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Issues Articles

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"What a piece of work is man!
How noble in reason!
how infinite in faculties!" -Hamlet

Hamlet's Madness

Knowledge is Necessity. You - yes, you - determine the issues, not those who claim to speak and write on your behalf. From listening to thousands of you, I know that your number one concern is getting well and staying well. I address that concern with everything I've got in the other sections of this site.

But a lot of our knock-me-over-with-a-feather moments occur when we shift focus a bit. Here you will find a sampling of my personal musings culled from further afield - advocacy, literature, the Bible.

A brief word: We have a lot of things to be angry over, but the purpose here is to give you something to think about. Anger keeps us stuck. Thinking moves us forward. If you find something here that informs you in your recovery then I have tapped into a real issue. You be the judge.

Finally, laughter is the best medicine. Check out the last category.

The pic to illustrate Issues is a close-up of Raphael's "The School of Athens." Here we see Socrates engaging in a dialogue with a student. Socrates always challenged our cherished beliefs, strongly suggesting that anyone who claims to know the answers is a fraud. Indeed, if there is an absolute truth, there is no way of knowing it, much less knowing we know it.

Stupid Drug Company Tricks

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Sayonara, Big Pharma

Got a beef against Pharma? Don't worry - they won't be around much longer.

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Pharma is Dead to Us

The party is over. We are stuck with their hangover.

Advocacy

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Letters to All

A series of modest proposals, respectfully submitted.

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A Patient's Bill of Rights

Show this article to your psychiatrist and see what happens.

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When Psychiatry was Enlightned

Before the bad old days were the good old days.

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Stupid Kills

AIDS research gets one dollar. We get one penny. We have a lot to do with it.

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Forced Meds, Phantom Rights

The issue is heated, but is everyone missing the real point?

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Is Bipolar Cool?

And if so, will people be indifferent to our pain?

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My Top Ten Mental Health Stories

Child bipolar, borderline, brain science, the recovery movement, and more ...

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Consumer? Call Me Crazy, Instead

In the real world, companies actually listen to consumers.

Things to Ponder

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What If No One Noticed I Was Crazy?

In an earlier century I might have passed for normal.

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Four Short Snippets

Musings on the way things are, on the way things might have been.

Shakespeare and Homer

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Hamlet's Madness

Was Hamlet mad or faking mad? Perhaps both?

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The Madness of Lear

No one does psychology like Shakespeare.

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The Iliad - Grief, Rage, and Fate

The Ancient Greeks knew how to put on an epic poem.

Straight from the Good Book

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Biblemania

Madness, dysfunction, and reconciliation.

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Exegesis

You want an easy life? Then do something easy. Just ask St Paul.

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Job and Me

Wrestling with depression is kind of like wrestling with God.

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Lost!

Too often, we find ourselves stuck, unable to visualize a better future.

The Lighter Side

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Understanding Assholes

A new meaning to turn the other cheek.

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Landmark Gorilla Suit Day Study

Nerds are not smart enough to be geeks and other amazing findings.

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McMan's Dispensable Rules for Right Living

God, peanut butter, and more ...