started with a street drug recovery program in 1990 escalated into psychiatric drug addiction and Stephen's lock-up in both prison and psych wards. The struggle to get Stephen home and free spans two decades in a back and forth battle with the California Prison / Mental Health system. When threatened with exposure of the facts and publication of this book, Atascadero, CA State Mental Hospital suddenly decided releasing Stephen was in their best interest. Read the book they don't want you to read!