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My Actions Almost Cost Me My Kids: You cannot imagine the feeling of loss I experienced that day when the Mobil Crisis Unit came to...
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My Recovery Story: It took a good year of hard work by my therapist to get me to see I was my own worst enemy.
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My Story As A Bipolar: I was 24 and flying high. I had just been accepted into George Washington University ... I had also...
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NAMI-NYC Metro Addresses Cultural Sensitivity»
Psychiatric Trauma: The Golden Hour: Handcuffed. Standing in the middle of my living room, surrounded by six of New York's finest, I was...
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Recovery: A Miracle of God: I thought mental illness only for the mentally weak and fragile. I prided myself on my intellectual...
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Schizophrenic Brain Abnormalities Detected Early: With a suitable schizophrenia screening method, for the first time, preventive psychiatry becomes a...
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Stigma Is Wrong: Medication treatment for the mentally ill is no different than that for the medically ill ... side...
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The Election: A Disability Perspective: We've been acknowledged, but hardly wooed. That's odd, because our numbers should knock any...
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The Genius Claimed By Schizophrenia: Memories Of My Sister: She would often be charged with explaining to me plot twists in movies we would watch together as...
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The Plight Of The Mentally Ill: If each mentally ill person is like a diamond in the rough, albeit with differing numbers of...
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These Are 'Crazy' Times: Then the election came along, and I wished Ken Steele could observe what was going on. I think he...
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Tisi: My learning began about 1948, after three years of teaching high school mathematics ... a gym...
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Ward Stories: Preparing the column for this issue has been a poignant affair for me
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Ward Stories: Cecil Williams is our featured poet in this issue ... Bob Dylan and Walt Whitman 'in one fell swoop'
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We Are Not Alone: I am now working, and utilizing the skills, which I have acquired over the years, and I now feel...
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We Have Choices To Make: If we believe that there is a degree of choice in any matter, we can then increase our self-esteem...
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We Vote, We Count!: Senator Goodman, a longtime office holder, appears to be losing his seat by less than 100 votes...
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What do I do when someone important to me dies?: Mourning helps us to deal with loss, even though it may feel so painful as we do it.
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Why do we take our meds? How do doctors help or hinder this decision?: Tell me about times when your doc acted like a total jerk, or times when you lied, or...
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Zimmer Contends Mental Patients' Votes Were Coerced
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Alternate Depression Treatments: Exercise was better than drugs in relieving depression among 156 middle-aged patients ... patients...
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An Author's Thoughts On Ken Steele: The completed manuscript was turned in to the publisher on Thursday, October 5 ... Two days later,...
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Catching up with Zeldox: On July 19, 2000 the FDA advisory panel approved Zeldox nine to one. I thought it would be a matter...
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Commission on Quality Care: Counsel on Advance Directives: Throughout history, people with disabilities have been denied the opportunity to make decisions...
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Community Living At The Bridge: I work in an apartment building specially designed to help mentally ill people ... I am one of the...
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Conquer Your Anxiety Attacks: Many, many years ago, as I lay in my dormitory bed in a New York mental hospital, I dreamt of the...
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Coordinated Children's Services Initiative: My son is out of control. He was kicked out of school. Now they are trying to blame me for it. I...
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Cutting Edge Treatment in the Depression Battle: By mimicking nature's optimum light and air conditions, environmental therapy may offer tremendous...
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Double Trouble In Recovery: Peer Support And Self-Help: If you would like more information about Double Trouble meeting locations or starting a DTR...
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Editor At Large: As I See It: We can't be kept from voting because of mental illness. We can vote for politicians who understand...
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Fountain House Is A Great Place: I've been a Clubhouse Member of Fountain House for nearly 12 years, growing up from a teenage boy...
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Frequently Asked Questions About the MTA Reduced Fare: Call the MTA's Reduced Fare Program and find out when the Reduced Fare MetroBus will be visiting...
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Gould Farm: We are Gould farmers .... Not only do we harvest vegetables from summer through fall, we also...
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High Cost Of Prescription Drugs For Seniors: In this month's article I want to talk about the high cost of prescription drugs and the problems...
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Home: She looked up handing me a towel, a comb, a bottle of generic shampoo and a deodorant, indicating...
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Hypnosis At Work: Hypnosis is a natural capacity that everyone has for concentrating attention ... and facilitating...
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I Am More Than A Disability: I Am Me: You have to look inside yourself and believe in who you are to strive forward to succeed and don't...
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I Got My Life Back & Learned How To Keep It: The whole idea seemed like it would only add to the confusion and frustration that I experienced...
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Integrated Programs for Consumers: Historically, the mental health system's response to multiple-need populations has been slow and...
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Mental Health Services for Older Adults Lacking: A 1990 study of elder suicides in Chicago found that 84% of them had seen their primary care...
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Mental Illness & Mental Retardation: The rate of mental illness for persons with mental retardation is estimated to be from 20 to 35...