The AG sent me a message

 or at least his Executive Assistant did...

Let's just say I am disappointed that I finally receive a response on a FRIDAY, after business hours from a person who informs me she will be on vacation for the next few weeks, but will look for an email from me when she returns...  

 First, my response:

Ms. Gaul

I sent an email to Mr. McKenna on September 15, of 2011,  I then posted a copy of it to my website after it had been received by the AG's office. I posted it to my website because by that time I knew that there is some very serious corruption and lawlessness that is systemic in DSHS DBHR. Specifically, I had come to realize that there is no interest in preserving or defending the Constitutional Rights of people civilly committed in Washington State---or even pretending that those who are Court Ordered even have any rights, or that the State has any duty to ensure that the Rules of Evidence and  Standard Court Procedures are adhered to; Proper Notice given and Proof of Service filed; and Effective Assistance of Counsel provided. As a matter of fact, when I first filed a complaint on my son's behalf. I was told the State HAD NO DUTY.   

I voted for Mr. McKenna as I voted for Curtis King the Senator for this district, as well as Representatives Charles Ross and Norm Johnson. I received no response from your office. I received no response worthy of merit from my elected representatives. I also contacted every member of the Judiciary committee in the State Legislature NO response whatsoever. Perjury and fraud, specifically a forged Affidavit were used on July 28, 2010 to detain my son, by the DMHP, Nancy Sherman who lied to the court, lied to my elder son and myself and set in motion a chain of events that so traumatized my son, Isaac, that once I brought him home it was three weeks before I could convince him he was safe, and that he could go outside into our own fenced yard.  Nancy Sherman's employer shredded all of the Original Superior Court Documents, and the CEO Rick Weaver informed me there is nothing wrong with doing so, actually stating "We do it all the time."  

Frankly, I find the content of your message to be less than honest; since I am well aware that someone in the AG's office has visited my website and has read enough to know exactly what my criminal complaint entails.  I am also aware that representatives from the AG's office were consulted from the beginning. I am sadly disappointed to say the least.  Felony crimes were committed which have diminished the integrity of the Washington State Superior Court, and there has been NO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION launched in spite of a well documented complaint being filed promptly.  

My son has had so many felony crimes committed against him in this state by employees and contracted service providers that I have lost count.  The first of which was when he was three years old and was the victim of violent assault in a foster home that had 12 complaints filed against the foster mother alleging abuse of children prior to his placement.  This assault was followed by my little boy being put in a closet and it was covered up with further crimes including the Superior Court being told by DSHS that my son was home and doing fine; when he was in fact  in the hospital for what turned out to be 10 months...All I have ever asked for when filing complaints in the last 18+ years is for the right thing to be done at any given time. Not once, has anyone ever been held accountable for victimizing my son, violating the law, or the administrative code of the State of Washington, and failing to do their duty as a public servant; who owed an ethical and legal duty to my son.   The foster parent was Margaret Manson; the woman who killed four babies in this State, so I am grateful my son is alive.  

All due respect, as I stated previously, I find this email to be disingenuous for the reasons cited above.  That said, I would like to hear how the latest felony crimes committed against my son can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  If that is the intent of the Attorney General, I would be more than happy to assist in any way I can.  I have my son's Legal and Medical Powers of Attorney, as he is handicapped due to being used in the Drug Trials at CSTC without permission, by Jon McClellan and in spite of my vehement protests.   

Sincerely,

Becky Murphy

I have not included the entire text of Ms. Gaul's email; only the relevant part of her message: 

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Gaul, Judy (ATG) JudyG@atg.wa.gov wrote:

Dear Ms. Murphy,

Hello, I am Attorney General McKenna’s assistant. He is currently away from the office, so I am helping him monitor his email. You have sent a couple emails to him recently, and it would be helpful if you could provide us with some of the pertinent facts related to your son’s situation, and what you are asking the Attorney General’s Office to do....

