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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 pandemic. The old familiar routines did not fit smoothly into the new reality. COVID-19 has had significant impacts on socialization, […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.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 Foundation is dedicated to the welfare of individuals who have benefited from ADA, which set the standard for the world.
By: Evander LomkeThe 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 of The American Mental Health Foundation, an association formed in 1924, incorporated in New York State in 1954. AMHF celebrates eleven decades […]
By: Evander LomkeThe 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 notice (in noninclusive language) of The Challenge for Group Psychotherapy: Present and Future, edited by Dr. Stefan de Schill, long-time director […]
By: Evander LomkeThe 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 victims are free to decline ASAP services; peer-help in that fellow agency staff is taught to provide the ASAP services; and […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.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 disabilities [IDD, sometimes written I/DD], and encourage opportunities toward more productive and happier lives. This proclamation emphasized community integration in support […]
By: Evander Lomke
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 longtime officer of The American Mental Health Foundation; for decades an essential contributor to the lifework of Dr. de Schill. Rest […]
By: Evander LomkeDr. Michelle Harrison on Her Lifework: Childlife Preserve (Shishur Sevay)
Please watch the remarkable Make Calcutta Relevant Again
By: Evander LomkePsychiatric 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 patients with diagnoses of both schizophrenia and substance use disorder presented the greatest risk (2). The research community has understandably focused […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.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 of this research (1) noted that patients with schizophrenia and substance use disorder are the more frequent assailants. This blog examines […]
By: Dr. Raymond B. Flannery Jr.
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