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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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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
How to Write
The shadows grow long as I wheel through the university. I loved the university. My father was a college professor and I grew up on campus—learned to swim in the college pool, had a card at the college library, and … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged David Riesman, editing, feminism, Gerry Grant, Health, live, mental health, poverty, read, Syracuse University, values, words, write, writing
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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
Loving Others
What were the best moments of your life? My last glucose was 544, so I thought this was a good time to collect the best moments of my life. The most recent was in April at the Empathic Therapy Conference. … Continue reading
Posted in God, Health Care, Humor, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Sex, Spirituality, Values
Tagged friend, gardening, God, happiness, Health, joy, lover, Loving, mental health, mother, nature, Peace, relationships, sex, spring, values
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The Mind without the Spirit
(I have no idea why this won’t post in 12-pt. font. Sorry ’bout that.) In Dr. Andrew Weil’s 7-page paper, “We Have Happy Pills, Anxiety Drugs, and Therapists Galore: So Why Are We More Stressed and Depressed than Ever?” he … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, God, Health Care, Holistic, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Power, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Andrew Weil, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, doctors, family, God, godlessness, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, mind, pharmaceuticals, Physician, power, psyche, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapy, relationships, soul, spirit, stress, therapy, values
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The World Without (Part II)
I only saw one man herding a group of children at the Refugees Festival. He was tall, thin and dressed in a long white garment. As he urged his children to make way for me and my wheelchair, I asked … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Poverty, power wheelchairs, Values
Tagged Africa, Asia, community, disability, family, individual, Iran, Lao, mental health, Minnesota, Onondaga County New York, poverty, power, Refugee, Refugee Festival, rhythm, United States, values
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