Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates do not peak at Christmas time. Here in Western New York, as elsewhere, they peak in April. So does all kinds of psychiatric hospitalization, depression and relapses of addiction. Why is this so, when hopes of Spring abound? Maybe the contrast between the inner weather and the outer weatherContinue reading “Acknowledgment: April is the Cruelest Month”
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What is Madness?
Someone asked why the name of this blog is Madness 101. Shouldn’t I call it Mental Illness 101? Isn’t mental illness the proper, politically correct term? It is, but it’s not really mental illness that I’m writing about. I’m writing about the related subject of madness. Illness is something that happens to you beyond yourContinue reading “What is Madness?”
The Shrink’s Links: Dylan Mariah
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. This week’s link from the shrink is the website of a colleague, Dylan Mariah. I first met Dylan when we both worked together at a community mental health center. She is one who understands what is really important. Today, she, too, has a private practice andContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Dylan Mariah”
Everything you need to know about confidentiality
Counseling will work to the degree that you are confident my office is a safe place to bring up sensitive matters, but you will have to take some risks. The things we talk about are confidential. I will not repeat the things we discuss in a way that can be traced back and identified withContinue reading “Everything you need to know about confidentiality”
The Shrink’s Links: DBT Skills
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, also known as DB, is all the rage these days. This pfp has many essential skills. Click here to go to the page
The Shrink’s Links: Elizabeth Smart
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you want to know the difference between a victim and a survivor, listen to Elizabeth Smart. Click here to go to the link
The Shrink’s Links: Chronicle Me
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you have something you just need to get off your chest. This is the place to do it and no one, they assure us, will ever know. Click here to go to the page
The Shrink’s Links: Mutual Help
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. If you’ve seen Ken Burns’ newest documentary, The Roosevelts, you know about the part where FDR was stricken with polio. He woke up one morning, unable to move his legs. What followed was a terrifying and painful ordeal. It took doctors weeks to diagnose the problemContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: Mutual Help”
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”
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