...I will be out of the office for two weeks, returning on October 8th. I will check my email when I return to see if I’ve received a message from you.

Thank you.
Sincerely,

Judy Gaul
Executive Assistant to the Attorney General
State of Washington
judyg@atg.wa.gov

Keeping up appearances in Washington State

TMAP Tragedy and Medicaid Fraud not all that important it seems

If we don't change the direction we're going, we're likely to end up where we're headed.

chinese proverb

The State of Texas recently settled a lawsuit with J&J that was ripe, good to go, all the ducks were in a row--know what I mean?  The suit was for $1 Billion then suddenly, it was settled for $158 million, a small fraction of that amount.   The corporate thugs are continuing to disable the populace on the taxpayers dime--with impunity; because in all reality, this amount is a drop in the bucket.


What I really want to know is why are WE the People allowing these modern day Robber Barons to rob ALL of us?!  This is no wild west spaghetti western sci fi!  These thugs are robbing ALL of us!  Texas was just the  proving ground for TMAP, the large-scale fraudulent psychiatric drug marketing agenda that spread to other states.  It was Texas that allowed these modern-day Robber Barons to incubate their illegal marketing agenda in the second most populous State in the Nation.  MY issue is how this New World Order marketing agenda was exported post-haste to Washington State, where I live and how it was crammed down my little boy's neck...


And then, I read this: via Health Care Renewal January 25, 2012:

Unequal Justice Under Law - Comparing Cases of Alleged Misbehavior by Large Health Care Organizations and Individuals

an excerpt:

On January 3, 2012, Bloomberg reported:

Two units of Actavis Group Hf will pay $84 million to settle a lawsuit over drug pricing, Texas officials said, less than half the amount an Austin jury said the company should pay.

The state accused Actavis Mid-Atlantic LLC and Actavis Elizabeth LLC, subsidiaries of the Iceland-based company’s U.S. division, ofinflating billings to the Texas Medicaid program by falsely reporting drug prices. The state court jury in February ordered the units to pay the state $170 million.

The settlement resolves that litigation, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said today in a statement.

Note that Medicaid is a joint federal-state insurance program for the poor. The company's statement had a familiar ring to it:

'Actavis denies any and all wrongdoing, and denies that it has any liability relating to the Texas judgment,' the company and the state said in the settlement agreement. The parties reached a settlement 'to avoid the delay, uncertainty, inconvenience and expense of continuing the litigation.'

Nothing to see here, just move along.  read here at Health Care Renewal

This settlement is more than the Attorney General of Texas settled with J&J for in the Risperdal illegal marketing case, which is less than 20% of what Texas should have collected.  Why would settlement with these thugs even be an option?  I am beginning to wonder if these lawsuits are just for show, e.g.  not actually meant to curtail the ongoing fraud and corruption---which is continuing unabated.  Are they being undertaken only to give the appearance of taking federal crimes committed by pharmaceutical companies seriously?  When it gets right down to it, the people who are being disabled and killed are not getting anything but screwed either way...

A MadMother wonders what happened to the Rule of Law? is everyone corrupt?

About Rob McKenna

I sent Washington State's Attorney General, Rob McK an email this morning...I don't really wonder, I know that I probably will not hear from anyone.  

to rob.mckenna@atg.wa.gov cc Senator Pam Roach , Representative Charles Ross , Representative Norm Johnson bcc Jeanette Barnes , "Moorhead, Ronald (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR)" , Kevin Bouchey date Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:24 AM subject This is some Mental health Transformation... mailed-by gmail.com

Mr. McKenna,

Does it occur to you the class action lawsuits that you joined and got settlements from drug companies for illegally marketing, etc. of psychiatric drugs have real live human victims; that the tax payers are secondary, not primary victims?  My son is a victim.  My once brilliant son is now physically and cognitively impaired and continues to be victimized by Washington State employees and contracted mental health providers.  You are the legal advocate for the State, the State is the people Mr. McKenna, and you are an Officer of the Court, as is the Yakima County Prosecutor.  Both of you have failed in your duties as officers of the Court, in my son's case.  

