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Recent Blog Posts

• The Neurobiology of Suicide
  From time to time, the news media report on a suicide. The public often assume that the deceased was confronted and overwhelmed by some significant major life event. Most then move on. But loved [...]
• In Honor of Dr. Stefan de Schill on the 20th Anniversary of His Death
    Director of Research of The American Mental Health Foundation from 1948 to 2005, Dr. Stefan de Schill died February 9: 20 years ago. In 2005 that date was Ash Wednesday. Dr. de Schill was [...]
• Why Is Everyone So Angry? Covid-19 Revisited
  Read or watch any news source and there find daily examples of angry people. Reports of shootings, petty thefts, property damage, domestic violence, road rage, assaults on store employees and flight attendants, and abused [...]
• 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 [...]