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POPSWhy government has to care for the poor In recessions, when more people need help, donors give less, for donors have less to give. Charities turn away from the more expensive long-term indepence-development programs, to simply keeping up with short-term emergencies. And many simply go out of business. For example:
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POPSYou Know Who We Really Hate? As I contemplate how to pry a few dollars from these systems designed to humiliate and degrade my clients, already struggling with being social outcasts, chronic illness, drug addiction and mental illness I sigh audibly. I read of billion dollar bailouts and disappearing pallettes of cash as I ponder how to help a family with $400.00 so they will not be homeless in three days. I am so very tired.
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POPSNew Benefit Rules will Drive Mentally Ill into Poverty Often as the last sentence above shows, those who feel well enough to work cannot or must do so without support or understanding. As ever, the suffering of mental illness is amplified often beyond the pain of the illness itself by structural and societal factors.
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POPSHas American Society Gone Insane? Diabetes, obesity, heart disease, physical weakness, osteoporosis, asthma, bodily misalignment and chronic pain... I'm fully in favor of adding depression and mental illness to the list of ways our society makes us unhealthy. The very nature of how we live is unhealthy.
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POPSPsychiatric Emergency Rooms are Appalling My dissertation research uncovered dozens of stories of abusive and incompetent psychiatric emergency rooms. I hope at least these woman's death will draw attention to an invisible and longstanding American problem.
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POPS10 Common Myths about Mental Illness 8. Children can’t have serious mental disorders. 9. Doctor/patient confidentiality is absolute and always protected. 10. Mental illness is no longer stigmatized in society.
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