Personality disorders are often misunderstood by anyone without a medical degree. Because they are very complicated and hard to diagnose, misinformation ex.
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
Disability rights groups weigh in on New York assisted suicide case
Eleven disability rights groups, led by Not Dead Yet, filed an amicus brief in support of a recent court decision, currently on appeal, dismissing a challenge to New York State's physician-assisted suicide law. “Our basic position …
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Joins Disability Rights Amicus Brief …
On Wednesday January 6, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined Not Dead Yet and nine other disability rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief opposing physician-assisted suicide in New York. The brief …
Treating Bipolar Disorder Without Medication – living in stigma
This article appeared on a new site I found Science20.com discussing Bipolar Disorder. The words 'Lithium', 'weight gain' and 'olanzapine' are mentioned which are all too familiar to me. Bipolar disorder is a diagnosis given …
Mental Health to Medicaid: Here is the Latest Health Care-Related …
Congress picked up where it left off prior to the holiday recess, introducing several pieces of legislation relating to health care in the House and Senate. Senate: S. 2438, Sherrod Brown, to amend titles XI and XIX of the Social …