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Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact male child sexual abuse has on both the individual and society, and the importance of male survivors healing and speaking out for the well being of individuals, families, and communities. Featuri
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A Tough Grace: Mental Illness As A Spiritual Path proclaims the revolutionary idea that mental illness can be a profound spiritual journey. Contrary to popular viewpoints that spirituality is pious and easy, this work suggests that the path is usuall
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By: Loren Eiseley
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11/17/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Content Type: Newsletter
Addressing the needs of our
Community through individual
Recovery and Advocacy
One person at a time.
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Howard Josepher (pictured, left), founder and president of New York City-based drug treatment program Exponents, doesn’t look like much of a revolutionary upon first glance. But listen to him speak, and one begins to get the sense that he’s onto an i
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A Tough Grace: Mental Illness As A Spiritual Path proclaims the revolutionary idea that mental illness can be a profound spiritual journey. Contrary to popular viewpoints that spirituality is pious and easy, this work suggests that the path is usuall
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By: Stroup et al
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9/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Content Types: Article, Research
Objective: The authors conducted a multisite randomized controlled trial examining the strategy of switching from olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone to aripiprazole to ameliorate metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Conclusions: S
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African American patients may be less likely than white patients to adhere to maintenance pharmacotherapy for bipolar disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine rates of medication nonadherence, self-perceived reasons for nonadherence, and at
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By: Misawa, et al
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9/27/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Content Types: Article, Research
Although the validity and safety of antipsychotic polypharmacy remains unclear, it is commonplace in the treatment of schizophrenia. This study aimed to investigate the degree that antipsychotic polypharmacy contributed to metabolic syndrome in outpa
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Patients should be involved in making decisions about their health care. The ethical imperative of autonomy is reflected in legal trends that require a high standard of disclosure for informed consent, amounting to a principle of informed choice. Out
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Patients with psychiatric disorders refuse medications for a variety of reasons, including experience with, or fear of, side effects. In other cases, the refusal is based on a lack of awareness of illness or on delusional beliefs. Many such patients
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