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Cayman Compass A motherâs mission: The journey to open a mental health group home
LOUD Silent Voices President Jackie Neil stands outside the mental health group home in West Bay that she has been working to open for the community. â Photo: Taneos Ramsay.
Jackie Neil was no stranger to mental health issues touching her wider family, but the mother-of-two never expected that these challenges would eventually reach her inner circle.
However, in 2004, life changed for her when Hurricane Ivan struck Cayman, triggering a mental breakdown in a close relative who had been off-island at the time.
âThe predisposition to mental illness was there and then hearing on the news CNN announced that the Cayman Islands is no more⦠when he heard that… â Neil said, her voice trailing off and tears welling. âHeâs never gone back to school. He has been able to work. Heâs been able to hold down part-time jobs⦠heâs well now, but it certainly chang
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