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FDA Considers Caving to Scientology and Making Mental Illness Treatment Illegal

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


DJ Jaffe

As far-fetched as it sounds, the FDA is considering making it more difficult to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis.

Listening to Depression

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living


Robert David Jaffee

Recently, I was invited to be a panelist at a conference on recovery from addiction and mental illness. In anticipation of this event, I will answer one question, which surprisingly has never been asked, and that is: What is depression actually like?

Sharon Dunas: Warrior And Angel For The Mentally Ill

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living


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.