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Speaking Up about Mental Illness

October 28, 2020 by Pat Lynch, Editor-in-Chief

Karen Winters Schwartz talks about her writing and support of mental illness awareness.

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Criminalizing Addiction and Mental Illness: A Case Study

October 5, 2015 by Kim Whiting

Should addiction and mental illness be treated by social services instead of incarceration? Mickey’s story helps answer this question.

Filed Under: U.S. Tagged With: addiction, bruce alexander, criminalization of mental illness, criminalizing addiction, criminalizing mental illness, incarceration, kim whiting, life sentence, mental illness, prison, prison reform, rat park, social reform

Beautiful Souls in Bleak Cages

September 21, 2015 by Kim Whiting

Mickey’s story illuminates the criminalization of mental illness and addiction and inspires ideas for social and prison reform

Filed Under: U.S. Tagged With: addiction, bruce alexander, corrections, counseling, drug addiction, inmate, inspirational, kim whiting, mental illness, opiate research, prison, prison reform, prisoner, rat park, rat research

Gen Y and Eating Disorders

January 2, 2013 by Tamara Bell

Contributing factors can be overcome with professional and family help.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: anorexia, binge eating, bulimia, coping mechanism, eating disorders, For Women's Sake, gen y, Keeping Up with Gen Y, mental illness, self-body image, tamara bell, Valerie Savage