I can not change what was done to my son and my family by people with no ethics and no integrity, but as God is my witness, I will try to keep it from happening to some one else's child.

Respectfully,

Becky Murphy

http://involuntarytransformation.blogspot.com/2011/04/something-is-and-has-been-very-rotten.html

http://involuntarytransformation.blogspot.com/2011/09/washington-state-and-attorney-

generals.html

http://yakimavalleysystemsofcare.blogspot.com/2011/09/washington-state-has-some-very-strange_15.html

Corruption, Fraud and A Real Victim in Washington State

Isaac and I in 1992

originally published February 3, 2011
I can not tell you what it was like to have my question answered.  My question was, "Are you going to request that a criminal investigation be conducted on the crimes I reported, in which my son was victimized?"  I knew what the answer was; I just wanted the man to BE HONEST enough to say it.  After reporting crimes that occurred on July 28, 2010 committed by Nancy Sherman; and psychiatrist, Jeffery Jennings on August 2, and 6, 2010; I was told the truth, "No, we are not" on February 3, 2011.

The man is not going to do his job, and launch a criminal investigation, probably on the advice of State Attorney General's Office.  The Attorney General, Rob McKenna, is running for Governor.  As anybody who has dealt with "the system" and needed to file a complaint would know; it is a miracle to ever hear the truth from a public servant.  To get an answer at all is miraculous, even when the answer is more than disappointing.  I filed a report documenting unethical and illegal conduct of State contracted Medicaid professionals and was told nothing is going to be investigated a mere 6 months after filing my criminal complaint.

My heart, my mind, my spirit are devastated, the overwhelming, inescapable reality that my son did not have a chance of being respected or helped to recover after being victimized while in State care as a preschooler.  The fact that he has been further traumatized repeatedly, by the "treatment" he has received, is more tan insult to injury.  I have come to the realization that what happened after I placed him in state foster care when he was a toddler and he was abused, was meant to happen: it is how the system functions.

The purpose of the social service system is to serve the people whom it benefits directly; and society as a whole indirectly, by doing so.  The system more often seems to concern itself with sustaining the business structure of the system.  One thing the child welfare system does is fail to protect children who are Wards of the State by allowing them to be entered in Drug Trials undertaken by psychiatric or academic researchers, and allows them to be given dangerous drugs to treat dysfunctional behavior.   It was done to my son, doing so was not only immoral, but against State, Federal and International Law.

My son has not been served ethically, morally or legally by State social service systems and mental health providers, who owed him a duty.  He has been stigmatized and discriminated against since developing severe behavioral and emotional issues while in foster care.  The fact that I placed him in foster care, where he was harmed so very badly is something I remember every single day.  I can hardly breathe at times knowing that it was my failure which is at the beginning of this long painful journey.  There is no comfort in making my amends, no relief and no solace; I know now that all of these are viscerally related to Justice, and there has been none for my son; knowing this brings no chance of having any real peace.

The Children's Mental Health Initiative Systems Transformation Grant that Yakima County received from SAMHSA to correct the serious deficits in the publicly funded mental health service system for children, was run aground.  In reality, the grant is pay Yakima County and the State of Washington.to comply with Federal regulations which are decades old. Specifically, the grant was to enable the community to make the necessary changes so all the service providers that receive federal funds work collaboratively together, and serve children with emotional and behavioral problems and their families, better; using federal tax dollars more efficiently.  Just as importantly, the grant was meant to address the deficits in the social welfare social service system which defraud the Federal Medicaid and child welfare social service system. In effect, and in fact, the Federal Government is/was paying States and Local authorities to come into compliance with Federal Law; and stop committing FRAUD.

