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CINDY SOSTCHEN, Poetry Editor "These poets have "been there and done that," lived in the street, taken it to the edge, and are striving to find a peaceful existence."
How To Tell Your Lover You Have Schizophrenia By BONNIE CHERNIN "You remember when you said the word 'psychotic' to a friend. The friend had looked scared. You decide to find another expression"
Destigmatizing Mental Illness Through the Schools By JANET SUSIN "What, she wondered, had happened to her brother ... And what should she do about classmates who were overheard making fun of her brother and calling him 'a mental?'"
Stigma Versus Discrimination By MICHAEL G. SPENNATO "If our self-esteem is high enough for us to speak out then we cannot be truly stigmatized by anyone."
Obsessing About Obsessing By HOWARD KWASS "A two millimeter little pill changed my life for the better. ... I knew it was helping like I knew it was sunny outside that day."
The Johns Hopkins Study For Schizophrenia By WILLIAM JIANG, MLS "A more precise knowledge of the causes of mental illness will allow a treatment to be more closely tailored to the disease"
Improving Medication Adherence By BARBARA LANE "The study of adherence, or pill-taking behavior in patients, has existed for centuries."
Ask the Attorney By JEANETTE ZELHOF "I'm frequently asked by disability recipients if they can try to work and earn money, and if they do work, whether it will affect their disability and medical benefits." |
Three
National Award Winners in Our Area
By WILLIAM JIANG, MLS "Project Employ partners will be able to learn from each other and share their various winning philosophies with other agencies across the United States."
New York State... Musical
Chairs
Governor
Proposes
Governor's
Budget
Mental Illness, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Abuse By DEBORAH LOMBARDI "The percentage completing the AHRC Sobriety Services program was 67 percent, while the State median was 30 percent."
No SSI Penalty Period with Supplemental Needs Trust By CAROLE C. LAMSON & MARTIN PETROFF "New legislation ... establishes a penalty period for applicants or recipients of SSI who transfer or give away their resources."
Ask the Pharmacist By STEVE KAUFMAN, RPH "The problem with over- medication is not the medication. It's the patient's understanding of the medicines they are taking."
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Peers
Helping Professionals
By LEON MARQUIS "Staff and patients have for a long time seen the staff as all knowing and the patients as weak ... In fact many of the patients we meet are positive, articulate, intelligent and determined."
5 New Recovery Stories:
Struggling
With Mental Illness
Special Groups at Brooklyn Peer Advocacy Center By ISAAC BROWN & SARA GOODMAN "Our groups can provide an escape from your daily routine. They are fun and you can learn, grow, and share experiences and points of view."
Answers From Margaret Ray's Mother By DAN FREY "We all remember Margaret Ray who became fodder for the tabloid media for becoming obsessed with talk-show host David Letterman."
It's Nobody's Fault By IRENE S. LEVINE, Ph.D "Many families recall how absolutely shattering it was to be unfairly blamed by friends, neighbors, and professionals for causing their child's sickness."
Hypnosis For Anxiety By SUSAN LEE BADY, C.S.W., B.C.D. "Our body is hardwired to experience anxiety, as part of the fight-flight mechanism that activates bodily functions to cope with stress."
Editor at Large: As I See It By MARVIN SPIELER "The elements of my illness, quitting, getting fired, then hospitalized, blended into a pattern I really didn't understand nor could I control." |
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