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Thinking about diet and ill health
Diet and ill health. Everything these days depends on recognizing the connection between diet and ill health–and there is a lot of ill health these days. The medical and mental health industries are trying to solve problems that we will prevent in the future. I have hope that we can, over time, focus on what…
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Psychiatry is important but not always wise
I just want to share that psychiatry is important but not always wise. I have had wise psychiatrists, who had an amazing bedside manner, and who prescribed the wrong medications. In one instance, this led to my involuntary hospitalization. Seriously. I was put on 200 mg of an antidepressant and my husband was instructed to…
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Classrooms and Injustice: the Mental Health Crisis
It is my conviction that nowadays teachers and students alike figure among society’s victims. Classrooms are a site of injustice and we are amidst an evolving educational crisis. This is impacting everyone’s mental health. Our educational crisis is at the core of the mental health crisis, and it radiates into our churches on a weekly…