We have, in the community I live, an opportunity to become more effective, and ethically provide services to children and families. The grant from SAMHSA is intended to not just better serve children who have emotional and behavioral problems; but to alter how the system is structured to reflect this intent.  All of the services are to be  for the kids' benefit; and should be delivered and structured to reflect this. Where this fact is not well reflected, to make the changes required.  Federal funds are NOT to preserve State business and political structures (or individual budgets) of the entities that serve our children, systems are to primarily serve the children.  To do so responsibly, would require that the approach be dual pronged, making the changes necessary to serve the needs of the children; while developing a working responsive business structure to sustain the changes made.

I know that there is no interest in the Washington State system to help those who are harmed by State employees or State contractors.  Even when the harm is the result of CRIME, violent or otherwise, there is a concerted effort to deny responsibility, even if it means committing more crimes to do so.  There appears to be no recognition in the Washington State's Mental Health Division Behavioral Health and Recovery unit or Yakima County's Department of Human Services, that they work for my son and people like him; real people; not for some ephemeral idea, "The County" or "The State."

On July 28, 2010 Nancy Sherman committed 2 Felonies, each punishable by up to ten years in prison; forgery and perjury and had my son detained; On August 2, after drugging my son who was in crisis, into a confused stupor; and again on August 6th, psychiatrist Jeffery Jennings, committed perjury resulting in my son being further court ordered to "Involuntary Treatment," in spite of the fact my son had sought treatment.  My son has yet to recover, to the condition he was in prior to these events; and it is nearly a year later.  I am without hope that these crimes will be investigated or prosecuted.  It is obviously not a priority to actually follow the Law or to protect the Constitutional Rights of people who are Court Ordered to Involuntary mental health treatment.  Individual Rights protected by the US Constitution protect ALL AMERICANS--even those who are or are alleged to need "Involuntary Commitment." These protections are theoretical when Constitutional Rights to Procedural Due Process of Law are not even defended by counsel provided, as was the case for my son. Rules of Evidence were ignored, and Standard of Court Procedures were not followed; the original Superior Court record was shredded by the mental health agency; and there is no recourse since the reports of  these gross violations of the law were NOT investigated.  I can only assume The State of Washington apparently does not believe "mentally ill" people have any Constitutional Rights worth protecting.

My son and many others, are in need of kind and compassionate care from ethical practitioners, when in emotional distress.  There is no justice, and therefore no peace for me.  I was denied the right to protect my son as a child.  Now my son is grown; a young man still needing to be protected; because he was used and abused in Drug Trials by the State of Washington, and is now cognitively impaired as a result.  There is no excuse for this utter failure of Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health or it's two employees, Nancy Sherman and Jeffery Jennings; there is no excuse for the State of Washington for yet another failure to address criminal misconduct which caused my son further harm.  There is...

No Justice, No mercy.  No mercy, No Justice.

"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless."

Chester W. Nimitz


"He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers."  
Harry Emerson Fosdick

From The Beginning Authorities Had Written Complaint

After bringing my son home it was three weeks before I was able to convince him he was safe enough to step into our own fenced yard.

Originally posted October 30, 2010  I am reposting 3-1-2-11, I have yet to hear from the head of the Mental Health Division for Washington State, Richard Kellogg, who sent me an email on September 13, 2010 stating he would be in touch with me...

The following are emails between me and the Mental Health Division of the Department of Social and Health Services in Washington State.  Mr. Richard Kellogg is the head of the Mental Health Division.  The other party, Ronald Moorhead, who  is the Complaint Manager for the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery.in my opinion, he is doing he is advised to do by the Washington State Attorney General's office and superiors at DSHS.  I knew who to complain to because I had in fact read Chapter 71.05 of the Revised Code of Washington, informally known as the Involuntary Treatment Act, a couple of months prior to my son's crisis.  That Washington State's NAMI affiliate is lobbying to strengthen already unconstitutional laws; and that NAMI has not responded to my complaints is evidence, in my opinion, who/what NAMI advocates for. NAMI never advocactes for victims of violent crime with a psychiatric diagnosis, or those who are experience negative effects due to having been given a psychiatric diagnosis.  NAMI never advocates for people who are greivously harmed, disabled or killed by psychiatric treatment.

