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Schizophrenia And The Law: Deciding Competency

 A court ruling in Massachusetts has implications for everyone diagnosed with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, wherever we live.  The whole problem with "Mary Moe" being legally required to obtain an abortion would have been avoided if this woman had in place a psychiatric advance directive, or mental healthcare proxy, that... Read moreChevron
posted 01/22/2012, comment (1)|
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easily swayed on medication issues

I admit -- I read the latest book and become a convert.  Then I read the next book and decide to discard the first.  And so on.  I am easily convinced.  Easily swayed.  In "the beginning" I would even have taken heroin or cocaine if I thought it would stop the symptoms.  Fortunately, no one ever told me they would... Read moreChevron
posted 10/21/2011, comments (5)|
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Schizophrenia In The Movies: Take Shelter

Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon and actress Jessica Chastain carry the film Take Shelter out now in theaters across America. Check the film's Web site at the end of this article for the dates and times. The movie was the winner of the Critics Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Take Shelter follows the husband and wife as Curtis... Read moreChevron
posted 10/18/2011, comments (3)|
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2011

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Since I'm a woman, this interests me from a woman's perspective. Some statistics: Each year in the U.S. 4.8 million women suffer physical assaults and rapes from their partner, and 2.9 million men are victims of physical violence from their partners. A study indicates that 75 percent of... Read moreChevron
posted 10/10/2011, comments (4)|
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new med, Latuda

I guess just about every antipsychotic vies for the title "least amount of objectionable side effects."  That's the one I am looking for.  So far, for me Saphris has fit the bill.  Side effects: numb tongue w/taste buds affected terrible taste (and you can't drink or eat anything for 10 minutes) early waking (sometimes... Read moreChevron
posted 07/28/2011, comments (6)|
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