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Spiritual Issues in Psychosis: Presented by Ron Unger, LCSW

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 1080 Emeline Ave., Large Auditorium **This training counts toward 6 hours of Cultural Competence credit** Santa Cruz, CA:  There will be 2 free, 6 hour seminars on alternative approaches to what … Continue reading

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‘Every Parents Worst Nightmare’: Violent School Behavior Caught On Camera and leads to lawsuit

Published on Oct  4, 2012 A surveillance camera captured a disturbing and violent school beating at a middle school in Indiana. Now, the teenager and his parents are suing the school district because they say it isn’t doing enough to … Continue reading

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School Violence and Shootings: Considering Gun Control v. Addressing Bullying before the violence breaks out

Posted by Maria Mangicaro California attorney points out in order to remedy violence in schools, bullying must be addressed. The ISEPP 2013 conference, is scheduled for November 1-3 at the Embassy Suites Greensboro – Airport, 204 Centreport Drive, Greensboro, North Carolina, … Continue reading

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The tragic death of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield: Is Eddie Routh suffering from gunpowder induced psychosis, or medication induced psychosis?

By Maria Mangicaro Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh is reported as suffering from post-traumatic  stress disorder. [1]     Routh was charged with two counts of murder after shooting Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Ex-Navy SEAL Sniper, Chris Kyle often … Continue reading

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RUNNING FROM CRAZY: Mariel Hemingway and The Willing Way to combat depression, stress and symptoms of “mental illness”

By Maria Mangicaro For many who attend the ISEPP annual conferencefor the first time, they become overwhelmed with the wide range of alternative options that are available to treat symptoms labeled as “mental illness”.  While the primary focus of many sources is to … Continue reading

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Comment on “Committing a mentally ill adult is complex” – USA Today

Maxine Hayden writes: The article found at the link below  is awareness raising of the direction that is being taken  by some of the most powerful influences in Public Mental Health Policy making today. This article is being promoted by those that … Continue reading

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A Message from Jack Carney

Jack Carney has been a practicing social worker for over forty years. His recent retirement from FEGS, a large New York social welfare agency, where he served as director of the agency’s case management programs in New York City for … Continue reading

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The MISS Foundation on “The Death of Grief, the Birth of Mental Illness”

The DSM5 task force has actually made the decision to move forward with the most offensive, dehumanizing of all their proposals and one which will affect every single person on earth who loves another:  The removal of the bereavement exclusion. … Continue reading

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Dr. Allen Frances, “still fighting the good fight”

Hello all, Allen Frances is still fighting the good fight; is now  bringing to public scrutiny another lollapalooza diagnosis tucked away in the   not yet published DSM-5: Somatic Symptom Disorder — if you’re preoccupied with your physical health, you could well be … Continue reading

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ISEPP’s Philedelphia Conference gets positive reviews

ISEPP’s 2012 conference, “Alternatives to Biological Psychiatry II: Treatments that Work”,  took place November 2-3 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.  One of the first to write in about their conference experience is Jack Carney, DSW. Jack Carney has been a practicing social worker for over forty … Continue reading

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An e-Interview with a Military Mother and Author of “You’ll be fine Darling: Struggling with PTDS after the Trauma of War”

By Maria Mangicaro Recently I came across articles published in the New York Times, the El Paso Times and the Albuquerque Journal about the death of Senior Airman Anthony Mena.   Anthony was only 23-years-old when he passed away in his sleep … Continue reading

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Please join Crespi Family Hope for An Antidepressant Side Effects Presentation

Mental Illness Awareness Week 2012 In July of 2004, David Carmichael of Toronto tragically killed his 11-year-old son, Ian, while experiencing a psychotic episode 3 weeks after starting the antidepressant, Paxil, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI).  In September of … Continue reading

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ISEPP STATEMENT ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR VETERANS

ISEPP STATEMENT ON AUGUST 31 EXECUTIVE ORDER ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR VETERANS The International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) today commended President Obama for his August 31 Executive Order which calls for improved mental health services to … Continue reading

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One Tear: A Poem by Eileen Walkenstein

         One Tear        (c) Eileen Walkenstein       Hate burned in you, raging:       A blazing fire       Turning your mind into a funeral pyre       Where you heaped all–       Even those who might, though not yet, wrong you.       As the hate soared higher       It … Continue reading

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Cases of Filicide: Do 911 Operators easily recognize medication-induced psychosis?

 Posted by:  Maria Mangicaro NEWARK, N.J. -   Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own child.  Sometimes there is a combination of murder and suicide in filicide cases and filicide is viewed as a complicated and multifactorial crime.  One of the … Continue reading

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