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July is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

Giving the lie to the common assertion that Congress accomplishes nothing, in the 110th Congress, in 2007, Rep. Albert Wynn, a Democrat from Maryland who represented the 4th district from 1993 to 2008, brought to the floor a bill for which… Continue Reading

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Mental Illness is the Leading Cause of Disability

You might think mental illness (MI) affects only a small few–but you’d be thinking wrong. According to Kessler et al in the “Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication,” published in 2005, 26.2% of Americans… Continue Reading

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Mental Health Wellness Week, October 5-11, 2014: Just the Facts, Ma’am.

  Unlike most of the Awareness Months, Weeks, or Days I cover, Mental Health Awareness Week is a grassroots public education campaign–it wasn’t designated by the Senate, it isn’t supported by an organization that’s been around since the time of… Continue Reading

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If it isn’t bipolar: Of Streptococcus uberis and the monkey’s oculomotor nerve

I do realize that from the way I blog people can start to think that all the research scientists put out there on the Web is for bloggers like me to synthesize on bipolar disease. I mean, if you read… Continue Reading

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Mental Illness and Insurance

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) just released  its annual report (these things take a while, apparently, given its date), entitled, “Results from the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings.” There’s a lot–and… Continue Reading

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Third Time’s a Charm: Latuda Approved for Bipolar Depression

Having bipolar disorder isn’t exactly a kick. Now that it’s all the trend for famous people to have it, perhaps sufferers feel a bit better–but so often the names call up a manic hilarity. Think Jim Carey or Rowan Atkinson… Continue Reading

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They say there’s no such thing as schizophrenia? We politely disagree.

On Monday, the Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP) is going public with their statement about mental illness (which is a wee bit confusing, as I already know what they’re going to say, and if I know it, it’s fair to say… Continue Reading

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Better Late Than Never: China Adopts Its First Mental Health Law

This past Friday China passed its very first law designed to protect the rights of the mentally ill. Wang Shaoli, deputy head of the Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, a leading psychiatric hospital, told the Chinese newspaper Xinhua that “[u]nder the new law,… Continue Reading