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“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, roger levine, St. Joseph's Hospital, values
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MY DAY or It’s About the Immune System, Stupid
So I dragged myself out of bed after a disrupted night’s sleep and—tired all to pieces—I got a glass of orange juice, which sent me into a sneezing fit, which—along with the extreme fatigue, not to mention the shortness of … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged Call-a-Bus, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, health care, Medicine, mental disorder, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, Psychiatrist
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Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian
In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD). In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid. Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, Christian, citizen, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, Food Stamps, God, health care, HEAP, Holy Bible, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, Social Security, values
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The Trial (Part I)
When I walked into the courtroom, Special Assistant Prosecutors John Lang and William Day respectfully rose to their feet. Lead defense attorney Edward Gerber and his co-counsel did not. This had been the way throughout the trial: the prosecution treated … Continue reading
Posted in Inpatient psychiatry, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, Edward Gerber, John Lang, Lyman Smith, mental disorder, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, power, psychiatric disorders, Republican Party, Richard Sheeran, shame, Special Prosecutors, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, William Day
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The Witness
I contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and got from them test protocols. I took these to Dr. Sidney Orgel, a psychologist on the staff of Upstate Medical Center. He had a private practice run out of an office in … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, doctors, Edward Gerber, FAA, Governance, mental disorder, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Peter Andreoli, Post-Standard, power, psych manipulation, psych testing, Psychiatrist, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, Sidney Orgel, special prosecutor, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, witness
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Trial Preparation
So I kicked the offending travel voucher back to the head auditor and she returned it to Dick Sheeran and a couple weeks later I asked the auditor what had been the outcome. She gently replied, “Oh, you’d have to ask Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, Dept. of Social Services, Governance, Guido Viseone, John Bachman, mental disorder, Onondaga County New York, political corruption, Post-Standard, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, shakedown, special prosecutor, testimony, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, William Day, witness
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Resources re Understanding Psych Meds
Ethical Issues Related to Treatment Induced Harm (Part II) By Ron Unger on September 8, 2012 The Triumph of Bad Science is a blog post by Robert Whitaker that explains the history of the false claim that black box warnings about … Continue reading
Ethical Issues Related to Treatment Induced Harm (Part I)
Or: Every resource available to get off psych meds By Ron Unger on September 8, 2012 Many people come into the mental health system often after being betrayed and traumatized in a number of ways: too often, the mental health system … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals
Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist
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Double-Damned by Doctors
Yesterday the specially certified nurse came to do a PRI, which is the official New York State Department of Health’s Patient Review Instrument for just how crapped out you are. If you score less than 5 then you go into … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, disability, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged antidepressants, assisted living, Bipolar disorder, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient Review Instrument, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, PRI, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, relationships, Rosewood Heights, skilled nursing, St. Joseph's Hospital
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The SPD That Can’t Do Anything Right
At 6:22 a.m. a car alarm started sounding outside my window—well, somewhere outside my window. I live on the eighth floor, so it wasn’t directly outside my window. Directly under my window is a Crouse Hospital parking lot. If the … Continue reading
