Finding him among the living

Any mother would die for their child, but how do you live for them?Dr Jessica Revill is a psychologist and parent survivor to the loss of her Autistic son Gregory. She wrote the memoir of his death “Find him Among the Living” in 2020. In her book, her investigations into the mental health system, suicide and Autism revealed not a ‘broken system’ but an absent one. Coming from the perspective of both lived experience and research raises questions about the following: Is the health care’s separation of health from mental health helping or hindering suicide prevention? Doctor education and disability. Public health’s approach to prevention comparing preventing road deaths versus suicide deaths. A mental health curriculum in schools. What would that look like? How does de-institutionalization help or hinder the mental health of people with disabilities and mental illness? Non-clinical support systems. The emergency room.

天下母亲皆可为子赴死，然如何为子而活？
杰西卡·里维尔博士是一名心理学家，同时也是痛失自闭症（Autism）儿子格雷戈里的丧亲家长。她于2020年撰写了追忆爱子离世经历的回忆录《Find him Among the Living》。
在本书中，她针对精神卫生体系、自杀与自闭症展开的调查揭示，这并非一个"失灵的体系"，而是一个"缺位的体系"。
凭借亲身经历与学术研究的双重视角，她提出了以下诸多探讨议题：
1. 医疗体系将躯体健康与精神健康拆分，此举对自杀预防究竟是助力还是阻碍？
2. 医师教育与残障保障议题
3. 公共卫生领域的预防路径：对比道路死亡预防与自杀死亡预防的异同
4. 学校精神卫生课程：若开设，其形式当如何？
5. 去机构化改革对残障人士与精神疾病患者的精神健康究竟是利是弊？
6. 非临床支持体系
7. 急诊室场景相关议题