It is as I am posting this October 29, 2010.  I  have yet to hear from Mr. Kellogg.  It has been six and one half weeks since Mr. Kellogg, who is the the head of the Mental Health Division, a component of Department and Social and Health Services in Washington State; told me I would hear from him about my complaint.  I am still waiting.

I will assume that in six and one half weeks Mr. Kellogg is still, as he stated on September 13, 2010:

 "looking into the concerns you have addressed to DBHR and what, if any, actions have been takesic or are appropriate.

I will communicate back with you when I have additional information/ and facts."

I wonder if I will get as detailed a report from him as he received from me?  Somehow, I doubt it.  

It is my belief that the investigation must wait until after the election.  I have voted, for people in whom I am currently disappointed, the lack of response to my concerns, is not like what I experienced when I sought help from their predecessors.  Former Senator Alex Deccio, and former Representative and Senator, Jim Clements both took concerns I took to them seriously, and acted upon them promptly; I had an ally, and was truly represented.  In fact, Mr. Deccio called weeks later to ask how my sons and I were doing--it is something my eldest and I have spoke of recently as we were very touched by his concern.

One more note on my initial report that immediately follows, it was written prior to obtaining the entire court record from the County Clerk, the entire record from the hospital of my son's stay, and a copy of everything that my son's attorney had as his representative.  That the facts are actually uglier than reported below is more than sad and disappointing.  The court order was signed by a Superior Court Judge, not a commissioner, as I believed when I wrote my initial complaint on the 7th of August.

From: Rebecca Murphy
Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 2:06 PM
To: @dshs.wa.gov

Here it is:

August 7, 2010

Statement of Rebecca L. Murphy regarding the proceedings In re the Detention of Isaac Murphy No. ____ 

On July 28, 2010 my son Isaac was accompanied by his brother, Nathan Murphy and myself to the Crisis Center at Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health.  Isaac was experiencing a crisis and wanted to be hospitalized.  Nathan and I supported Isaac’s desire to be hospitalized.  

The following Monday I found out by accident that Isaac in fact was on an ITA.  I am puzzled as to how this could be.  Isaac wanted to go to the hospital.  Once there he did not try to leave, and he took medication given willingly.  I spent Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday trying to get any information on what the basis of this proceeding was held, to no avail.  The law is pretty clear in citing the criteria which must be met to lawfully obtain a civil commitment order:

RCW 71.05.150 2(a)ii

          “That the person has refused or failed to accept appropriate evaluation and treat-

           ment voluntarily”

The woman we spoke to at the crisis center, Nancy Sherman, I now know perjured herself.  On page 2 of  the Notice and Statement of Rights and Affidavit of Service she claims to have verbally notified me of her intention to seek an emergent involuntary commitment order.  I am further horrified to find the statement she asked me to write was used as an “Affidavit” to support her application for an emergent order for “involuntary” 

hospitalization.  She also falsely stated that Isaac threw a TV at my head.  In fact, he picked it up and dropped it--its huge awkward and heavy.  This exaggeration of what actually occurred  is unfortunate and unnecessary since Isaac wanted to go to the hospital.  It is fair to say that my sons and I feel betrayed, misled, and disrespected by this entire experience.  I am proud that even in crisis, Isaac was able to recognize he needed help and was willing to seek it.  CWCMH staff were dishonest with my family about the process 

which was occurring in the back office while we were in the waiting room at the crisis center, and dishonest with the court in the original petition, the subsequent petitions for 14-day “involuntary” commitment and the 90-day LRA.  The 14-day order was obtained August 2, 2010 and Isaac does not have a copy.  On August 4, Isaac’s Assigned Counsel, Jennifer Lemez, would not accept the form Isaac signed granting permission for Nathan and myself to confer with her and to see the court documents. 

