August 17, 2012

What is “natural healing” and who is able to provide it? Before mental healthcare professionals there were people who brought creativity, empathy, and religious, spiritual or mystical inspiration when it was needed. How do we find these people in our lives today?
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June 19, 2012

Though not receiving front page coverage in the New York Times, like the recent Times article on Adderall discussed on this blog site by Mr. Whitaker, maybe this topic should as well. One of the longest running independent newsletters on …
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May 26, 2012

(As Memorial Day approaches, pause for a moment of memory, not only for our soldiers who have died in war, but those related to our area of concern that have died all over the world from human rights violations). Now …
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May 24, 2012

This leads us into discussing psychiatry per se, which managed care prioritized first. Unless you are early career psychiatrists, you are probably familiar with the anecdotal horror stories: too brief hospitalizations followed soon by suicides; the revolving door of re-hospitalizations; …
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May 22, 2012

Now, enough about me (and my life in managed care). Let’s look more into the two topics of our presentation, human rights and managed care. To my chagrin, realizing that even if I had come to know a lot about …
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May 17, 2012

Let me state from the outset that I didn’t suggest presenting on this topic. In fact, I was rather taken aback when Dr. Pumariega, the upcoming President of the American Association for Social Psychiatry, asked me to do so. After …
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May 15, 2012

Preface: Before I went to the American Psychiatric Association, many on this webzine expressed interest in my presentation to come on “Human Rights and Managed Care”. Given that interest, and how it may relate to some of our blog discussions, …
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April 26, 2012

Anyone reading these blogs on Mad in America knows that there is reason to be mad about the past and present state of mental healthcare. This is not new, but has received new life, support, and importance with the findings …
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April 22, 2012

  Resilience in Recovery   “There’s not a whole lot I can’t be”. – Bryan Anderson   I don’t know if you saw this story or not. I hope you did. Or will. It was the cover story of the …
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April 12, 2012

“It is really quite incredible to me that some . . . are willing to denigrate the 8 years of training that it takes to become sophisticated about pathophysiology of the whole body, understand the intricate play of medical and mental problems and really master complex diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy, as I feel I did in my training”. – A psychiatrist colleague, personal e-mail communication, 4/2/12

This blog, and many to follow, will try to analyze why we are in this “incredible” state of affairs and what to do about it.
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