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• In Memory of Dr. Eric J. Green
  The directors of The American Mental Health Foundation mourn the loss of Eric J. Green, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S: award-winning—in 2013, the Mary Smith Arnold Anti-oppression Award from the Counselors for Social Justice at the [...]
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  On the Lifework of Michelle Harrison, MD
  This article on the lifework of American Mental Health Foundation board member and secretary, Michelle Harrison, MD, appears in Sananda magazine, issue 30, July 30, 2024. This recognition is long overdue!
• Psychiatric Patients’ Assaults on Staff: A Worldwide Review, 2017-22
  It happened again last night and several more times today. You wouldn’t know that of course. The media did not report it, politicians ignored it, and there are no specific protest groups addressing it. [...]
• The Eleventh Annual Report of The American Mental Health Foundation
  Annual Report of AMHF November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2023. As of November 1, 2023, The American Mental Health Foundation has done outstanding work for 100 years. This is the Eleventh Annual Report [...]
• Psychiatric Patients’ Assaults: A Worldwide Perspective, 2017-22
  Life is not fair in many circumstances. The serious mental illness of schizophrenia is one of those circumstances. No one likes being sick but the reality of schizophrenia is truly burdensome. Schizophrenia is a [...]
• Profiles in Mental Health Courage
  In Profiles in Mental Health Courage Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried explore mental health and substance abuse in the United States. This is a compelling and humane approach.
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  Enduring Values in an Age of Change?
  Ours is a turbulent and challenging age with many major cultural shifts seemingly happening all at once. A few examples: world powers jockey for dominance, civil rights and other rights’ advocates compete to be [...]
• The American Mental Health Foundation at 100 in 2024
  On this first day of 2024, the centennial year of The American Mental Health Foundation, we thank all the generous supporters of our mission: For a century and in times of social change, a [...]
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  Psychological Trauma/Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and News Reporters
  “If it bleeds, it leads” is a common expression among news reporters preparing evening-news programs across the country. These news stories usually emerge in response to critical incidents, such as natural disasters and various [...]
• The Psychology of Magic
  Today’s magic is tomorrow’s science. So goes a saw. Dating a hundred years or more, there is some connection between psychology and magic. In fact one of The American Mental Health Foundation Benefactor-level donors, [...]