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CINDY SOSTCHEN, Poetry Editor "I am happy to share with you Rick's comedic poem about something we are all familiar with - the phenomenon known as 'red tape.'"
Into the World of Work By DAVID C. KAPLAN "When I began overcoming my stress, I recognized that dealing with challenges successfully gave me a feeling of self confidence."
Outpatient Civil Commitment By Dr. ANAND PANDYA "... using legal mechanisms to encourage compliance ... raises fundamental questions about how to divide the responsibility for mental illness between society and the individual consumer." |
Leading By Example
By JOSEPH GLAZER, Esq. "Recognizing that advocacy is best served when driven by the heart, a person living with mental illness who can relate their relationship to the value and shortcomings of the mental health system is clearly the best advocate."
From Patient to Advocate By FRED BAUER "I became involved with a variety of consumer organizations throughout New York State. This allowed me to see that recovery is possible, even for someone with a diagnosis such as mine."
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A Father's Story
By JACOB L. FREY "To my surprise, they took Daniel to an isolation room. I was shocked, he was not a criminal! At that point I felt horrible that I brought him to the hospital."
Gay and Mentally Disabled By BERT COFFMAN "The gay community stigmatizes us for being mentally ill, and the mental health communities stigmatize us for being gay."
Editor at Large: As I See It By MARVIN SPIELER "Medication compliance by coercion and forced hospitalizations are antithetical
for recovery from mental illness."
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