The year a group of psychiatric patients launched a class action lawsuit against the District, calling for a mental health system that offered more options than a troubled hospital, Annie Alatishe was in her 20s.
She had not yet given birth to her son, Tamir. She had not yet heard doctors tell her that a fall down the stairs had injured the 1-year-old’s brain. She had no idea that almost 40 years later — as the case approached a final settlement — she would have to consider whether she trusts the city’s mental health system to properly take care of her son, now 23, for the rest of his life.
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