Category Archives: mental health
How Not To Be Depressed, Part 2a
2. Intentionally live a healthy life. If you want to not get depressed, then live a physically healthy life. Go to bed early, eat a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise. Your emotions travel the biochemical and nerve routes … Continue reading
August Progress Report
Good morning, Readers. It’s zero-dark-thirty and I can’t sleep so I’ve been cruising statistics. Despite the fact that I haven’t posted for a month, I’m still getting an average of 45 readers a day. CPEP, Ativan and “Beyond Recovery” continue … Continue reading
God, Psychiatry and Me: 2013
First, in the matter of Crowley and Crowley vs. Gottlieb, the trial is scheduled to start March 17 at 8:30 a.m. in Kent County, Michigan. “There are specific allegations for Count 1 – Medical Malpractice; Count 2 – Ordinary Negligence … Continue reading
Starting One Week Ago—Check It Out
The NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) has been supplanted by the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. http://www.justicecenter.ny.gov/ Governor Cuomo Announces Opening of the Justice Center for the Protection … Continue reading
A Search for the Roses
I am dreaming that Melia and I are wandering around downtown, particularly in the Armory Square section, where there are outdoor vendors. Down every little alley, in small brick courtyards and on fire escapes there are people selling hand sewn … Continue reading
God Sightings
My church, Isaiah’s Table, has a board where we put Post-Its noting the moments when we have seen God. Here are some of my Post-Its: On the Observation Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, I asked for and got a Holy … Continue reading
The Enduring Damage (Part I)
A letter to my doctor’s partner: Dear Doctor, I need you to understand. In 1974 my fiancé, a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps, died when his plane crashed and parachute didn’t open. Thereafter, during the perfectly normal depressive phase … Continue reading
Beyond Recovery: Stage Five
Hello, My name is Dustin and I live in Michigan. When I was seventeen years old my mother put me in a psychiatric hospital called Forest View. The abuse I felt violated me to the core! I felt like I … Continue reading
60% “Fully Recovered” !!!
http://www.madinamerica.com/2012/12/messages-of-hopelessness/ Where Do Messages of Hopelessness in Mental Health Care Come From? MindFreedom December 28, 2012 By Sophie Faught MindFreedom International Communications Coordinator As part of its I GOT BETTER campaign to challenge hopelessness in mental health care, MindFreedom … Continue reading
Antidepressants don’t kill; doctors prescribing them do
“Joe Mazella . . . killed himself three years ago under the effects of antidepressants.” The doctor did not see the patient for ten years, nevertheless he doubled the patient’s prescription for Paxil. The state Health Dept. has put him … Continue reading
Behind the Locked Doors of Inpatient Psychiatry 