Gratitude

By Graham Danzer, MSW PPS   CSMS Magazine Staff Writer “Thank you sir,” people often hear Darrin say. His striped dress shirt tucked into crisply ironed dress pants, posture erect and manners as humble as they are graceful. A young man with a bright...

The lacerating cry of Gina: eternal prisoner of the State and of her own state of mind

By Graham Danzer CSMS Magazine Staff Writer    Seven months ago, Gina wrung her wrists and blinked her eyes heavily in the sunlight as she walked out the front gate of Pedora State Hospital. She had been psychiatrically hospitalized for 5 years, wearing...

Tara’s plight: A bitter twist

By Graham Danzer CSMS Magazine Staff writer Tarra waits somewhat less then patiently in a line stretched seemingly around the block at the grocery check out line down the street from her housing project—one of the only stores in the neighborhood that...