Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former
Under the auspices of the local DCMH, the county entry points use SPOA/SPOE (Single Point of Access/Entry), filled out by clinicians applying for services for their patients.
Mental Illness, Incarceration and Quality of Life (Homelessness), a vicious cycle, occurring all too frequently.
Noone who read my writing can deny that I believe in recovery
The root of it, the peer workforce is not ready. I can hear it now: Not glad?! What exactly do you mean? I mean in terms of preparedness
Volunteering is willingly working on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gains.
The state agencies cited are by no means the only entities working to achieve these goals
Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.
Do Not RESUSCITATE, PLEASE. DNR orders, or Do Not Resuscitate orders, aren’t very tricky when it comes to the law and how the law is carried out and interpreted by doctors and patients embarking on…
Amid the struggle, heartache, loss, betrayal, and disappointment can be not easy to find the strength and motivation to keep going in life.
The words STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION make our overall situations exceedingly tricky.
“I was just following orders.” The Nuremberg defense, just following orders, Due Obedience, or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl (“an order is an order”). This plea justified Nazi crimes against humanity. ‘Just following orders’ implies that the…
Neo-Institutionalization is covert, insidious, and must be stopped at all costs!
The only time mental health issues makes the news is when some tragic involves someone with mental illness.
Why are these the poster patients of AOT? Because the most severely 'disordered' folks do not benefit from AOT.
Once published, the bill would provide and justify my admission to the graduate program.
“You’re like the mother of healing…in the world, Silvia!” I told her.