 RCW 71.05.390(3)(a) says 

he has the right to release this information to anyone he chooses.  Ms. Lemez had no trouble taking his signature waiving his rights to a jury trial, independent examination, etc. to court on August 6 although by law this waiver is to be signed 24 hours before the hearing to which it applies.  Ms. Lemez had been informed by both Nathan and myself that Isaac was willing to be hospitalized, and had remained compliant with the care provided.  It is obvious she put on no defense for my son. 

The Legislative intent of Involuntary Commitment is outlined  

RCW 71.05.010 in part states:

          (1) “To prevent… and to eliminate legal disabilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

           that arise from such commitment.”

          ( 3) “To safeguard individual rights;”  

In the Notes on Severability it states, “If any provision of this act or its provision to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstance is not affected.”  [1998 c 297 § 58]The conditions which must be met to court order additional treatment are outlined in 

RCW 71.05.230  

         (2) The person has been advised of the need for voluntary treatment and the      

           professional staff of the facility has evidence that he or she has not in good faith   

           volunteered; and

         (4) The professional staff of the agency or facility or the designated mental health            

           professional has filed a petition for fourteen day involuntary detention or a ninety   

           day less restrictive alternative with the court.  The petition must be signed either    

           by:                   

          (a) Two physicians;

          (b) One physician and a mental health professional;

          (c) Two psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioners;

          (d) One psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner and a mental health 

                 professional; or

           (e) A physician and a psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner.

As previously stated, a copy of the 14 day order obtained on Monday, August 2, 2010 has not been provided Isaac.  However, he was released prior to the 14 day order expired. LRA petition was sought by Dr. Jeffery Jennings.  This petition does not meet the standard in a significant requirement: Isaac was seeking to be hospitalized and was compliant with treatment.  This fact was not argued by his attorney.  The 14 day order was only 4 days old when the 90 day LRA was obtained.  

Three more protections the law defines: appointing the detained a defense attorney, the requirement that the person for whom involuntary commitment orders are sought is refusing treatment, the right of the respondent to an independent examination, and right to a jury trial.  The lack of defense put on by assigned counsel--blatant disregard for the time line and the requirement that 2 professional’s must attest that subsequent orders are necessary.   It is indeed frightening how my son’s civil rights were and continue to be so casually violated.  I am indeed grateful he is home and safe.  It is extremely difficult to not take this violation personally.  However, more than one individual has pointed out to me this is how mentally ill people are being “treated” every day.  Two days before this travesty began was the 20th Anniversary of the ADA.  The commitment laws passed in Washington State in recent years are morally repugnant, and do not conform to the Constitution of the United States.  Indeed these laws are contradictory to the Federal Mental Health Transformation Grant Washington State is now implementing as policy.  They are also contradictory to the Children’s Mental Health Initiative Systems of Care Grant that Yakima County received as part of this National and State wide transformation.  Self Determination: as in the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  

To quote the National Council on Disability, 

“Laws that allow the use of involuntary treatments such as forced drugging and inpatient and outpatient commitment should be viewed as inherently suspect, because they are incompatible with the principle of self determination. Public policy needs to move in the direction of a totally voluntary community-based mental health system that safeguards human dignity and respects individual autonomy.”

A person whose attorney does not represent their interests is in effect, without counsel; a court order which is obtained using flawed information and outright lies told by mental health professionals is illegal.  A system which purports to protect the mentally ill by having these hearings secretively is not only misleading itself; it is perpetrating fraud.  A gross violation of my son’s civil rights resulted.  He is further stigmatized by now being 

falsely identified as having refused treatment!  It is truly a devastating experience to be stigmatized by the very “mental health professionals” in whom we placed our misguided trust.  When is Yakima County, GCBH, and DSHS going to hold CWCMH accountable? 

