You Don't Say. It is clear to me that the endemic presence of ongoing discrimination and violations of seriously mentally ill person rights in most any public hospital in American today (even today!) flows directly from the fact that many high ranking state employees granted the responsibility of overseeing mental health care are patently unqualified in this context. This may be due to simple ineptitude, or it may have everything to do with such persons' lack of ethos, including outright criminal nature- aka: "societally sanctioned sociopathy". Whatever the case, the trickle down effects of this reality always/necessarily land squarely on the the heads of the patients. This is the state of affairs today, and it needs to stop.
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Report: CA mental hospital exec in sex probe

Posted: Aug 23, 2013 9:29 AM by Associated Press 
Updated: Aug 23, 2013 10:11 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Times says an executive hired to overhaul California's state mental hospitals is under investigation for sexual harassment.
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I RARELY POST STORIES EMERGING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NATION SPECIFIC TO THE RAMPANT PRESENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND RELATED ABUSES OF SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED AMERICANS.  BUT THIS STORY IS EMERGING IN CALIFORNIA, AND ANYONE WITH A FAMILIARITY OF ARIZONA KNOWS THAT THESE TWO STATES SHARE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF LAW AND POLICY. HEREIN, A RELEVANCE IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT ISSUES DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HOW AND WHY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS  IN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES STILL EXIST TODAY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE INEPTITUDE OF THOSE PERSONS WITH THE MOST AUTHORITY. INDIVIDUALS WHO FUNCTION IN POSITIONS LITERALLY AT THE TOP OF THE GIVEN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOOD CHAIN, AND WHO COLLECT EXORBITANT SALARIES THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE PUBLIC- INCLUDING THEIR VERY OWN CLIENT-PATIENTS AND PATIENTS' FAMILIES- IN BLATANT SPITE OF THE PUBLIC'S WISH THAT SUCH CONDITIONS BE OUTLAWED. CORRUPTION AT ITS UGLIEST, PREDATORY AND OUTRIGHT CRIMINAL IN NATURE. IT REALLY IS THAT BAD.

IF YOU DO CHOOSE TO READ THE ABOVE CITED NEWS REPORT,  I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE PRESENCE OF  THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO CURRENTLY PLAY MAJOR ROLES AT THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL AND BEYOND IN THE AZ PULIC HEALTH CARE CONSTRUCT: 

       -JOEL RUDD (ASSISTANT ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND ASH'S PRIMARY LEGAL COUNSEL FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS), WHO HAS WILLFULLY TURNED A BLIND EYE TOWARDS THE RAMPANT WRONGDOING AT ASH IN VIRTUALLY EVERY SENSE IMAGINABLE. AS THE ONE STATE EMPLOYEE AT ASH AFFORDED THE ROLE OF PROTECTING ARIZONA'S CITIZENRY AS A WHOLE- INCLUDING AND PARTICULARLY ASH'S SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED PATIENT COMMUNITY- WHO ADDITIONALLY HAS THE TRAINING AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE BASE SPECIFIC TO APPLICABLE LAW AND POLICY IN TERMS OF THE ASH OPERATION IN GENERAL, RUDD HAS LONG BEEN IN THE BEST POSITION TO BOTH (1) IDENTIFY ALL/ANY ILLEGAL ACTIONS SPECIFIC TO SAID OPERATION; (2) AS WELL AS TO REDIRECT SUCH ACTIONS BY SIMPLY ADVISING ASH ADMINISTRATORS OF APPLICABLE LAW AND POLICY.  RUDD'S BLATANT FAILURE TO REPORT ANY ILLEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS TAKEN BY ASH'S SUPERVISORY STAFF IS UNCONSCIONABLE, AND HE KNOWS IT.  NO ONE SPECIFIC BODY OF RECENT EVIDENCE MORE ILLUSTRATES THIS ISSUE THAN THE UNDERLYING FACTS SPECIFIC TO THE BRUTAL 2011 MURDER OF APRIL MOTT  (SEE THIS PUBLICATION: "A MODERN DAY HORROR STORY" APRIL 5, 2012). THEREIN, I CONTEND THAT RUDD WAS VERY MUCH AT THE TABLE WHEN SENIOR ASH CLINICIANS OPTED TO COVER UP THE LATE MAY, 2011, ESCAPE OF JESUS RINCON MURIETTA, A COVER UP THAT MOST DEFINITELY OCCURRED IN DEFIANCE OF APPLICABLE STATE LAW WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF ASH ADMINISTRATORS AT THE TIME, AND WHICH CONSEQUENTLY LED TO MS. MOTT'S TRAGIC DEATH. AS WITH MY CONCERNS ABOUT DONNA NORIEGA'S HISTORY AT ASH, THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT RUDD
ENGAGED IN ENDORSING UNLAWFUL ADMINISTRATIVE CONDUCT AT ASH, FOR HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT HE HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE IN THIS CONTEXT ON MYRIAD OTHER OCCASIONS. 

