Friday, April 10, 2015

Recovery starts with non-compliance

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Recovery from serious mental illness may be a long process. If it is successful, it will certainly end with personal empowerment. But for an...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

Arguments in support

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(The following is adapted from recent filings in Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court, Criminal Division, and the Supreme Court of Illinois. ...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

A brain disease

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The website of Treatment Advocacy Center currently features a short article by Joseph Bowers . I just ordered Mr. Bowers' book, just pub...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Baby killers and tears

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A woman named Luanne killed her baby several years ago. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity and remanded to the custody of the Il...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Help, Harm and Delusion

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One suggestion I've always offered to people who wish to understand what state psychiatric institutions are really like is that the pati...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Psychiatry and the ultimate security threat

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Four years ago, I wrote that,"The ultimate security threat is a catastrophic failure of confidence in authority." Now and then my...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Sherman is coming and he will burn your city!

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Allen Frances is pushing his latest article in Psychology Today  all over Twitter now. He calls for an end to civil war among the various a...
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