The Medicaid guidelines require that services be client directed.  Why an ambulance, a commissioner, a public defender, and prosecutor, be added expenses to a reportedly under funded system?  The cherry on the cake of this debacle was arriving at Memorial to hear a woman I did not know say to some people in the waiting area, “he came here willingly, but he was on an involuntary treatment order”  For a split second, I thought, “holy cow, somebody else?”  So, I said to the woman I now know  to be Isaac’s legal advocate, “That’s what happened to my son!”  The woman was immediately red in the face and stuttered something intelligibility.  The lack of ethics this woman has--scary if this is who is to represent those unfortunate enough to need representation in Yakima in “mental health” court.  

      

Please know this is an accurate account of what happened--forgive any inaccuracies in legal understanding.

Thank You

Becky Murphy

...choose for yourself this day whom you will serve...Joshua 24:15

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From:  (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR) @dshs.wa.gov
Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 4:09 PM
To: Rebecca Murphy

Thank you Ms. Murphy for your complaint.  Can you tell me where Isaac was hospitalized?

From: Rebecca Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:07 PM
To: (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR)
Subject: ITA my response

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From: Rebecca Murphy
Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:39 PM
To: (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR)" @dshs.wa.gov

Isaac was sent to Memorial Hospital here in Yakima.  Lourdes was also one of the options----if in fact an honest exchange had occurred upon our arrival at the crisis center run by CWCMH, that would have been told to Isaac.  Obviously, it would have made more sense to have him treated at the facility he receives his outpatient care!   Dr. Jennings did not consult with his current care providers, did not speak to Nathan, Isaac's brother, or myself while he was his attending physician.  All due respect, how can he say he ethically treated my son?  I am deeply saddened by the lack of ethics exhibited by both the mental health and the legal "professionals" in this instance...

Sincerely,

Becky Murphy

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From:  (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR) @dshs.wa.gov>
Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:32 AM
To: Rebecca Murphy

Thank you Ms. Murphy.  One of my colleagues wanted me to ask you if the public defender every contacted you or requested you to testify at time of  court hearing or did your son stipulate?

From: Rebecca Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:40 PM

Subject: Re: ITA my response

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From: Rebecca Murphy
Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:04 AM
To:  (DSHS/HRSA/DBHR)" @dshs.wa.gov

No, she did not.  I have no idea if Isaac "stipulated."  I am thoroughly disgusted that this order was obtained fraudulently.  That his attorney did not accept or act on the release Isaac signed as was his right, to grant his brother and myself the privilege of seeing the court record, and to talk to her.  That she sees no ethical lapse in failing to respect Isaac's desire to have his family involved and advising him/coercing (?) him to sign away his Constitutional Rights when she was aware that Nathan and I both had valid eye-witness testimony contradictory to what was alleged in obtaining the emergent and subsequent 14-day and 90 LRA.  We went to her office yesterday to help Isaac get a complete set of paperwork on all the proceedings.  Isaac is waiting for a call to make and appointment with her.  Oh, one more thing,  call her number and observe how difficult it is to actually get through to the person, or their voicemail that you are trying to call.  Now, imagine you are not as capable of following multi-step directions and you have to get in touch with your attorney.  509 574-1160.  Nathan and I both had difficulty navigating the options when calling Isaac's attorney's office.  It took me 4 attempts before I had pressed the correct option.

Regards,

Becky Murphy

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From: Rebecca Murphy
Date: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM

