Author Archives: Keith R Wilson

The Shrink’s Links: Mad in America

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Not everyone connected with the treatment of and recovery from mental illness goes along with the medical view that it is a chemical problem that has a chemical solution. Anyone interested in rethinking psychiatric care would want to read Mad in America. Click here to goContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Mad in America”

The Shrink’s Links: Old Man Gloom

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you were amused by the post I wrote on Keith’s Crock of Shit, then wait till you get a load of what they do in Santa Fe. Every year, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe, New Mexico constructs a huge effigy of Zozobra (the SpanishContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Old Man Gloom”

The Shrink’s Links: A Consequential, Niggling Detail

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Today I’m going to write about something that should be irrelevant and of no concern to you, but may affect you, nonetheless: the licensing of people who perform psychotherapy. Licenses exist so the consumer can know who to trust and who has the necessary training andContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: A Consequential, Niggling Detail”

The Shrink’s Links: The Human Libary

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Go to the Rochester Public Library  on Saturday, September 27, from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm and you’ll be able to check out a human. That’s because it will be a human library as well as a library of books. Started in Denmark in the 1990sContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The Human Libary”

The Shrink’s Links: Labor Day at Ludlow

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. On vacation in Colorado a few weeks ago, I noticed a ghost town indicated on my AAA map. I always like a good ghost town, especially if it’s only a mile or so out of my way. Wanting a break from some monotonous driving through theContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Labor Day at Ludlow”