What ' s Caught My Attention Lately....

It ' s been just about a month since I last posted here, and what a month it ' s been.  I was away for a couple of weeks on a wonderful family vacation to Vietnam and Cambodia.  While it was a mostly psychiatry-free trip, the sign above did grab my attention.  It was a sign at the ecolodge where we were staying in Mai Chau, a rural area of Vietnam where water buffalo are still used as work animals in the rice paddies.  Why are persons with mental illness not permitted in the pool?  I have no idea, but it seems that stigma is rampant everywhere.  So do let me give links to the things I ' ve been writing and thinking about. ~When Ilast posted on Shrink Rap, it was in response to Pete Earley ' s mention of ' the worried well. '  Pete also ran my response   and John Snook of the  Treatment Advocacy Center wrote Pete a separate letter which he put up as it ' s ownpost.  By all means, do join in the fuss over onPete ' s Facebook page where he entertains comments. ~I moved venues and put up a somewhat related post on PsychologyToday calledThe Perplexing Semantics of Anosognosia: Why An Obvious Phenomena Has Sparked Controvery.  See what you think, and I look forward to your comments.  ~Over on Clinical Psychiatry News, I ' ve written two articles on everyone ' s favorite topic: Medication Prices.  In thefirst article, I did some comparison shopping for Abilify (aripiprazole) and Provigil (modaf...
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