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WINTER 2001

: James' sister has become a mother. His niece was born on the 3rd of January and James could not be...

: New legislation ... establishes a penalty period for applicants or recipients of SSI who transfer...

: A two millimeter little pill changed my life for the better. ... I knew it was helping like I knew...

: Staff and patients have for a long time seen the staff as all knowing and the patients as weak ......

: Our groups can provide an escape from your daily routine. They are fun and you can learn, grow, and...

: If our self-esteem is high enough for us to speak out then we cannot be truly stigmatized by anyone.

: A more precise knowledge of the causes of mental illness will allow a treatment to be more closely...

: Project Employ partners will be able to learn from each other and share their various winning...

: These poets have "been there and done that," lived in the street, taken it to the edge, and are...

: We all remember Margaret Ray who became fodder for the tabloid media for becoming obsessed with...

: What, she wondered, had happened to her brother ... And what should she do about classmates who...

: The elements of my illness, quitting, getting fired, then hospitalized, blended into a pattern I...

: Governor Pataki's recently released Executive Budget ... offered some surprises for the mental...

: It has become increasingly difficult to maintain services of acceptable quality ... salaries are...

: I'm frequently asked by disability recipients if they can try to work and earn money, and if they...

: You remember when you said the word 'psychotic' to a friend. The friend had looked scared. You...

: Our body is hardwired to experience anxiety, as part of the fight-flight mechanism that activates...

: The study of adherence, or pill-taking behavior in patients, has existed for centuries.

: Many families recall how absolutely shattering it was to be unfairly blamed by friends, neighbors,...

: MHANYS believes that the mental health advocacy community has a great friend and leader in Marty...