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Ask The Attorney: Supported Housing Crisis in New York City By LISA R. GREEN "… close to 60 mental health consumers have contacted the Mental Health Law Project at MFY Legal Services seeking legal assistance after having received legal notices that they were being evicted." Bronx Peer Advocacy Center at Work By PAUL CHIPKIN "Mental illness is not just about weakness." Book Review: "Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania" By RAY CALIGIURE "… that is the triumph of Electroboy-that he was able to come so far in his recovery and write such an inspirational book, one that earns its place among the best first person accounts of manic depression." First Break: Three Years Later By DANIEL FREY "Now, with the breakthroughs in new medication and treatment, mental illness can be only a small interruption in one's life." Supportive Housing Options in NYC, Part 1 By LAUREN BHOLAI-PARETI and DANIEL STERN "New York City currently offers a well-developed continuum of supportive housing options for people over 18 years of age with psychiatric disabilities" Book Review: The Noonday Demon By STEVE GOLUBCHICK "Through reading this book I have been able to better understand the magnitude of this disease and accept the fact that it is a constant companion subject to treatment but following a life of its own." City Voices' Columnist Graduates With High Honors "We must contribute to the greater good before we can ever be satisfied with our own personal success." |
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The Therapist: Do I Need to Suffer Too? By RITA SEIDEN, C.S.W., Ph.D "Certainly, the world doesn't need anyone to pretend to suffer. There is enough real suffering. We need those who are doing well to serve as an example, a role model for recovery." Reading, Writing and Recovery: the Project Liberty Mission By RONA NOVICK, PhD and ROSE STARR, DSW "I used to think I was in charge of children's minds… Now, when I think about bombs and attacks, I feel it is a totally different job from what I was trained to do." Excerpts from the book: Electroboy By ANDY BEHRMAN "Mania is about desperately seeking to live life at a more passionate level, taking second and sometimes third helpings on food, alcohol, drugs, sex and money, trying to live a whole life in one day." Children's Mental Health Awards at Holliswood By ADELE STICH "In an awards ceremony last October at Holliswood Hospital in Queens, staff and educators were honored for their outreach work with mentally ill children." Self Hypnosis By SUSAN LEE BADY C.S.W., B.C.D "Many people don't realize it, but one of the most interesting things about hypnosis is the fact that you can learn to hypnotize yourself!" NYAPRS Annual Legislative Day By DANIEL FREY "… Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, [was honored] for linking the Medicaid Buy-in with the recent billion-dollar healthcare financing agreement. Medicaid Buy-in allows consumers to return to work and not have to worry about losing their Medicaid." Taking Care of Ourselves and Our Loved Ones Post 9-11 By RACHELLE KAMMER "Emotional and physical reactions to September 11th are normal. However, it is a good idea to seek professional counseling if you feel your reactions are lasting too long or are getting worse." |
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Review: A Beautiful Mind By DANIEL FREY "Still, I liked the fact that a major blockbuster movie portrayed schizophrenia much more accurately than what we have typically seen from Hollywood." Editor at Large: As I See It: Depression and Me By MARVIN SPIELER "For more than a week my menu was spaghetti and ketchup. I was so depressed it didn't faze me." Through the Eyes of a Mobile Crisis Team Psychologist By ELLEN M. BEYDA, Psy.D "In most cases people were not ready to speak. During these moments I felt helpless in my role as a psychologist as I couldn't even lend an open ear. As a fellow citizen, I felt empathy, pain, and sorrow." Being a Voice at the End of the Line By ELLEN STOLLER "I know that when people call they are in pain and they feel helpless and I know that my voice, my tone, my listening skills, my patience, my attentiveness can make a difference." Vote: It Begins with You By MIRIAM S. WEXLER "Here is my vision: one vote at a time, inch by inch, row by row we are going to make our garden grow. I see a garden of mental health consumers voting and being politically aware. Every vote counts. It begins with you and me." Governor's Budget Gives Mental Heath Short Shrift By PHILLIP A. SAPERIA "We are losing the most experienced staff at alarming rates. In mental health, it means discontinuity and disruptions in the healing relationship which is so necessary for recovery." Book Review: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence-From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror By STEVEN D. HOMAN "She says that when most people are faced with a life-threatening situation… they come out of it a different human being."
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