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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

It Happened! Link to Yesterday's NPR Diane Rehm Show on Involuntary Psychiatric Care

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The third time scheduled was a charm and we had a wonderful time going in to Washington to be on Diane Rehm's talk show.  Okay, so th...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Involuntary Psychiatric Care-- a Discussion on NPR's Diane Rehm Show on Tuesday : the Third Time's a Charm

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I've posted twice about how we will be discussing our new book, Committed , on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio.  Well, ...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Tune in to Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang on Sirius XM #121

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You're invited to tune in tomorrow,  Monday Novermber 21st,  when we join radio host  John Fugelsang on his show Tell Me Ev...
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Saturday, November 19, 2016

My Neverending iPhone 7+ Fiasco

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If you've already read the beginning of this, you can scroll down to the Addendum added on 1/17/17, or to Addendum #2 added on 1/26...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

A Call for Kindness

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Something surprising happened on Tuesday : despite the predictions of the pollsters and pundits, Donald Trump was elected President.  Dur...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Diane Rehm Show: Stand by for a New Date

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As I mentioned in the last post, we were scheduled to be on the Diane Rehm NPR radio talk show this morning to discuss our new book: Comm...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

You're Invited to Listen to Us Talk About Our New Book on NPR's Diane Rehm Show this coming Thursday

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Thursday, Nov 10 2016 • 11 a.m. (ET) The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care ...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

Are you Decisive?

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Psychiatrists at the Johns Hopkins Hospital are doing a study on the nature of Doubt.  So are you decisive?  Take an anonymous survey, h...
Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Behind the Book: On Writing Committed

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Yesterday our book, Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care was officially released.  Our publisher, Johns Hopkins Unive...
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Monday, October 31, 2016

Reviews of Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care

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Happy Halloween everyone!  Please don't dress up as a psychiatric patient, it's not funny, and depicting people with illnesses in ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

The Heated Battle Over Involuntary Committment

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So often I write blog posts about topics I read about in the paper.  I take a few quotes and expand upon them.  Today I want to look at bo...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Attend a Penn Conference on Ethics and Correctional Mental Health for Free

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Ah, technology.  The Scattergood Foundation is having an all day conference on Ethics and Correctional Mental Health today in Philadelphi...
Sunday, October 09, 2016

Is Everyone's Experience of Mental illness the Same?

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When I was in high school, one of my friends got mono -- infectious mononeucleosis or kissing disease.  He had a minor sore throat and, be...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

More On Forced Psychiatric Care

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For years -- over 10 to be a bit more exact-- we've had controversy here at Shrink Rap when we've talked about forced psychiatr...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Should Patients Have Rights?

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We're getting ready for the release of our new book, Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care on November 1, 2016 (~g...
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