In Response to the Mighty
So, I read an article today on the Mighty titled: “I’m not high functioning- and I’m okay with that”. So, this is more complicated than it seems, to quote the … Continue reading In Response to the Mighty
Category: Peer
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 … Continue reading When is sharing too much? Is oversharing a real thing?🗣
The Right to Fail
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 … Continue reading The Right to Fail
Learned Helplessness Must be Stopped🔴
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 … Continue reading Learned Helplessness Must be Stopped🔴
Rejected and/or “kicked-out” of Treatment: Untimely discharges and subpar linkages🔄
Finding the right treatment fit can be difficult. Not only are therapists important to try-on, so are facilities, programs, and treatment centers. This article evolves out of my experience in … Continue reading Rejected and/or “kicked-out” of Treatment: Untimely discharges and subpar linkages🔄
The Mystique of Psychosis
Psychosis is experienced by people carrying its active constellation of corresponding and altogether unique symptoms differently. At different times, along a spectrum, psychosis symptoms exist in a dark harmony, sometimes … Continue reading The Mystique of Psychosis
The Peer Standard⚖️
There is an unspoken, invisible and arbitrary standard for being for every oppressed group living in the United States and everywhere discrimination goes without question. This social norm and standard … Continue reading The Peer Standard⚖️
Dismantling state-level psychiatric centres: instituting full community access and integration
This paper presents a long-overdue proposal to the New York Office of Mental Health (NY-OMH) to close state psychiatric centers and discharge all remaining patients into the community. From long-term … Continue reading Dismantling state-level psychiatric centres: instituting full community access and integration
The Modern Psychiatric In-Patient Technician: Skilled Worker or Guard?
One of my earliest memories as an adolescent in an in-patient unit was the tall, stocky men brazenly hanging around the treatment areas, lounge, and nurses station. These people were … Continue reading The Modern Psychiatric In-Patient Technician: Skilled Worker or Guard?
Recovery is a Privilege
So, when you encounter people in your life that need help: reach out to them. Point them towards the necessary resources they will need to continue living without bounds
NAMI doesn’t Speak for US
“So, when I say, or hear, that NAMI doesn’t speak for us, it is because they speak for my mother, my father, my brother, but not me” The Mental Health … Continue reading NAMI doesn’t Speak for US
Living in Two Worlds: Navigating the Intersections of Health and Healing
“It was at that very moment I re-discovered the power of defining new words in the context of our histories can, if taken seriously, create entire worlds and a lifetime … Continue reading Living in Two Worlds: Navigating the Intersections of Health and Healing
Community Health re-discovered: Addendum on the New Gold Standard
The rise of the Modern Health Home and fall of the silos gestures to the system’s attempt at integrating care, but, like most new turns treatment, the outcomes reflected the clumsy practices of the care management philosophy and regulations
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail Undeniably, our support systems, both natural, and artificial, play a vital role in our health & capacity to heal from sickness. Our supports have several important … Continue reading Too Big to Fail
The Jewish Ghetto Police & Today’s Peer Professional: The Psychology of Complicity
Background: Today’s peer professional in Mental Health systems of care share a similar psychological bend with the Jewish Ghetto Police or Jüdische Ghetto-Polizei. This unit was an auxiliary police force … Continue reading The Jewish Ghetto Police & Today’s Peer Professional: The Psychology of Complicity
Dignity in Risk & Risk of Harm
Unquestionably, the spectrum between negligence and overprotection carries with it serious implications in clinical & peer professional practice in mental health. Even in our personal lives, we have friends and … Continue reading Dignity in Risk & Risk of Harm
Lessons from the American Revolution, King George iii & the Power of Forgiveness in Mental Health
“Would you Forgive?” – Lois Einhorn, PhD During my most tormented days, angry and bitter over lost personal battles I sat in a lecture class centered around forgiveness, empathy and … Continue reading Lessons from the American Revolution, King George iii & the Power of Forgiveness in Mental Health
The Power of Support
Written by Sabrina Johnson LMSW & Max Guttman LCSW This article is intended to showcase the power of support for people with a medical and psychiatric condition. We all need … Continue reading The Power of Support
Mental Health & Higher Education
Too many people carrying a mental health diagnosis in higher education are subject to discrimination, unfair and disproportionate disciplinary action & premature expulsion from campus life. While colleges have services … Continue reading Mental Health & Higher Education
Community Mental Health Re-Discovered: Volume ii
Together, in our lifetime, we will witness the last discharge of a person with a mental health condition from a hospital and make psychiatric prisons a thing of the past. … Continue reading Community Mental Health Re-Discovered: Volume ii
Make Your Own Psychiatric Triage: What to do when you are in a non-life threatening crisis to feel more Safe
Undeniably, there are times when we all feel out of control. There is no question that when we are in the midst of a crisis, whether it be interpersonal, existential, … Continue reading Make Your Own Psychiatric Triage: What to do when you are in a non-life threatening crisis to feel more Safe
Community Mental Health Re-Discovered
I have always believed in having a plan, a next step. Call it a goal or an objective. I believe in a tomorrow that begins with right now. More than … Continue reading Community Mental Health Re-Discovered
What is Recovery? Differentiating the Diagnosis from the Person
This article seeks to discuss, define, and set up an ongoing dialogue around what recovery means. As people, we all have our own eccentricities. Some of us are moody; others … Continue reading What is Recovery? Differentiating the Diagnosis from the Person
Allies in Recovery: The “DO’s” and “DONT’s” of Radical Acceptance
This article explores symptoms that complicate interpersonal relationships and interfere with pro-social interactions. There are many diagnoses that have symptoms that further complicate our social lives when socialization is what’s … Continue reading Allies in Recovery: The “DO’s” and “DONT’s” of Radical Acceptance
Surviving on the Unit
Have you lost all control in your life or does it feel that way? This article is intended to explore the feelings and thoughts associated with experiencing an in patient … Continue reading Surviving on the Unit
