I seem to remember a day when different was both a good thing and a bad thing.
Category: change
Neo-Institutionalization: The Overregulation of Community Mental Health
Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.
Politics and the ‘status’ of our National Mindset
Amid the struggle, heartache, loss, betrayal, and disappointment can be not easy to find the strength and motivation to keep going in life.
The Early Warning System
I want to introduce a concept called the Early Warning System
THOSE LIKE US AND FIGHT FOR US
The only time mental health issues makes the news is when some tragic involves someone with mental illness.
Psychotic Variations and new Endings to the Crisis in the Academy
“Let me retain my position as chair of this department, and I will grant you an honorary doctorate in rhetoric, Peters!”
The Mental Health Advocacy Spectruum
Why are these the poster patients of AOT? Because the most severely ‘disordered’ folks do not benefit from AOT.
Pass the Bill
Once published, the bill would provide and justify my admission to the graduate program.
Round-and Round with Silvia Benson
“You’re like the mother of healing…in the world, Silvia!” I told her.
ENGLISH CLASS JUNIOR YEAR
The question was, would I do it in the right way? Would I learn from Hitler’s mistakes ways? Or would I just make my own along the way?
Mental Ilness: Who Am I?
Finding the self, soul’s truth is essential for spiritual life.
I am the Revisionist
“I just want to be somebody!”
The Prosumer
‘You’re different. You’re high functioning…’
The Myth of High Functioning📊
Most people do not realize that there is no such thing as high-functioning.
Cigarettes and Tobacco Use in Mental Health Settings
By the time I was hospitalized in the New York State Psychiatric Center in upstate New York a mere five years later, smoking was banned for all patients, staff, and visitors on the hospital campus.
Commitment to Care and Caregiving
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOICE AND FREEDOM IN CHOOSING OUR CARE HAS BECOME A RIGHT.