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Springfield resident Alicia Pecue spent 11 days in the Behavioral Health Unit at Mercy Medical Center when she was 16. She is holding a journal she used to write about her experiences based on her medical records. Diagnosed
as bipolar, Pecue has returned to school and is currently
on track to graduate this year.
This time last year Alicia Pecue went from being a typical 16-year-old girl — consumed with school, theater, a part-time job, her friends and her boyf...
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