Reminder: Symposium on Criminal Justice and the Deaf

By BitcoDavid Just a reminder that on Wednesday, March 27th there will be an international symposium at Bridgewater State University on Deafness, mental illness and the Criminal Justice System with special guest speaker – Dr. Brendan Montiero, M.D. Marsha Graham of AnotherBoomerBlog will also be speaking, as well as several other luminaries in that sliver

I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

By BitcoDavid I’ve got just 2 words for Liza Long, who published this brilliant piece in the Blue Review. Nailed it. “They told me I could wear these,” he insisted. “You’re a stupid bitch. I can wear whatever pants I want to. This is America. I have rights!” “You can’t wear whatever pants you want

The Cost of Solitary Confinement – From NY Times

By BitcoDavid * A moment to mourn the victims of today’s school shooting in Connecticut. * The New York Legislature greatly improved the treatment of mentally ill inmates in 2008, when it required the prison system to place seriously mentally ill inmates who violate rules into a treatment program instead of solitary confinement, where they

New Book Examines Drug Use in Treatment of Mentally Ill

The International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia (and other psychoses) U.S., is having their annual convention this year in Chicago. I am going to give a speech called, “The Lone Ranger is Busy and Tonto Has Split.” No matter what health plan is adopted for this country, it is going to feature large