The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, observed on October 10, 2016, covers “psychological first aid.” Efforts in support of the day will focus on basic pragmatic psychological support by people who find themselves in a helping role—whether they are health staff, teachers, firefighters, community workers, or police officers. Despite its name, psychological […]
By: Evander Lomke
Where was God? Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 2013 The day was perfect. Bright sunshine, a pleasant warmth. College student, Victoria McGrath, was excited. The Boston Marathon was a premier sports event. The crowd was excited as well. The enthusiasm was electric and Victoria positioned herself near the finish line, so as to have the […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., says shame on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). With a budget of $3.5 billion to reduce the burden of mental illness and substance abuse, SAMHSA has nonetheless never ascertained the prevalence (numbers afflicted) of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. […]
By: Evander Lomke
Violence: Why People Do Bad Things, with Strategies to Reduce that Risk by Raymond B. Flannery Jr., Ph.D., FAPM, June 2016 New England Psychologist Reviewed by Kerry Morrison, Psy.D. This new publication by Raymond Flannery called Violence: Why People Do Bad Things, with Strategies to Reduce that Risk, serves as a useful handbook for understanding the […]
By: Evander Lomke
The late Madeleine Sherwood, supporter of mental hygiene and mental-health research, and long-time friend of The American Mental Health Foundation, is featured in this fascinating 20-minute video: “Madeleine’s Method.” Most is devoted to the art of acting. But she also talks about her emotional life apart from stage and screen, especially what has come to be […]
By: Evander Lomke
The White House has declared May 2016 National Mental Health Awareness Month. This is a time to reflect: specifically on the 92-year tradition of excellence in research and building a more compassionate society as the aims and goals of AMHF. More generally, this month—which derives its name from Jesus’ mother—is a good time to think […]
By: Evander Lomke
This is one of the snapshots of the late Madeleine Sherwood (d. either April 22, 2016, or April 23, 2016), a talented actress who starred in the original productions of Horton Foote’s The Chase and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (as Abigail Williams; AMHF has the original-cast notice from a newspaper, including her picture, temporarily misplaced), […]
By: Evander Lomke
AMHF sadly notes the death of old-time friend of the foundation, Madeleine Sherwood. Here is an article about her in the New York Times of April 26-27, 2016.
By: Evander Lomke
AMHF Books has received two recent and superb notices of its books from Midwest Book Review. The first is for There’s No Handle on My Door: Stories of Patients in Mental Hospitals by Dr. Henry Kellerman (who is pictured) “In There’s No Handle on My Door, Henry Kellerman probes institutional life through nine fascinating profiles. […]
By: Evander Lomke
On April 7, 2016, American Mental Health Foundation Books will publish its most comprehensive research project devoted to young people in its 90-plus-year history. Early Identification, Palliative Care, and Prevention of Psychotic Disorders in Children and Youth is the result of a pioneering two-year study developed and funded by AMHF. This monograph is also a […]
By: Evander Lomke
Yesterday, February 9, 2016, was the eleventh anniversary of the death of Dr. Stefan de Schill: Ash Wednesday, 2005, and the earliest Western date this holiday could fall. (Today, February 10, is Ash Wednesday.) We honor the work of Dr. de Schill today. This video talks a little about Dr. de Schill’s nearly 60 years […]
By: Evander Lomke
The Winter 2016 issue of the University of Toronto—where I did graduate work forty years ago—alumni magazine features an article on the college response to a rise in mental-health needs among its students. In an evermore diverse society, in a faster-changing culture amid the brave new world of social media, college-aged students in North America […]
By: Evander Lomke
The American Mental Health Foundation is delighted to announce Dr. Paul Quinnett has joined its professional-advisory board. Dr. Quinnett is currently president and CEO of QPR Institute, an educational organization dedicated to preventing suicide. Author of 8 books and an award-winning journalist, he is also Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral […]
By: Evander Lomke
The American Mental Health Foundation congratulates its own Dr. Eric Green, Associate Professor of School Counseling at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, as well as AMHF professional advisory board member, on receiving the 2015 Counselor Educator of the Year Award at the Indiana School Counselor Association Annual Conference, November 13, 2015. Dr. Green is pictured […]
By: Evander Lomke
This is the fifth Annual Report of The American Mental Health Foundation (AMHF), a research organization formed in 1924, incorporated in New York State December 31, 1954. In 2014, AMHF celebrated ninety years of philanthropic service and activities—“Advancing Mental Health.” Striving toward 100 years is a remarkable achievement of longevity and vision. Vision: Building a […]
