What if the body politic kept the score?
Apologies for delays on the PTSD Bookclub and announcements about new and upcoming work on community violence, PTSD, and care from Virginia Eubanks! Continue reading What if the body politic kept the score?
Tag: mental health
Irritable Hearts, Pt 1: Earning the Diagnosis
This week, we discuss the first third of Mac McClelland’s brave and moving memoir, Irritable Hearts. We discuss “earning the diagnosis” pf PTSD, the atrocity hierarchy, and Judith Herman. Continue reading Irritable Hearts, Pt 1: Earning the Diagnosis
Cuomo Criminalizes the Mentally Ill
While I am encouraged by attempts to stem the tide of the epidemic of gun violence in America, and welcome a vigorous conversation about how to support and provide resources for people struggling with mental illness in this country, I am horrified to near-speechlessness by the mental health provisions of the recent gun control legislation … Continue reading Cuomo Criminalizes the Mentally Ill
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