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The Fort Hood massacre: Secondary PTSD or Jihad?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

It is naive to believe that people will respond to stressful events in exactly the same way. Actually, it is stupid. Which is why I am slightly ticked off this morning by an opinion ...

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Doctors, Lawyers and drugs for the dual diagnosed

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

A three-week court hearing about the roles of two doctors in the death of Anna Nicole Smith ended last week with a judge ordering the doctors and Smith's long-time companion to stand trial on charges ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Does he or doesn’t he take antidepressants?

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was the target of the media's latest attempt to discredit a politician with an alleged mental illness. Seems some blogger heard someone at a party who said that the PM ...

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Rant-o-rama: The sheriff vs common sense

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Last week our local sheriff - reacting to a demand to cut $3 million from his proposed $480 budget - threatened to cut a successful substance-abuse treatment program before cutting deputies. In other words, if ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Another Irresponsible Doctor

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

So, looks like we have ANOTHER doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed a celeb. This time it's Michael Jackson's doctor. Apparently, Jackson's doctor injected propofol - a powerful anesthetic- to Jackson the night he ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Yet another study…puh-leez

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

We have yet another study finding that the number of adults taking anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and Alzheimer's drugs is rising. Pardon my sarcasm, but DUH! This one was recently reported in the journal Health Affairs. This study ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Really blind justice

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I went to meeting of our local Criminal Justice Commission last week. The commission created a task force called the Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Planning Council. After months of research the council ...

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Say you are an alcoholic and/or addict and dual diagnosed (or triple diagnosed like me). You want to get clean and sober. You have heard that successful sobriety hinges on the one addict/alcoholic helping another. ...

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Welcome to Rant-O-Rama

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Welcome to Rant-O-Rama, an occasional blog about stuff that really ticks me off in the mental health world. Please feel free to share your own rants. Believe me, it feels really good. I was watching the ...

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