By: Ed Plese, RN, BSN
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| Ed Plese |
I would like to thank NAMI of Greater Kansas City (National Alliance on Mental Illness) for
empowering, educating and supporting consumers with mental illness as well as
their families. Illness affects
consumers and families with mental illness.
The consumer needs to be the expert of their illness. Families need assistance in learning about
mental illness.
Unfortunately since the advent of Managed Care and decreased
hospital stays, patients and family do not receive enough information about
their illness during inpatient stays. This applies to consumers with diabetes as well as those with mental
illness.
