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Christina Bruni

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LGBTT Mental Health

I've wanted to write news articles about LGBTT mental health here for quite some time now. I will inaugurate this column with an essay written by Eric O. Jackson-Rivera, B.A., C.P.S. He is a Certified Peer Specialist with 30 years of experience in LGBTT mental health and activism.   Future columns will detail specific mental health issues for... Read moreChevron
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Schizophrenia News: May 2013

The nose knows:   Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel conducted a study that indicates collecting neurons from the nose could become a tool to diagnose schizophrenia.   To do so, the researchers tested microRNA molecules in neurons removed from the nose via a simple biopsy.   As of right now, the only way to... Read moreChevron
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Reclaiming Ourselves in Recovery

The term "illness identity" was coined to refer to how individuals diagnosed with mental health conditions define themselves by their illness and its symptoms.   The New York Times recently featured an article written by a woman diagnosed with bipolar about how she faced the loss of her self in private and no psychiatrist or therapist ever... Read moreChevron
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Incompetent legally and waiting list for help

my son was in the hospital and sent to court and declared incompetent and told he needed 90 days in subacute locked environment.   When he was stable enough to be released to the subacute site, there were no bed available and the hospital planned to discharge him to the community till the bed opened.  WIth the help of the judge he... Read moreChevron
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Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Schizophrenia

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET) or cognitive remediation therapy can be considered an evidence-based intervention used to improve cognitive and social functioning in individuals with schizophrenia.   Medication helps control positive symptoms like paranoia, hallucinations and delusions yet is largely ineffective on its own against a... Read moreChevron

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