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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Recovering from Mental Illness
There is currently a discussion going on at LinkedIn about recovering from mental illness. One question is “What is recovery?” I went to a conference on recovery and somebody asked the conference leader why it was called “recovery.” His reply was, … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Mental Illness & Health, advocacy, activism, Medical care, American medical industry, Depression, Powerlessness, Pharmaceuticals, drugs, physician
Tagged health care, mental illness, relationships, psychiatric disorders, mental disorder, depression, bipolar, Schizophrenia, antidepressants, doctors, drugs, mental health, pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Physician, Health, patients, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychiatrist, recovery, anger, NYS Office of Mental Health, Chemical imbalance, Antidepressant, relationship, Peter Breggin, Dr. Peter Breggin, medication spellbinding, empathic therapist
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The Parting Gift
My mom was a phenomenal woman and the most awesome thing about her was her continued willingness to learn and change. She didn’t stop growing until she was about ninety (at which point, hey, she had a right). Mom was … Continue reading
“The Problem is the System that Dispenses the Services” (Part II)
(Continued from 9/20) The Medicaid recipient has to apply for Medicaid transportation and be approved in general, then each specific ride has to be approved individually. Why has the approval process been dumped from Medicaid and put in the hands … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Poverty, Power
Tagged 911, ambulette, appropriate, Conditions and Diseases, Decision making, Dept. of Health, disability, Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Gregory Allen, Health, health care, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, nurses, NYS DOH, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, Tim Perry-Coon, wheelchair van
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“The Problem is the System that Dispenses the Services”
When last we met on “I Alone Am Left To Tell You” (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/i-alone-am-left-to-tell-you/) the problem was that I needed to go to the Emergency Dept. for what turned out to be an abscessed tooth but Medical Answering Services, the local … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, power wheelchairs
Tagged 911, ambulance, ambulette, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DOH, Emergency department, Emergency service, ER, Gregory Allen, health care, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical, Medical Answering Service, NYS Dept. of Health, Onondaga County New York, poverty, power, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman
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The Myth of “White Coat” Hypertension
Here’s the scenario: you arrive at your physician’s appointment five minutes ahead of schedule. You check in with the receptionist then take a seat in the waiting room. You catch your breath and sit quietly for a while. Then you … Continue reading
“I Alone Am Left to Tell You”
So my friend and I are eating fish sandwiches at Green Hill Market on Friday night when suddenly I experience a mind-blowing pain in one of my teeth. I go home, remove my partial dentures, and rinse with warm salt … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, power wheelchairs
Tagged ambulance, Book of Job, dental, Dental Clinic, dental pain, disability, Emergency department, Franciscan Health Support, health care, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Medicare, oil of cloves, Onondaga County New York, poverty, salt water, teeth, Wheelchair
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Home from the Hospital: The Trauma of Hospitalization
I was discharged from the hospital a month ago, and folks have been asking me how I’m doing. The answer is somewhere between better and really good. My discharge from St. Joseph’s Hospital was pretty well botched and the transition to … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, drugs, Health Care, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged blog, Conditions and Diseases, death, diagnosis, discharge, doctors, Dr. James Tucker, drugs, Facilities, freedom of speech, Health, health care, hospital, hospitalization, immune system, institutionalization, Medicine, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, sleep, St. Joseph's Hospital
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From Australia: R U OK? Day
Who will you ask? It seems hard to believe that tomorrow is RUOK?Day after all the planning. You may have seen the very moving tribute to Gavin Larkin – the founder of RUOK?Day – on last Monday night’s Australian Story. … Continue reading
Depression and Power
So there I was—the victim of depression and antidepressants. I no longer physically could tolerate antidepressants but I was still depressed. Then one day I was talking to Mary Lou Rubenstein and she told me that the trigger for depression … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, drugs, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Powerlessness
Tagged activist, Antidepressant, antidepressants, bipolar, brain, Conditions and Diseases, depression, drugs, helplessness, Major depressive disorder, Mary Lou Rubenstein, Medicaid, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mind, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, power, powerless, powerlessness, psychiatric disorders, trigger
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