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posted 11/09/2007, comments (3)

Healing and Hope

The National Alliance on Mental Illness peer support model suggests that the experience of mental illness is traumatic in and of itself, and we are left in "shell-shock." Healing takes place when we recognize our feelings and work through them. NAMI's Stages of Emotional Responses to Trauma is a useful guide to doing just... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/15/2007, comments (3)

Frustrated

I am so frustrated with Yavpai County Courts, the State of Arizona and the idiots who refuse to get my child some help. I write and write letters and memos about the risk everyone is taking by ignoring the situation and it is like talking to a brick wall. Today I sent the following to some advocates in the mental health field, the... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/11/2007, comments (0)

Thoughts on Mental Illness Awareness Week

Mental Illness Awareness Week, from October 7th to 13th, is in full-swing. As an advocacy journalist, I'd like to get the word out that treatment works, and the earlier you get it, the better. The economic cost of untreated mental illness is more than $100 billion each year in the United States, according to the National Alliance on... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/18/2007, comments (4)

A Labeling Change for Haldol

It is unfortunate that reports of sudden death and dangerous cardiovascular events have now been linked to Johnson & Johnson's neuroleptic Haldol. This medication has benefited a great many individuals suffering from psychoses throughout its long shelf life. Drug companies, under the watchful eye of the FDA, test their new... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/16/2007, comments (0)

NAMI 2007 Convention: An Interview with Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia

Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, M.D. is a clinical psychiatrist and the outgoing President of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She founded and operates an independent mental health clinic in Beaver, Pennsylvania. She is also a clinical assistant professor at Western Psychiatric... Read more Chevron

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