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Why mentalhealthaffairs.org❓

Writing on mental health is a dime a dozen. There are so many choices out there on the internet for readers. So, with this said, how does the name mentalhealthaffairs.org signal the critical shift readers are seeking on recovery. This question requires some history. Similar to the looming crisis over…Continue reading “Why mentalhealthaffairs.org❓”

11Jul 2019

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Discharge Planning: Re- Entry into the Community🚸

I’ve experienced a number of serious planned and unplanned hospitalizations and subsequent discharges. Medical, psychiatric, physical rehabilitation, you name it,…

11Jul 2019

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My Ferret Clausewitz and my last pet in Binghamton

My last pet in Binghamton was a ferret named Clausewitz. While I often don’t speak of Clausewitz openly anymore, I…

19Jun 2019

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The Revisionist✍️

Far too many stories and firsthand accounts of recovery are terminal and end with a cure or picturesque life for…

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Re: Recovery Now

Inspiring & Creative: A fresh perspective on Mental Health

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Small Fingernails, Even Less Love💕

10 May 2019

Sometimes, love finds us; other times, love is a trauma that hurls itself into the very fabric of our lives. My experiences at New London University explain how traumatic events…

Addressing Symptoms…

The Trilogy 📚3️⃣

25 Apr 201925 Apr 2019

The time is upon us! I need to address the ongoing rumors circulating around my writing. Ever since I have announced a second novella, Small Fingernails, Even Less Love 💕…

Addressing Symptoms…

🅱️iologic Theory

25 Mar 201925 Mar 2019

Research must be wholly beneficial to the public, it must be free and rife for regard for society. As a prosumer and mental health interventionist researcher, I have sought nothing…

Clinical…

The Cancer in Academia and Mental Health Research

24 Mar 2019

I have made no secret about my skepticism in the clinical value of new research in mental health in the last decade. I am just not certain we are targeting…

Lived Experience…

The Right to Fail

13 Mar 2019

The right to fail. To live our lives as people that are flawed, diagnosed, mentally ill the the way we see fit to do so. In New York State, and…

Clinical…

Use of metaphors in the therapy office 🕵️‍♂️

10 Mar 2019

If you are a patient, or psychotherapist, the odds are you have been encouraged to use metaphors in the therapy room. I teach family therapy at the university level, and…

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Pedagogy and Practice for Social Workers🎓

10 Mar 2019

I am a very, very passionate learner. I believe in education, and anyone who reads my writing understands my love of learning. Partially due to a trauma suffered in my…

Education…

I am J. Peters and this is my story: University on Watch👁

8 Mar 201915 Apr 2019

I am a rhetoric scholar and a person with lived experience with schizophrenia. I am also a prosumer. My identity aside, the status of Disability studies and narratives, memoirs, and…

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The Mobility of Recovery

2 Feb 2019

There is an undeniable mobility to recovery. Moving forward in your path to health and healing requires an inertia. From rate of recovery, the very speed and velocity required to…

Addressing Symptoms…

Learned Helplessness Must be Stopped🔴

30 Jan 2019

One of my biggest struggles as a social worker in the human services is challenging learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is a phenomena in which clients, patients, or any person connected…

The Titanic

3 Jan 2019

I have a framed portrait of the Titanic in my mental health private practice. Many people ask me: What does the Titanic have to do with having good mental health…

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Continuing Education 🔄

17 Oct 2018

I was asked to write down three things I cannot live without on a piece of scrap paper for a seminar on interpretation. At that time, I was floridly psychotic,…

Education…

The power of Social Work language: a linguistic analysis🔠

16 Oct 2018

The power of the social work language is rooted in the very words we social workers use everyday. There is no question, that the language of the social work profession…

Cover Stories…

Interview with Author of the “V-papers” and founder of Mental Health Affairs, Max E. Guttman, LCSW

9 Oct 2018

Interviewer: Please tell us, Max E., why do you insist on writing about mental health when it continues to be so widely talked about and covered by talented authors in…

Addressing Symptoms…

When is sharing too much? Is oversharing a real thing?🗣

23 Apr 2019

Ive been accused of a number of crimes, socially unacceptable behaviors, and litany of outrageous transgressions during the course of my mental illness. While the majority of the truly grotesque…

