Education… Kendra Died for US💝 17 Oct 201830 Jan 2019 I've said it before and I will say it again. I am an overweight Jewish man from New York State with an active schizophrenia diagnosis. I have been committed to…
Education… Continuing Education 🔄 17 Oct 201817 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,…
Adventure… Celebrating Support and Services for People with Disabilities (SSD)🎗 14 Aug 201820 Aug 2018 At the very end of my semester in undergraduate school, I attended a reception on campus in which I participated in honoring faculty that was special with and dedicated to…
Adventure… University on Watch👀: Mental health, Concerns, and Hygiene 12 Aug 201810 Sep 2018 Sometimes, school crises erupt on college campus's unexpectedly. Other times, there is a slow build up of tension before the crescendo. The crescendo can be violence, hate speech, or any…
Cover Stories… The Peer Standard⚖️ 25 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 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…
Addressing Symptoms… The Criminalization🚨of Mental Illness 15 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 There are a lot of articles out there all over the internet, newspapers, and mental health forums talking about the increasing violence in the community stemming from inadequate mental health…
Addressing Symptoms… Respecting the Boundaries of Others 10 Jul 201811 Jul 2018 Everyone has a personal set of boundaries. These are the personal and professional invisible rules associated with how we decide to rule our interpersonal lives. There is no question that…
Adventure… Dismantling state-level psychiatric centres: instituting full community access and integration 14 Jun 201811 Sep 2018 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…
Peer… The Modern Psychiatric In-Patient Technician: Skilled Worker or Guard? 10 Mar 201810 Mar 2018 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…
Addressing Symptoms… Chronic Illness & Recovery: Setting the Pace for Sustainable Healing 9 Mar 201811 Jul 2018 For people with a chronic illness and long standing mental health diagnosis finding the right pace for recovery & healing can be difficult and even misleading at times during the…
Experience in Mental Health… Selfless Living 7 Feb 20187 Feb 2018 ''soliciting my grandmother for money for a project and then, when she told my mother, I denied the event, blaming her misunderstanding of my behavior on her dementia...' I've lived…
Addressing Symptoms… Disrupting the Cycle of Anger & Explosive Behavior 6 Feb 20187 Feb 2018 I can never figure out why people choose to be angry. It is a choice. As a therapist, I diagnose people with Intermittent Explosive disorder from the DSM 5. I…