By: Evander Lomke
Shootings. Stabbings. Rapes. Acts of terror. These can’t happen here. But they do. A wave of violence is sweeping our land, the world. In the U.S., violence is an epidemic. AMHF is doing something about it. In April 2016, the foundation will publish Violence: Why People Do Bad Things, with Strategies to Reduce the Risk […]
By: Evander Lomke
Renowned play therapist Dr. Eric Green has co-authored and co-edited the pictured new book on family counseling. This book is officially published in October 2015 by one of the finest academic houses anywhere, Rowman & Littlefield (publishers, for example, of the former Jason Aronson program). Dr. Green is on the esteemed AMHF professional advisory board. […]
By: Evander Lomke
Executive Director Evander Lomke was delighted to be interviewed by Kelly Ford on her public-affairs program NASH Matters, which is devoted to philanthropic endeavors in the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area. Click here for the 15-minute broadcast. This interview closes Mental Health Awareness Month. Not greatly stressed in the interview but of interest is […]
By: Evander Lomke “A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary. As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, or other effects of perception. Delusions typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness, although they are not tied to […]
By: Evander Lomke
Do you know one American in four will experience a serious mental-health issue in 2015? Speak out. Break the stigma. Please remember and reflect on this every day, especially during the month of May: Mental Health Awareness Month. Give generously to promote the research of The American Mental Health Foundation. We at AMHF rely exclusively on […]
By: Evander Lomke
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By: Evander Lomke
Does psychology undermine morality? The question is broad. The book on the subject is short. Pundit Mona Charen reviews it in National Review (April 20, 2015). She says, Yes. As a reflection of the research and outreach conducted by this foundation, since 1924, my different view follows…. Regarding Mona Charen’s review of Admirable Evasions: How Psychology […]
By: Evander Lomke
Facts: Pornography causes problems socially and individually; pornography cuts against Christian (and most religious) teaching; pornography is demeaning; pornography victimizes women or whoever is depicted. Pornography might properly be described as unfit for consumption…by anyone. Might the title of this blog be “When Your Wife Is a Pornography Addict?” or “When Your Husband Is a […]
By: Evander Lomke
The Board of Directors of AMHF is delighted to welcome Jacqueline A. Lofaro. She joined as a Director on April 21, 2015. Lofaro has been an advertising and communications executive for 25 years. Early assignments included advertising copy for McGraw-Hill as well as Holt Rinehart & Winston. She moved on to developing advertising-campaign concepts and copy […]
By: Evander Lomke
It had been a bad week. Fighting fires is a war that never ends but this had been a bad week. Ladder 6 had been called to a motor-vehicle accident on Monday afternoon. In the passenger’s seat had been a young mother. On impact she was thrown through the windshield and was now impaled on […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
The title of this blog is in quotes since it derives from the second part of a series Dick Cavett published in the New York Times. Part 2 appeared on July 11, 2008. The link is highly recommended. Comments received on part 1, Cavett notes, approached 500 in number, an extraordinary volume of mail and […]
By: Evander Lomke
The official publication date was yesterday! March 24. Anatomy of Delusion by Dr. Henry Kellerman is available in traditional-paperback as well as Kindle formats. In his new book, Kellerman both defines and discusses “Delusion” as a phenomenon that is simply not understood by theoretical and/or practicing clinicians. Dr. Kellerman is on the professional-advisory board of […]
By: Evander Lomke
On March 12 to 15, AMHF and AMHF Books exhibited several of its titles at the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work Conference in Durham. The conference was co-sponsored by the North Carolina Psychoanalytic Society. Turnout was impressive, and conferees were enthusiastic over the first-ever presentation at this event by AMHF. The foundation […]
By: Evander Lomke
Director of Research of AMHF between 1948 and 2005, Dr. Stefan de Schill died February 9 ten years ago. That date was also Ash Wednesday. De Schill was one of the pioneers of group psychotherapy. He accepted the position of director of research offered by Hermann Broch, then chairman of this foundation while at Princeton, […]
By: Evander Lomke
(This is the second of two companion essays on assaultive psychiatric patients. The first focused on the characteristics of patient assailants. This second essay focuses on staff victims. The interested reader will want to read both essays to have a comprehensive understanding of this worldwide problem.) Psychiatric patient assaults on healthcare staff are a worldwide […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
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