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When Shaming Goes Wrong

25 Mar 201925 Mar 2019

There’s a disturbing trend I’ve been noticing of late and I want to address it as it’s something that has been on my mind for a bit. This will be…

J. Peters

Max Guttman is the owner of Recovery Now in New York. Max provides psychotherapy, complex case management, community consultation, and self-management skill-building groups. His approach is based on evidenced-based practices (EBP). Max earned a master’s degree in Social Work from Binghamton University. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a field instructor for both postgraduate and undergraduate students at Lehman College. He is also a social work supervisor and psychotherapist at Courtlandt Avenue Clinic in the South Bronx where he teaches students social work praxis in New York City. In addition to this responsibilities, he manages Mental Health Affairs, a mental health blog.

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Discharge Planning: Re- Entry into the Community🚸
I’ve experienced a number of serious planned and unplanned hospitalizations and subsequent discharges. Medical, psychiatric, physical rehabilitation, you name it, I’ve been discharged from it. Discharge planning should always begin from the moment you enter the facility and become a patient in the hospital. If the facility isn’t planning for your ultimate re […]
My Ferret Clausewitz and my last pet in Binghamton
My last pet in Binghamton was a ferret named Clausewitz. While I often don’t speak of Clausewitz openly anymore, I feel it is time to reflect on his memory. During the past few years, and after re-entering the social world and bridging new connections, I hear often suggestions that I get a pet or listenContinue reading "My Ferret Clausewitz and my last […]
The Revisionist✍️
Far too many stories and firsthand accounts of recovery are terminal and end with a cure or picturesque life for the consumer of services or “sick” person. This recovery narrative is different. This is a story about struggle, ongoing collateral pushback from friends, and internalized self-doubt. Chronic illness, either rooted in psychiatric or medical sympto […]
Small Fingernails, Even Less Love💕
Sometimes, love finds us; other times, love is a trauma that hurls itself into the very fabric of our lives. My experiences at New London University explain how traumatic events and life’s unfortunate turns can become amplified and overshadow our understanding of how love and friendship should contribute to our lives. The sages say loveContinue reading […]
New Freedom: The Brave Experiment (British English Edition🇬🇧)
The Formation of a Post-National Society (PNA). This is a written prelude to our inevitable FUTURE. Humanity wakes up… Opening its eyes to a society that it believes it closes itself off to its own potential. No distinction needs to be made regarding the human’s race or belief systems. I present the human individual inContinue reading "New Freedom: The […]
The Trilogy 📚3️⃣
The time is upon us! I need to address the ongoing rumors circulating around my writing. Ever since I have announced a second novella, Small Fingernails, Even Less Love 💕 , there has been undeniable chatter in the literary world. Upon hearing the new novella was, in fact, the prequil to University on Watch👓, theContinue reading "The Trilogy 📚3️⃣" […]
When is sharing too much? Is oversharing a real thing?🗣
Ive been accused of a number of crimes, socially unacceptable behaviors, and litany of outrageous transgressions during the course of my mental illness. While the majority of the truly grotesque periods and expressions of my mental health disorder where shadowed by the gates of a locked down unit in a hospital, many acts, to thisContinue reading "When i […]
When Shaming Goes Wrong
There’s a disturbing trend I’ve been noticing of late and I want to address it as it’s something that has been on my mind for a bit. This will be a longer read but bear with me. This need to shame folks into supporting our causes is something that needs to stop. This can extendContinue reading "When Shaming Goes Wrong"
🅱️iologic Theory
Research must be wholly beneficial to the public, it must be free and rife for regard for society. As a prosumer and mental health interventionist researcher, I have sought nothing but a bold new model that works for the masses. Therapy that is both targeted, yet beneficial to all conditions and diagnosable disorders (impairments, bothContinue reading " […]
The Cancer in Academia and Mental Health Research
I have made no secret about my skepticism in the clinical value of new research in mental health in the last decade. I am just not certain we are targeting the right areas or bodies of underdeveloped research and moving forward in the important or needed areas to truly impact mental health as a discourseContinue reading "The Cancer in Academia and Menta […]

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