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Maurice Clemmons: Mental Illness Does Cause Violence

DJ Jaffe | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Clemmons, Fuller Torrey, Incarceration, Police, Crime, Schizophrenia, Violence, Maurice Clemmons, Sheriff, Treatment Advocacy Center, Public Safety, Living News
DJ Jaffe

Maurice Clemmons is now dead. But treatment for his illness would have been better for all. We have to stop denying violence and start treating it.

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Meds can Reduce Homelessness but the Homeless (and Advocates) Don't Get It.

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Mental Illness, Homeless, Treatment Advocacy Center, Mentally Ill, Homeless Mentally Ill, Homelessness, Schizophrenia, Mental Health Policy, Bipolar, Impact News
DJ Jaffe

It's time for advocates to stop denying the role of untreated mental illness in causing homelessness. Treatment may not be a magic pill, but it's the closest thing we have.

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Sharon Dunas: Warrior And Angel For The Mentally Ill

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Mentally Ill, Sharon Dunas, Health, Robert David Jefree, Nami, Living News
Robert David Jaffee

If the stigma attached to mental illness is going to end any time soon, it will be because of people like Sharon Dunas, president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for the Westside of Los Angeles.

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Mental Illness Awareness Week Is Nothing to Celebrate -- In Fact, It Doesn't Even Exist

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Stigma, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill, Fuller Torrey, Schizophrenia, Samhsa, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Living News
DJ Jaffe

Right now, well meaning mental health advocates are busy hosting events to reduce the "stigma" of mental illness. Except that there is no 'stigma' to having a mental illness. There is discrimination.

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Health Care Reform Keeps Mentally Ill Uninsured

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mental Illness, Health Care Reform, Politics, Mentally Ill, Mental Health, Health Care, Health, Politics News
DJ Jaffe

The largest and neediest group of uninsured Americans could very well be those with mental illness. If Obama really believes in equal health care for all, he should bring this population into the health reform fold.

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Sandbags and Machine Guns At Wal-Mart

Al Norman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Peoria Lawsuit, Mentally Ill, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Lee Scott & Machine Guns, Wal-Mart Gun Sales, Suicide, Wal-Mart, Media News
Al Norman

Wal-Mart took another bullet this week -- fired from its own gun.

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Iran Leader: Bush Acts Like Someone Who Is Menatally Ill

Jpost.com | AP | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Iran Leader, Mentally Ill, Iranian Leader, George W. Bush, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Bush, Bush, Home News

US President George W. Bush and his advisors act like mentally ill people, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday. "Look at behavi...

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