To: Steven Hill <Steven.Hill@co.yakima.wa.us>

Rebecca Murphy

Aug 11

I am more than disappointed in the staff at CWCMH as I'm sure you can imagine.  The egregious lack of professional ethics on the part of the "County Designated Mental Health Professional" who started this mess, compounded by the self-serving pompous psychiatrist who had no interest in the context of Isaac's crisis--no interest in Isaac's plan for his own treatment and recovery; no need to try to relate to his patient.  No need to pretend even that Isaac is a whole person, no need to discover what brought on this emotional crisis, no need to do anything but medicate him so heavily that the possible healing that may have been possible will now have to wait, the opportunity may not come again.  I am insulted as an educated person to discover the reason Dr. Jennings believed it necessary to obtain the 90 day LRA was "maintenance of the ethical integrity of the medical profession; and such medications are effective in treating patients such as the respondent,..."  That it is actually an option on the  commitment orders is frightening.  I want you to know that is the biggest load of self-serving crap I've read in a very long time.  These orders are supposedly to enable those too ill to obtain treatment themselves to be assisted by us, (society as a whole) to assist them in their time of need.  We, the general public and family members of those with mental illnesses rely on honest, ethical mental health professionals who execute this duty with integrity.  My son has been gravely harmed by the meds---This started at Child Study and Treatment Center where he was used as Dr. Jon McClellan's guinea pig as far as I could tell.  Informed Consent never occurred.  That man actually told me I had no say--my son was certainly in no condition to give informed consent.  In one 2 month period (the year my son turned 13) he used a total of 8 psychotropic drugs on my boy, 2 were actually approved for use in minors--and billable under medicaid.  3 anti psychotics(at the same time)  My son had an IQ of 146 at the age of 7--Let me assure you the evidence of that and of his personality are rarely seen any more.  My son has Tachycardia, sleep apnea, chronic constipation, excessive drooling, a pronounced limp, is cognitively altered, and has difficulty in standing up straight. These conditions all stem from his time in State paid care and are directly the result of either the drugs or the medical neglect (not receiving physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of physical problems, i.e. treatment for severely flat feet, physical therapy for his back--which I've been told at this point, it may be too late to correct the damage with prosthesis and therapy)    So, now maybe you can understand my being insulted by the substandard care my son received from CWCMH employees.  The fact of the matter is that I know from experience informed consent, and confidentiality are barely given lip service, client directed care is not truly on the agenda.  Isaac opted out of services at CWCMH because he did not believe his doctor, Dr. Rodenberger  listened to to him.  Having a Dr. and mental health professionals who respect, support, and treat as partners those they serve, is critical to developing the trust necessary for a therapeutic relationship to be established.  All due respect for Dr. Jennings and his "ethical integrity," he showed very little, if any, insight into how his own conduct was disrespectful and condescending.  His lack of regard was blatant.  To not even attempt to consult with Isaac's current provider's, or family in developing his court ordered medication plan, was evidence to me that he lacked both both ethics and integrity.  I am not anti medication; I am aware for the need for informed consent and client/family directed services.  Doctors have a right to practice the type of medicine they choose, as clients have the right to competent treatment by professionals who respect the morals, values and culture of those they serve.  It is obvious to me that those mental health professionals who adopt a "medical model" to the exclusion of other schools of thought are just as flawed in their thinking as those who are "anti" medication.  

The main difference is that nobody develops heart conditions, brain damage, diabetes, etc. as a "side-effect" of not taking anti-psychotics.  

Respectfully,

Becky Murphy

Rebecca Murphy  to kellore

show details Sep 13

Mr. Kellogg, 

I am extremely disappointed in the lack of appropriate response to my complaint alleging criminal behavior on the part of Medicaid providers of Mental Health Services in Yakima where I live.  I expected a real, timely investigation into my complaint.  That expectation was based on the belief that the department takes seriously complaints that the law has been broken by those who are in fact acting as agents of the State of Washington, under the umbrella of DSHS/BHR/MHD and all the Medicaid programs which DSHS is responsible for.

I will be forwarding all my communications to date to you, in hopes that the department will see it's way to addressing this further trauma that has been unjustly been laid at my family's feet.

Respectfully,

Becky Murphy

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Kellogg, Richard  to me

show details Sep 13

Ms. Murphy:

I am looking into the concerns you have addressed to DBHR and what, if any, actions have been take or are appropriate.

I will communicate back with you when I have additional information/ and facts.

Thank you.

Richard E. Kellogg

Contact: Richard Kellogg, 360-725-1550, kellore@dshs.wa.gov