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CINDY SOSTCHEN, Poetry Editor "This poet is an 18-year-old Manhattanite who is planning to attend Hunter College in the fall. If you would like to read more of his interesting and provocative work, go to his website like I did. I am also happy to call this talented young man my friend!"
Kendra's Law Narrowly Interpreted By CERISSE ANDERSON "The specificity in pleading required under Kendra's Law is not to be taken lightly"... The requirement that facts be stated ..."speaks not only to due process rights, but such specificity enables the respondent to prepare and interpose a defense."
Consumer/Survivors Work Toward "National Desk" By DAVID KELLOGG "The community of people with psychiatric disabilities and of psychiatric survivors is by far the largest constituency among people with disabilities, "
Providing A Future By DAVID C. KAPLAN "One of the most troubling questions the parent of a mental health consumer faces is how to provide for the child after they are gone."
Ask the Doctor By STEPHEN GOLDFINGER, M.D. "I have schizophrenia and have been practicing yoga and eastern philosophies for almost 20 years ... do I not have a right as an American to practice my religious beliefs outright?"
Ask the Pharmacist By STEVE KAUFMAN, RPH "I am a schizophrenic and have AIDS. I take so many pills to manage both these illnesses. Am I alone?"
Commissioner's Column By NEAL L. COHEN, M.D., Commissioner, NYC Depts of Mental Health & Health "The SNP process unified the disparate components of our community in a way not seen since Reinvestment was passed in 1993."
Special Tees By DAVID RUBIN "One customer, knowing our policy of hiring mental health service users came into the store and asked, "Where are they?" It never occurred to him that all the talented and successful screen printers he saw were the mental health service users. |
New York City Ordered
to Provide Discharge Plans for Mentally Ill in Jail
By HEATHER BARR, Esq. "What would you do if you found yourself at Queens Plaza at 3 in the morning with $1.50 and a $3 Metrocard? Imagine that you had no home to go to, no family to call, no other money for food or clothes or a place to stay. Imagine that it was cold outside."
Into the Capitol By JOSEPH A. GLAZER, Esq "following maneuvers and counter-maneuvers, the effort to get Senator Libous' parity bill past the Senate was defeated—with all 23 Republican co-sponsors voting against their own bill."
Vote! 2000 By DAVID KELLOGG "If people with disabilities voted at the same rate as the rest of Americans, there would have been at least five million more votes in the last Presidential election."
National Mental Health Voter Empowerment Project By MICHAEL M. FAENZA, Pres./CEO, National Mental Health Assoc. "When Ken Steele started his voter empowerment project, he had trouble getting candidates to attend his forums. Today candidates come to him and ask to be invited to those same forums."
Brooklyn Expands Voter Empowerment By RICK SOSTCHEN and MARK LASTER "In the early 90's legislators did not believe that people with mental illness should be encouraged to vote. Today legislators virtually unanimously believe the mentally ill should vote!"
Hypnosis At Work By SUSAN LEE BADY, C.S.W., B.C.D., Director, Hypnosis Institute "Through the use of hypnotic ego strengthening techniques and guided imagery I felt more confident and made many changes far more quickly than I had thought possible."
Modern Medicine Turns to an Ancient Practice By EPHRAT LIVNI "Once considered outside the mainstream, today more insurers are paying for meditation, both as a form of medication and as preventive"
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One Reporter's Struggle
with Mental Illness By AMY ELLIS NUTT "I am no longer embarrassed or ashamed to say that I am manic depressive ... I celebrate whatever wisdom it brings, whether by struggle, by reflection, by writing… or by the awful grace of God."
Giving Up the Fight By SHEILA HAGEMAN "I still get depressed, but I am learning how to cope with the things I cannot change. I still feel the urge to fight against the depression when I feel it rising, but that never works."
NAMI Annual Convention By PATRICIA WARBURG CLIFF "NAMI welcomes and encourages consumer participation in its membership and welcomes the voices and opinions of consumers at our conventions."
Voices of Recovery By LAURIE FLYNN "Recovery must be more than simply using new medications to control symptoms. Real recovery means having a real life and a real future beyond illness management."
When Illness Strikes a Friend By JOSEPH A. GLAZER, Esq "One of the things that comes with learning that mental illness can touch anyone is also recognizing that on any given day, it might ... No matter our background or training, we are often ill-prepared for it, and feel helpless when it does occur."
My MICA Story By RAY HARRINGTON "Having a mental illness and a chemical addiction has been very challenging and difficult at times. When I was sad, depressed, angry, or felt rejected, in the past I would use a drink or drug to try to change the way that I felt."
Meet NYC Voice's Brooklyn Distribution Manager By ROBERT BOX "I thank my brother Michael and his fiancee, my lovely and supportive fiancee Flora, the programs and schools I have attended, Risperdal and Effexor, my peers, my country, myself, and my Higher Power for bringing me to this point."
The Graduate JACOB, SHULAMIT, & SHARON FREY "Danny's graduation day symbolized to us a successful return from a long journey." |
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