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• COVID-19: Impact on American Healthcare
  For many it has been a disquieting experience. As the COVID-19 virus masks and social-distancing guidelines were relaxed, many ventured to resume pre-pandemic routines only to find that the world had been altered by [...]
• The Americans with Disabilities Act at 36
  The American Mental Health Foundation celebrates ADA becoming law on this date, July 26, 1990, 36 years ago. This landmark civil-rights legislation was signed by President George H. W. Bush. The American Mental Health [...]
• The Thirteenth Annual Report of The American Mental Health Foundation
  Annual Report of AMHF November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025. As of November 1, 2025, The American Mental Health Foundation has done outstanding work for 102 years. This is the Thirteenth Annual Report [...]
• The Schopenhauer Effect
  Group: The Schopenhauer Effect, is a feature film by Alexis Lloyd showing in New York City through March 26, 2026. For the interest in this film and subject, I thought today I’d reprint a [...]
• The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) Turns 35
  The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP) (1) is a voluntary, peer-help, system-wide crisis intervention program to address the psychological impact of psychiatric patient assaults on healthcare staff. ASAP is voluntary in that the employee [...]
• Celebrating March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  DDAM Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is honored and celebrated annually since 1987, when President Ronald W. Reagan officially designated DDAM: to foster inclusion, increase awareness of the needs and capabilities of individuals with developmental [...]
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  In Memory of Denise LaHullier and Dr. Stefan de Schill
  Remembering Dr. Stefan de Schill on the 21st anniversary of his death, Ash Wednesday (February 9), 2005. February 22, 2026, is also 20 years since the passing of Denise LaHullier. Miss LaHullier was a [...]
• Dr. Michelle Harrison on Her Lifework: Childlife Preserve (Shishur Sevay)
  Please watch the remarkable Make Calcutta Relevant Again
• Psychiatric Patient Assaults and Psychological Trauma
  Psychiatric patient assaults on healthcare providers are an ongoing risk in all types of psychiatric settings, including private practice (1). A recent 46-year review of studies of assaultive psychiatric patients indicates that younger, male [...]
• Revisiting Assaults by Psychiatric Patients with Both Schizophrenia and Substance Use
  Previous blogs in this series have documented the ongoing issue of psychiatric patient assaults on healthcare staff (January 16, 2015, and January 30, 2018). This is a worldwide occupational hazard. A recent 62-year analysis [...]