Stefan de Schill Award 2011
AMHF is proud to present this year’s Stefan deSchill Award to Suicide Prevention International. To read about the November 2009 award recipient, click here.
By: Evander LomkeWelcome to the AMHF Blog
Archie Pal “Out” in “Riverdale”
Mental-health issues with and among gay teens include coming-out and bullying. Now, these issues will be portrayed in the perennial Archie comic-book series. Kevin Keller is a gay teen who made his debut in the Veronica comic book last year. Now Kevin will debut in a four-part series, the first from a major comic-book publisher. […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.Congratulations Peter Campanelli and New York City’s Institute for Community Living
On March 18, 2011, Daily News columnist Clem Richardson (who writes regularly on “Great People”) featured Peter Campanelli, chief of Institute for Community Living, a nonprofit that helps people with psychiatric disabilities. Richardson wrote about awards Campanelli had won: but interestingly, he was not yet aware of Campanelli’s most intriguing award. With over 150 submissions, […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.States Cut Mental Health Funding
The New York Times reported on March 16, 2011 that nearly two-thirds of states have cut mental health funding from their budgets over the last two years, according to a report released by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Alaska with 35 percent, and South Carolina and Arizona both with 23 percent made […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.Learning to Live Less Perfectly
Although many people confuse perfectionism with obsessive compulsive disorders, many see this as two separate entities that require different approaches in understanding. Most of us reading this will have an intuitive idea of what is being talked about, as most of us possess at least small levels of these two characteristics. Philip Gnilka, assistant professor […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.Trichotillomania and the DSM IV
Hair-plucking, as reported by Laurel Braitman in Cabinet, via the March 14, 2011, New Yorker, is listed under “Impulse-Control Disorders Not Otherwise Classified” in the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV. “She has observed enough ‘photos of mice and rats with little bald spots on their heads, reverse mohawks, or […]
By: Evander LomkeIt’s the Money, Stupid
This New York Times article on the state of talk-therapy in our time says it all. It is highly recommended to our readers. The article exposes many of the weaknesses in the field against which Dr. de Schill tirelessly campaigned. Welcome to the Brave New World of pills and revolving-door therapy. Money is in, and […]
By: Evander LomkeMore on Soldiers and Medication
Alyssa Moirano, a student, writes in response to a recent blog: With the current war, I am well aware of the high number of soldiers diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder upon returning home to the United States. However, I was unaware of the long-term implications. It is scary to know that they are living each […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.Soldier Suicides
On the blog for America, I have written about the sad fact that the number of suicides in the United States military exceeded the number of casualties due to warfare last year and the publication of a special issue of the American Psychologist examines this. The current issue of the American Psychologist is devoted to […]
By: William Van Ornum, Ph.D.More on Bullying….
Student Allyse Bamonte responds: Alyssa, what a terrible situation you had to experience. Unfortunately, this guy’s insecurities drove him to put you down in order to make himself feel better. Stories similar to Alyssa’s are all too common nowadays. On the news, bullying often comes up a few times a month. When and how did […]
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