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What's Polio Got to do with Mental Illness?

By John McManamy, Health Guide Sunday, December 02, 2007
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”It’s election season in the US. Some 50 percent of Americans do not vote, and the figure is depressingly higher amongst our population. It would be simple to say that politicians don’t pay attention to us because we...
Doing Recovery
12/ 2/07 11:13pm

As someone who has worked within the healthcare field for over 20 years, I'm with you John.  Things do evolve, although slowly.  Sadly, changes are often driven by third party payors who fund the outcome-based research.  I am too tired tonight tonight to evaluate to impact of voters on mental health issues, but everyone:  respond so we can get a dialogue going.

 

Angie 

John McManamy, Health Guide
12/ 2/07 11:20pm
Many thanks for responding, Angie. By all means, let's hear from people. And more from you, too, Angie.
12/ 3/07 12:49pm

God bless you, John and Angie!

 

I remember the Roosevelt years, the pool closures, the near hysteria.  I was an overprotected only child whose Mom kept me away from crowds and pools and anything that might expose me to infection.

 

Who (John?) has expertise with U-Tube?  This would be an excellent time to use the forum of the presidential debates to ask some hard questions of the candidates.

 

  Let us bombard the news media with our bipolar battle cry.....ENOUGH!  WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED TOO LONG!!  There needs to be money from all the pork barrels in Congress siphoned off to research on mental illness. 

 

No more bridges to nowhere, please! 

 

 

 

 

John McManamy, Health Guide
12/ 3/07 1:01pm
Bravo, Mary!
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Judy
12/10/07 10:35am

Hey, John McManamy,

 

My thoughts are this:  I think you should go on "Oprah" and become one of her favorite things.  And I am serious about this.......Judy

John McManamy, Health Guide
12/17/07 2:05pm
Hi, Judy, and many thanks. Oprah recently did a show on bipolar which focussed almost entirely on a woman killing her kid. I would very much like YOU to appear on Oprah. We need to tell our stories. We need to be heard.

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By John McManamy, Health Guide— Last Modified: 09/29/10, First Published: 12/02/07