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I will always remember this short exchange between myself and a big wig. This big wig was what I call...
In most cases, like most of us in the social and professional world, I am communicating a message learned from lived...
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Have these statements ever been said to anyone of us? We are crazy, we are stupid, or stop acting like...
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“I must pass through the concept of Play traversed in Structure, Sign, and Play as a mechanism to supplement the...
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Hello readers! I am the Editor-in-Chief of Mental Health Affairs, J. PETERS. I have aimed to bring readers the...
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“We”re survivors”, Ruth said, reminding me yet again that this too shall pass. I worked alongside Ruth at a mental...
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This article was originally published in NAMI's the Advocate Spring 2019
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The success of Contesting Admission hinged upon my ability to make such waves in the English department that my...
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I am field instructor for graduate and undergraduate student in social work going for their bachelors and masters degrees. I...
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My last pet in Binghamton was a ferret named Clausewitz. While I often don’t speak of Clausewitz openly anymore, I...
Far too many stories and firsthand accounts of recovery are terminal and end with a cure or picturesque life for...
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The time is upon us! I need to address the ongoing rumors circulating around my writing. Ever since I have...
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Research must be wholly beneficial to the public, it must be free and rife for regard for society. As a...
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During this writer's brief tenure in mental health, it brought with it the opportunity to observe the most obscene, ornate,...
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