You can’t turn on the television or radio without news of the progress (or lack of it) in Congress as the healthcare bill is debated and possibly voted on this week. I can’t imagine not getting care or medication for [...]
Harman Abiwardani via unsplash.com May is gone and we are well into June. And while Mental Health Month is behind us, we can’t let the focus on mental illness fade for even a moment. Walks and symposiums, along [...]
In a few weeks I’ll be driving to Memphis for a weekend training for the IOOV or In Our Own Voice program, sponsored by NAMI, the National Alliance for Mental Illness. NAMI makes IOOV meetings available to anyone in small [...]
Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses SXSW 2017. Photo from the LA Times. Over the past weekend, former Vice President Joe Biden was warmly greeted when he and his wife, Jill, addressed the South by Southwest Conference. However, [...]
Carrie Fisher and What We Can Learn About Speaking Out When I heard that Carrie Fisher had died I knew that one of the greatest advocates for mental health had left us. Carrie talked about her Bipolar Disorder long before [...]