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CINDY SOSTCHEN, Poetry Editor "Preparing the column for this issue has been a poignant affair for me"
We Vote, We Count! By PATRICIA WARBURG CLIFF "Senator Goodman, a longtime office holder, appears to be losing his seat by less than 100 votes ...Who could have imagined the power which we hold as a voting block?"
Zimmer Contends Mental Patients' Votes Were Coerced By ANDREW JACOBS "We find it troubling that this very close election could be decided by institutionalized patients who were preyed upon by overzealous Democratic operatives" (Originally published in The New York Times,
November 16, 2000)
The Election: A Disability Perspective By BARRY CORBET "We've been acknowledged, but hardly wooed. That's odd, because our numbers should knock any politician's socks off."
Catching up with Zeldox By WILLIAM R. JIANG, MLS "On July 19, 2000 the FDA advisory panel approved Zeldox nine to one. I thought it would be a matter of weeks until it was approved."
Schizophrenic Brain Abnormalities Detected Early By ERIN CORNETT "With a suitable schizophrenia screening method, for the first time, preventive psychiatry becomes a realistic possibility."
Cutting Edge Treatment in the Depression Battle By JOY JACOBS "By mimicking nature's optimum light and air conditions, environmental therapy may offer tremendous mood benefits without the side effects of medication or herbal remedies."
Stigma Is Wrong By MICHAEL G. SPENNATO "Medication treatment for the mentally ill is no different than that for the medically ill ... side effects of the medication can be similar."
Ask The Pharmacist By STEVE KAUFMAN, RPH "Then the election came along, and I wished Ken Steele could observe what was going on. I think he would enjoy it." |
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On Ken Steele By CLAIRE BERMAN "The completed manuscript was turned in to the publisher on Thursday, October 5 ... Two days later, Ken left this earth. But his story -- and his spirit -- remain."
Ken Steele Remembered by Voices contributers...
Integrated Programs for Consumers By NEAL L. COHEN, M.D., NYC Commissioner, Departments of Mental Health & Health "Historically, the mental health system's response to multiple-need populations has been slow and somewhat uneven."
Mental Illness & Mental Retardation By KURT SASS "the rate of mental illness for persons with mental retardation is estimated to be from 20 to 35 percent, as compared to 16 to 20 percent of the general population."
Fountain House Is A Great Place By GARTH R. HARDING "I've been a Clubhouse Member of Fountain House for nearly 12 years, growing up from a teenage boy to a young man."
Gould Farm By MARC COHEN "We are Gould farmers .... Not only do we harvest vegetables from summer through fall, we also 'harvest hope' all year round."
Community Living At The Bridge By MILLIE NISS "I work in an apartment building specially designed to help mentally ill people ... I am one of the housing counselors who provide 24-hour staff coverage to supervise and support clients."
Ask the Therapist By RITA SEIDEN, C.S.W., PH.D. "Mourning helps us to deal with loss, even though it may feel so painful as we do it." |
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Mental Health Services for Older Adults Lacking By JUDY LEAVER "a 1990 study of elder suicides in Chicago found that 84% of them had seen their primary care doctors within the previous 30 days. 20% had seen them within 24 hours of their suicide."
Hypnosis At Work By SUSAN LEE BADY, C.S.W., B.C.D. "Hypnosis is a natural capacity that everyone has for concentrating attention ... and facilitating positive changes in mind and body."
Plight Of The Mentally Ill By TIMOTHY KREBS "If each mentally ill person is like a diamond in the rough, albeit with differing numbers of facets, so light is reflected from every one of them"
NAMI-NYC Metro Addresses Cultural Sensitivity By DAVID C. KAPLAN "Latinos were ashamed of mental illness and saw it as a curse ... many Chinese believe that mental illness is caused by spirit possession, to be combated using herbs"
Coordinated Children's Services Initiative By MICHELLE MUNSON and TERRIL PILE "My son is out of control. He was kicked out of school. Now they are trying to blame me for it. I didn't do anything wrong."
Commission on Quality Care: Advance Directives By PAT JOHNSON "Throughout history, people with disabilities have been denied the opportunity to make decisions about their lives on the presumption that they are incapable of making informed decisions."
Ask the Doctor: We Docs Have A Lot To Learn By STEPHEN GOLDFINGER, M.D. "Tell me about times when your doc acted like a total jerk, or times when you lied, or misrepresented what you were doing."
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