At a NAMI 2008 convention workshop, Clarence Jordan
and a colleague, Tom Lane, national director, consumer and recovery services
for Magellan Health Services public sector division, spoke about self-directed
care (SDC). It's a revolutionary concept
yet to go mainstream. Self-directed care
programs give people in recovery much... Read more
I'm honored to have interviewed Clarence Jordan, a NAMI board member who serves on their membership and diversity committee. Clarence is the manager of consumer recovery services for Magellan Health Services.
CB: Tell us a little about the work you do with NAMI.
CJ: In regards to my role as a board member, it's a wonderful... Read more
The Sunday morning session at the NAMI 2008 convention
featured two psychiatrists working on the cutting-edge of research and treatment
for schizophrenia: Ed Scolnick, M.D., director, Psychiatry Initiative, the
Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA
and William Cook, Ph.D., director, Psychiatry Research, Maine
Medical Center,
Portland, ME. ... Read more
Coming out of the last blog entry, a Q&A with
two esteemed psychiatrists, I offer a peer's perspective. At the 2008 NAMI convention, Milt Greek, who
self-identifies as a "schizophrenic," lectured on Schizophrenia: Thinking and
Feeling. He gave us an inside view of
what goes on in the head of someone in the throes of... Read more
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