At least 1 in 6 adults experiences an MI this year. That's 170 out of every 1000. But only 20 per 1,000 is receiving SSI or SSDI due to MI. So what are the other 150 per 1,000 doing?Working. Raising kids. Singing in the choir. Getting married. Walking the dog. Sewing curtains. Playing golf. Yelling for their favorite sports... Read more
As I've read the painful story about the DC teen with autism who has been jailed for assaulting a police officer, I hear the hearts of the parents who wonder: how can they balance their growing child's desire for adult freedoms with their knowledge that the child cannot maintain adult self-controls?
These questions are big questions,... Read more
As I've read the painful story about the DC teen with autism who has been jailed for assaulting a police officer, I hear the hearts of the parents who wonder: how can they balance their growing child's desire for adult freedoms with their knowledge that the child cannot maintain adult self-controls?
These questions are big questions,... Read more
Someone raised this question on another blog the other day and I thought it was a good one.
We always talk about the stigma we experience ... but "stigma" is a technical term in social science. It defines the kind of difference that defines the edge of acceptability in a culture.
If we consider our illness to be "stigmatized,"... Read more
The World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative found 2.4% prevalence of bipolar disorder among the total population in 11 countries but 4.4% in the US. The report appears in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The researchers conducted cross-sectional,... Read more
