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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Swiping for Therapists

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Over in The New York Times , Melissa Miller has an article titled " How to Find the Right Therapist . " Miller compares it to...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

The Interesting Thing About Reviews of Committed.....

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Hello!  It's been a month since the last Shrink Rap post, and it's now summer.  I love the long days and the slower pace.  There ...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

NAMI: or It's All in the Words....

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As I mentioned earlier, I've written a post over on PsychologyToday about how I believe the upcoming NAMI election and the question ...
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Monday, June 05, 2017

NAMI's Upcoming Elections: Is It All About Involuntary Psychiatric Care?

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Ah, so first visit Pete Earley's blog .  His last two post talk about the upcoming elections for NAMI's Board of Directors.  Big...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Join Us At APA!

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It's days away: the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting will be in San Diego.  I'd like to tell you about the tal...
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Sunday, May 07, 2017

Negotiated Rates: What No One Talks About in Health Care Legislation

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Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation for the American Health Care Act, the first step in repealing the Affordable C...
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Monday, April 03, 2017

Roy on the Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland two years ago, and this summer we will be getting our first dispensaries.  Psychiatrists are ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Guest Poster Dr. Maher on Dealing with Changes in Psychiatry Through the Years (But Especially Now)

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Obviously, psychiatry has changed over time. We've gone from a field where treatment was mostly psychotherapy-- I'll purposely om...
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Friday, March 24, 2017

Committed has a Website

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http://www.committedbook.com/ You are cordially invited to visit CommittedBook.com to read about our book on involuntary psychiatric ...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Really? Can't we be nicer? Objecting to sending those in mental health crisis directly to jail.

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Hi, it's been a while.  I have been ranting in other venues, and caught up a bit in the All-Trump-All-The-Time phenomena.   So my l...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Still More on Guns and Mental Illness

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The issue with mental illness and guns is so hard to explain to people. While there have been mass shooters with mental illness, in ...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Assorted Frustrations, Plus a Book and TV Series Review

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I've been finding the world to be a frustrating place, and when I'm frustrated, I write.  It could be worse.  I've written a ...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017

Breaking Heroin's Grip: a documentary by Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Breaking Heroin’s Grip:  Road to Recovery Airing Saturday, February 11 at 7pm Breaking Heroin's Grip:  Road to Recovery is...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

What's In Committed? So Glad You Asked....

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It's Sunday night, so I'm hopeful that our new president is watching TV and not signing any new executive orders that re-shape ou...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Answer to the Problem of Violence & What I learned at #WomensMarchinWashington

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Yesterday, I was among the 1% or more the US population to show up at one of the Women's Marches. These weren't just in the US, but...
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