     -CORY NELSON (ASH SUPERVISOR 2012,  RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR, ARIZONA BEHAVIORAL HELATH SERVICES), WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING INVOLVED IN A HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE FISCAL ARRANGEMENT SPECIFIC TO HIS FORMER POSITION IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA HEATH CARE SYSTEM (2010); AND WHO TODAY WAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN PHOENIX AREA MEDIA AS FAILING TO SERVE HIS OBLIGATIONS AT ASH, TO THE DIRECT DETRIMENT OF ASH PATIENTS AND STAFF ALIKE. I HAVE DATA THAT CEARLY ILLUSTRATES THIS MAN'S UTTER INEPTITUDE AND RELATED LACK OF MORALITY THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTED MY FLOW OF TREATMENT WHILE I WAS HOSPITALIZED AT ASH, AND HE DID SO IN GRAPHIC CONTRADICTION TO HIS REQUIRED OBLIGATIONS AS THE ONE MAN MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL OPERATION OF ASH.

     -WILL HUMBLE  (CURRENT DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA HEALTH CARE SERVICES), WHO HIRED CORY NELSON IN THE FIRST PLACE AFTER NELSON DUCKED OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA BEFORE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED FISCAL MISCONDUCT, AND WHO IS (EVEN NOW) CONTINUING TO CONDONE THE CLEARLY EXPOSED WRONGDOING AT ASH, INCLUDING DATA THAT HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF PATIENT ABUSE AND OTHER LIKE DETAILS SPECIFIC TO THE DISMALLY SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT ASH. I HAVE DATA SPECIFIC TO HUMBLE'S ROLE IN DENYING CLEAR EVIDENCE TO THIS EFFECT, DATA THAT STEMS FROM A NUMBER OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WHEREIN I TOOK MY EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN 2012, ONLY TO HAVE NELSON REJECT THE MERITS OF SUCH DATA, TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 

      -DONNA NORIEGA (CURRENT INTERIM SUPERVISOR AT ASH, FORMAL CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY AND THUS CENSORED BY THE ARIZONA BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXAMINERS IN 2012 FOR ENGAGING IN HIGLY UNLAWFUL CONDUCT SPECIFIC TO HER DUTIES AT ASH.  NORIEGA HAS WORKED AT ASH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND AS SUCH, COMMON SENSE BELIES THE FACT THAT THERE IS SIMPLY NO WAY THAT THIS ONE SINGULAR BIT OF EVIDENCE REPRESENTS THE FULL STORY IN TERMS OF HER BEHAVIORAL HISTORY AT ASH. I  FURTHERMORE ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT SHE FLATLY LIED TO ME OR OTHERWISE MISREPRESENTED THE TRUTH ON AT LEAST FIVE OCCASIONS WHEN I TURNED TO HER DURING MY TIME AT ASH, IN THE BASIC HOPE THAT SHE WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING- AND I HAVE THE DATA TO PROVE THIS WELL BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. 
  
THE MISCONDUCT OF THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THE ENDEMIC PRESENCE AT ASH OF PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO IGNORE THE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF ASH'S SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED PATIENTS, AT THE EXPENSE OF ARIZONA TAX PAYERS, AND IN DEFIANCE OF ESTABLISHED LAW AND POLICY. 

FOR SHROUDED UNDER THE VIRTUAL PROTECTION OF THESE SORTS OF PEOPLE, AT ASH YOU WILL FIND SENIOR LEVEL PSYCHIATRIC STAFF WHO HALE FROM AND WERE EDUCATED-TRAINED IN DRASTICALLY THIRD WORLD NATIONS SUCH AS PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, AND INDIA, AND AS SUCH, WHO POSSES NO FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL/BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS KNOWN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH DEMOCRACY OR HUMAN RIGHTS. AS A MAN OF AMERICAN INDIAN DESCENT, AS WELL AS IRISH AND GERMAN, I AM NO KIND ON NATIONALIST NOR RACIST. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND CULTURAL RELATIONS, AS PER MY GRADUATE LEVEL EDUCATION, AND I CONTEND THAT THIS SIMPLE FACT UNDERLIES THE HOW AND WHYS SPECIFIC TO THE SUBSTANDARD FLOW OF CARE AND TREATMENT OF ASH'S SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED PATIENT COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. INDEED, THE ATMOSPHERE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF ASH IS SURREAL BEYIND EASY BELIEF, AND I ATTEST TO THIS, FOR I EXPERIENCED IT FIRSTHAND, DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THIRTEEN FULL MONTHS.  

SUBSTANDARD MENTAL-MEDICAL HEALTH CARE AS A MATTER OF STANDARD PRACTICE, AND THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. 

But you know this by now, of course.

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