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Monthly Archives: December 2011
NAMI Lies: A brief analysis of NAMI sponsored misinformation about “schizophrenia”
By Ron Unger, LCSW At least as of today, if a person Googles “schizophrenia recovery” the first link that is not an advertisement is to a document titled “Understanding Schizophrenia and Recovery” authored by NAMI. (I would link to it for … Continue reading
Inpatient Psychiatry Without Drugs
Do you know what would happen if they stopped drugging people on inpatient psychiatric units? I woke at 4:00 a.m. this morning and laid here in the darkness, my head filled with memories of inpatient psychiatric experiences. It’s there; it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, CPEP, depression, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged anger, antidepressants, body, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, depression, doctor, drugs, Health, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, Mental disorder, Patient, Peter Breggin, power, powerlessness, prison, Psychiatry, safety, soul, St. Joseph's Hospital, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
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You and Your Antidepressant
“The public will have to develop its own resistance to taking antidepressant drugs.” Peter Breggin, M.D. This morning’s reading of Dr. Peter Breggin’s article on the Huffington Post, “New Research: Antidepressants Can Cause Long-Term Depression” causes me to wonder: If … Continue reading
Posted in depression, doctor, drugs, mental illness, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist
Tagged "If Only Joey", anger, Antidepressant, antidepressants, depression, doctor, drugs, family, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Huffington Post, Major depressive disorder, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental illness, Peter Breggin, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI
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Empathic Therapy Conference
This conference is an absolute must-do for anyone who wants to participate in real healing for people in emotional distress. Richard Gottlieb, MSW, and I will be doing a workshop on “Treating the Maltreated,” i.e., what professionals in the mental health field need to know … Continue reading
Posted in Benjamin Rush Center, Community General Hospital, CPEP, depression, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, mental health, mental illness, Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry, St. Joseph's Hospital, Suicide, Support line, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged anger, Anne C Woodlen, antidepressants, Bipolar disorder, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, CPEP, depression, Diagnosis, doctor, doctors, Dr. Paul M. Cohen, drug damage, drugs, empathic therapy, empathy, God, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, lithium, maltreatment, Medicaid, Medicare, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, Patient, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, physician, power, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychiatric treatment damage, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, psychologist, psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, schizophrenia, sleep apnea, St. Joseph's Hospital, suicide, therapist, therapy, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
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The War on the Other Terror
Schizophrenia is a problem of the mind, not the brain, and therefore is curable with proper talk therapy. Schizophrenia is caused by trauma. Certain life events can make the most normal person crazy. A person with schizophrenia is living in … Continue reading
Posted in drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, mental health, mental illness, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, psychiatry
Tagged Antipsychotic, brain, Dr. Bert Karon, drugs, empathic therapy, hallucinaitons, healing, inpatient psychiatry, Iraq, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental illness, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric patient, psychotherapy, Richard Gottlieb, schizophrenia, suicide, war
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The New-Patient Appointment (Part II)
So I’m sitting in the treatment room on my first visit to Dr. Suzanne Lamanna and the almost-an-LPN has just told me that this appointment is “just a meet-and-greet,” then she tries to take my blood pressure. She fails to manipulate the … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, patient, physician, St. Joseph's Hospital
Tagged anger, blood pressure, doctor, Dr. Suzanne Lemanna, habituate, Health Care, Licensed practical nurse, LPN, Medicine, meet-and-greet, Patient, patients rights, physician, power
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The New-Patient Appointment (Part I)
I need a new primary care physician on account of I haven’t got one. The last person who said she would cover me quit when she found out that I couldn’t take drugs. (see “The Desta Anthony’s of the World, … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, patient, physician, St. Joseph's Hospital
Tagged Diagnosis, doctor, Dr. Suzanne Lamanna, HIPAA, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, meet-and-greet, nun, nurse, Patient, PCP, physician, power, primary care physician, St. Joseph's Hospital
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A Survivor’s Birthday/Christmas
On Thursday I asked my therapist, “What am I doing here?” She replied, “Life review.” On Friday, a friend asked for my New Year’s resolutions. Saturday I went to see the movie “Hugo” wherein the child, whose father had trained … Continue reading
Posted in depression, drugs, mental illness, patient, psychiatric patient, psychiatry
Tagged antidepressants, birthday, black, Christmas, church, depression, drugs, faith, God, hospital, inpatient psychiatry, Jesus, life review, Lord, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, New Year, Patient, pharmaceuticals, psychiatric patient, Psychiatry, survivor, vegan
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“A Choice, of Sorts”
This morning’s Facebook has brought a paper by Dr. Rachel Bingham about “voluntary” psychiatric hospital. She references Dr. Peter Breggin and what she calls the “Breggin gap” referring to the coercion that keeps a supposedly voluntary patient locked up. Good … Continue reading
Posted in Community General Hospital, doctor, drugs, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Inpatient psychiatry, NYS Office of Mental Health, patient, physician, psychiatric patient, psychiatrist, St. Joseph's Hospital, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center
Tagged anger, Ativan, choice, coercion, doctor, drugs, ECT, force, forcible drugging, Four-point, freedom, handcuffs, hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, inpatient psychiatry, involuntary, key, locked door, Lorazepam, medication, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental illness, NYS Office of Mental Health, Patient, Peter Breggin, power, psychiatric hospital, Psychiatry, shock treatment, St. Joseph's Hospital, straightjacket, tie-down, Unit 3-6, Upstate Medical Center, Upstate University Hospital, voluntary
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Musings about Music, Antidepressants, Celiac Disease, Wheat, HIPAA, Justin Bieber and Jesus
First, music and antidepressants: I took antidepressants every day for twenty-six years. During that time all I listened to was country and western music. Kenny Rogers called it “the white man’s blues” and I listened to the words. After I … Continue reading
Posted in doctor, drugs, mental health, patient, physician
Tagged antidepressants, celiac disease, doctor, drugs, Gluten-free diet, Health, HIPAA, Jesus, Justin Bieber, Kenny Rogers, medication, Medicine, mental health, music, O Holy Night, Patient, pharmaceuticals, physician, wheat
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