This is a reposting of a previously published blog post on this site. Psychosis is now inside quibble quotes. Psychiatric as a root word and the adjectival form of psychosis have been edited. Detachment from reality could just as well be used to describe a psychological state of mind that could apply to anyone, so this … Continue reading Dead Woman Walking – Locked Inside of “Psychosis”
Supreme Court Gives States Green Light to Abolish the “Insanity” Defense
Washington Examiner: "Elena Kagan sides with conservative Supreme Court justices to rule states can bar insanity defense"
Serious Brain Function Illnesses Not Just Extremes of Typical Human Personality Traits – article: Johns Hopkins Medicine
DJP applauds the title of this linked-to article, although this site began putting the term "Schizophrenia" inside quibble quotes quite some time ago. The matter of RDoC vs the DSM, however, as a framework for the NIMH's research programs may be much more nuanced and complex than this article suggests. One criticism of the DSM … Continue reading Serious Brain Function Illnesses Not Just Extremes of Typical Human Personality Traits – article: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Link to Article by Author Lynn Nanos
This article provides some insight into why the so-called mental health system is in such a catastrophic state of dysfunction and why advocates in the DueJusticeProject network are calling for a reclassification of "Schizophrenia", "Bipolar", and other illnesses (some of which should also be surrounded by quibble marks) out of psychiatry and into neurology. The … Continue reading Link to Article by Author Lynn Nanos
Blogger Writes: ‘Time to do Away with Trauma as a Cause of Schizophrenia.’
https://dawsonross.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/time-to-do-away-with-trauma-as-a-cause-of-schizophrenia/ Due Justice Project agrees!
State of Minnesota DHS: Not Our Job to Provide Competency Restoration Beds
DJP thanks Treatment Advocacy Center for its article: "Competency Restoration vs Psychiatric Treatment". Minnesota is to be credited for standing up for the moral and ethical good. Unfortunately, it won't stop prosecutors from pursuing preparing people who were neurologically detached from reality when unlawful or violent acts were committed - for prosecution. Nonetheless, whatever the … Continue reading State of Minnesota DHS: Not Our Job to Provide Competency Restoration Beds
Sad News, Death of Neuroscientist Jeremy Richman, Founder of Avielle Foundation
Due Justice Project has supported the mission of Avielle Foundation. The mission of the foundation is to prevent violence and build compassion through neuroscience research. Neuroscientific research into serious brain function illness will lead to better diagnosis, treatment, and case management. These measures may help us stop violence before it happens. Medical science already knows enough to identify, … Continue reading Sad News, Death of Neuroscientist Jeremy Richman, Founder of Avielle Foundation
The Brain That Has a Mind of its Own.
A neuroscientist's story about her stroke, recovery, and the insight she gained. My Stroke of Insight is a book written a decade ago by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor. I just recently learned about the Jill Bolte Taylor story when I caught the tail end of a radio program. What piqued my attention was the … Continue reading The Brain That Has a Mind of its Own.
Dead Woman Walking – Locked Inside of Psychosis
This post was precipitated by the news of the execution just days ago of a man who suffered from severe neuropsychiatric illness (SNI) for most of his life. In fact, the onset of psychotic symptoms for him began perhaps possibly more than a decade before it is typical for most people. The execution of this … Continue reading Dead Woman Walking – Locked Inside of Psychosis
Link to article: Inmates often punished for symptoms of neuropsychiatric illness, including suicide attempts
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/10/627519801/behind-bars-mentally-ill-inmates-are-often-punished-for-their-symptoms Does that keep you up at night, forensic and state psychiatrists...those of you whose fingerprints are on so many thousands of these unjust convictions? Probably not.
