is Mental Illness a disability?
I want to pose a question: is a mental health disorder a disability?
The Peer Standard⚖️
There is an unspoken, covert, and arbitrary standard for working in the mental health community.
Use of Metaphors in the Therapy office 🕵️♂️
The problem runs as deep as what practitioners face when practicing psychotherapy
STIGMA OR POSSIBLY DISCRIMINATION?
Why can’t we all get along?
Language and Stigma: The Objectification of Mental Illness
‘Othering’ serves to not only create an object of hatred but also of people’s discrimination.
Interdisciplinary parity: Which is the right clinical pathway forward?
Thinking about progress is critical for both consumers and practitioners
Understanding the Role of Support when Living with a Chronic and Persistent Mental Health Disorder
Whatever the stressor, life’s negative turns can be due to the impact of mental health symptoms or just tragic extraneous circumstances.
Obituary: William Anthony, 77
William (Bill) Anthony, Director of the Boston Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Professor at Boston University has died. He was 77. Everyone does not know his name, but many of his ideas have helped people recover from Mental Wellness and Chemical/Drug Addiction and leading successful lives. Several years […]
(Re)-Defining the Language of Mental Health EVEN Further
How can we best further refine the language around mental health?
EDITOR-in-Chief DAN FREY AND CITY VOICES
A good friend of mine, a licensed social worker and peer advocate, said to me once last year: “Max, you certainly love writing about your lived experience, have you ever considered contacting CITY VOICES?” I had no idea what City Voices was when she first suggested I contact their […]
The Great Stingie War
In the end, it was the sheer size and strength of the stingies that overtook the sheer volume and numbers we had behind us.
Cutting. Emotional Numbness and Pain. (Content/Trigger warning🔴)
Instead, physical pain and lots of it began emerged from cutting myself.
The Peer Support System Within Mental Health Is Broken and We Need to Fix It
I am a consumer of mental health services. I am also a licensed social worker. I am a professional. I’ve done supervisory, engagement services, and also worked as a mental health therapist in diverse settings. I’ve been apart of the peer movement in mental health reform in New […]
Reflections on Neesa’s Blog article: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others
So, I was just reading an article by Neesa Suncheuri called: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others In this article, the author likens the side effects (no pun intended) of not working and responding to the impact of paralyzing mental health symptoms as a strength. This […]
The Benefits of Taking Inventory
Planning for the future means knowing what went wrong and why,?
The Kindness Rocks Project
The Kindness Rocks Project, founded by Megan Murphy, is about discovering the beauty and profound possibilities of hope in acts of kindness, and has become a grassroots movement. Megan Murphy is the author of A Pebble For Your Thoughts and goes on to explain her work in her […]
Behind the Mind with Kevin Meiselman
On episode 7 of Behind the Mind, Max Guttman joins the show to share his experiences with schizophrenia and details the adversity he overcame to live a happy, healthy and productive life. He also shines light on the common misconceptions about schizophrenia and the manner in which the disorder can be treated. This was one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard, and I can’t thank Max enough for his bravery and willingness to help me reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.
A Fond Farewell to Mary✌️
The pictures posted are from a secretly videotaped meeting with my care manager and his director at a non-profit agency in Westchester NY. For three months, I have been calling and trying to reach my care manager. I left message after message for weeks for this person. It’s […]
Decriminalizing Mental Illness👿
This article was originally published in NAMI’s the Advocate Spring 2019
The Revisionist: rise of the prosumer, axioms, and future directions in Mental Health Affairs
When I first began writing about mental health, and topics concerning my own experience with schizophrenia, I was a bit naive. I thought since I lived through “this”, meaning, the various incidents, challenges, and pitfalls of my disorder people who struggled with similar hazards in their life could […]
Reimagining Discharge Planning: Success Upon Re- Entry into the Community🚸
There is nothing more profound than healing and recovery from extreme perilous circumstances and returning to a more normal life.
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, […]
When is sharing too much? Is oversharing a real thing?🗣
I have been accused of several crimes, socially unacceptable behaviors, and a litany of outrageous transgressions during my mental illness.
🅱️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 […]
The Cancer in Academia and Mental Health Research
In the last decade, I have made no secret my skepticism about the clinical value of new research in mental health. I am just not confident we are targeting the right areas or bodies of underdeveloped research and moving forward in the important or needed areas to truly […]
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