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Op-ed: And S/He Was Said To Have A Long History of Mental Illness: To remain silent, means society can pretend we do not exist.
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Op-ed: Clubhouses for Ongoing Support: At my clubhouse, members engage in activities such as sports, picnics, outings, birthday parties...
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Op-ed: Do Neuroleptics Hinder Recovery?: What do I think about the National Empowerment Center's message that the psychiatric establishment...
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Our Special Café: We have this café-the food is great, the place has the look and feel of a diner, and it is fully...
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People with Borderline Personality Disorder, Suffering in the Shadows: Within the New York City mental health community, a group of people remain in the shadows,...
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Picnic for Parity Coming Soon: What is parity? It is equality. It means mental illness is treated like physical illness for the...
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Putting Borderline Personality Disorder on the Map: Estimated frequency of BPD in the general population is two to three percent, greater than the...
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Queens Mental Health Council's Legislative Breakfast: The Queens Mental Health Council is a group of consumers, service providers, family members,...
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Readers' Voices/Leters and E-mails to Voice Editors»
Supportive Housing Options in NYC, Part 2: For more information or for assistance with applying to mental health housing, call the Residential...
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The Friend-Making Organization: The Friendship Network, sponsored by NAMI Queens/Nassau, is a service whose sole focus is to help...
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Tribute to NYC Voices' Director of Circulation Jacob Frey: Jack was definitely a special human being; a special father; a special friend.
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Understanding and Healing My Pain: There are times in my life when I go to a dark place. I find it hard to run or hide from this...
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Ward Stories»
What I Learned About PTSD: The World Trade Center disaster would certainly qualify as a terrifying ordeal… Bodies flying,...
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Why Self-Help?: Hindsight can be a wonderful teacher. We often do not know the purpose of the journey we undertake...
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Working for the Common Good Helped Winston Churchill Battle Depression: How could a man with a disease that makes getting out of bed nearly impossible stand up to the...
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2003 Bush Budget Cuts Hurt Consumer Programs: ...the Bush administration is ignoring a growing body of evidence indicating the value of...
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A Beautiful Mind: The Way I Understood It: I will give you a chance to learn to manage your symptoms without having you incarcerated in a...
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A Grandmother's Journey Through the Mental Health System: I want everyone to treat people with disabilities with respect.
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A Lesson From Jacob: ...I will remember Jacob as one of the most caring and courageous fathers I've ever known; someone...
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A Meditation on Geodon: I was trained as a researcher and writer. To be unable to read anything at all for six of the past...
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A Revealing Look at Adult Homes: …adult homes are often places of misery and neglect, just like the psychiatric institutions before...
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Albany Advocate: Share Your "Beautiful Mind": In the world of advocacy, nothing makes a better case for an issue than the stories of the people...
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Andrea Yates Verdict: The System is a Failure: There are no easy answers. But we must begin to seek them, as a just and humane society cannot...
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Art of Healing Conference: People have told me that our conference has been a life-changing experience for them.
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Better Treatment for the MICA (Mentally Ill Chemically Addicted) Patient: Fortunately, there are now proven techniques that we can utilize to boost and maintain motivation.
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Consumer Profile: Mervyn Matthews: He holds two jobs, he's active in the community, being part of NAMI; going to therapy twice a week...
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Coping With Obsessive Thoughts: I have OCD and I have found that what helps me to deal with the illness is to recognize the...
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Depression Despite Success and my Mother's Love: hate it when depression rains on my happy day. I want to be satisfied with the fact I've done a...
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Film Review: The Politics of Memory: Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor… and writes to preserve, to honor and protect the memory of...
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Hey Media, It's Our Turn: The media has come a long way in showing minorities, women, mentally retarded individuals and gay...
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LifeNet to the Rescue: One man, a construction worker, called because he could not deal with all of the death and...
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Making It Through College With A Mental Illness: If you can get through college with a mental illness, it means that the mental illness doesn't own...
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Mental Health Screening Day Extended to Year-Long Effort: The tragedy of September 11, the resulting war and the ongoing fear of future terrorist attacks has...