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    posted 10/19/2008, comment (1)

    CHOICES II-2 - Impediments to Acceptance 1B

      This blog is recommended reading for the visitors to this site, especially those sending in questions [to the "Ask a Question" Facility] involving their own diagnosis, or how to get a friend or relative into treatment or to take their medications.   In my blog entitled CHOICES II-1 -Impediments to Recovery 1A, posted on 13 October... Read moreChevron
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    posted 10/13/2008, comments (0)

    CHOICES II-1 - Impediments to Acceptance 1A

      In my blog entitled CHOICES II-0 - Starting Over, posted today, 13 October 2008, I cited the mantra that "The point of departure for the journey of recovery is our acceptance of the fact that we have a mental illness."  This clique represents the collective wisdom of most providers, as well as many advocacy organizations and involved... Read moreChevron
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    Signs of Schizophrenia in Children

    People who have schizophrenia are often very concerned that they have passed the illness on to their children. Even when their children are very young, the thought of their child experiencing a psychotic episode fills many parents with fear and dread. As a child psychiatrist in training, I am often asked to evaluate children of people with... Read moreChevron
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    posted 09/17/2008, comments (0)

    Second Generation Antipsychotics no Better for Children & Adolescents

    Just because it's newer doesn't mean it's better. This is the message to come from recent studies that have examined the therapeutic effects of the latest generation of antipsychotic medications on children and adolescents. Not only are the remedial effects no better than older generation drugs but patients simply appear to swap one set of side... Read moreChevron
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    posted 05/25/2008, comments (5)

    Coping Skills #11 - Taking a Chance

       Before you read this blog, please reread my blog posted on May 4, 2008 entitled "Be Prepared for Failure, But Don't Settle for It."  Also read Christina Bruni's comment on that blog.   "Taking a chance" involves deliberately undertaking risk.  After everything that those of us with schizophrenia have gone through and... Read moreChevron
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