When we use the term "mental illness", not brain illness, do we put our patients in harm's way? .........Drs Mary Baker and Matthew Menken Baker and Menken challenged their colleagues in the medical profession with this question in an article titled "Time to Abandon the Term Mental Illness" - published in the British Medical Journal, … Continue reading Euthanizing the So-called Mentally Ill – Not Just a Flippant Remark by a Political Commentator about homeless people…It’s A Reality
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ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
Advocates often describe anosognosia as someone who is so sick, that they don't know they are sick. That's an inadequate description of the condition because it does a disservice to those who commit acts of harm toward others because of the condition. What does it mean for a person to "know they are sick" in … Continue reading ANOSOGNOSIA – A Catastrophic Neurological Symptom in Jacobi Fleming Nasse Syndromes (“Schizophrenia”)
There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
When we use the term “mental illness”, not “brain illness”, do we put our patients in harm’s way? …Drs. Mary Baker & Matthew Menken 2001. As long as there is such a thing as "Psychiatry" there will need to be such a thing as "mental illness". The writer of this Washington Post article ponders if … Continue reading There Should Be No Such Thing as Psychiatry as a Specialty of Medicine
The Arbitrary Fate of Someone Dangerous to Themselves or Others – In the Criminal Justice System
Without provocation, he threw objects at staff and assaulted staff, requiring manual, mechanical, and pharmacologic restraints. Shortly after being released from restraints, he assaulted a staff member by chokehold, again requiring restraints.His escalated behavior continued the next day, during which he assaulted staff on 3 different occasions, including punching a staff member in the head … Continue reading The Arbitrary Fate of Someone Dangerous to Themselves or Others – In the Criminal Justice System
Guilty But Autistic
The title is definitely meant to be provocative. This blog post was inspired by an initiative of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Department of Human Services to increase awareness about the challenges of people diagnosed with autism that become justice-involved. Autism and the Courts | Learn | Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania (pacourts.us) Medical … Continue reading Guilty But Autistic
Medicine should have abandoned the construct of “Primary Psychiatric” a long time ago.
Article: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Major Neurocognitive Disorders as a Model for Understanding Neuroanatomic Dysfunction in Primary Psychiatric Disorders Advances in neuropsychiatry are increasing ourunderstanding of brain-behavior relationships. With thisknowledge, the classification of illnesses as psychiatric and neurologic appears increasingly out –datedjscimedcentral.com
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
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.
SMI Diagnosis can be a death sentence.
Due Justice Project does not normally comment on specific legal cases. However, today it must speak out about a case in which the actions of the criminal justice system reflected willful moral depravity. For the governor of Virginia to refuse to commute the sentence of William Morva on the assertion that the trial was fair … Continue reading SMI Diagnosis can be a death sentence.
Students of Forensic Psychiatry See SMI Up Close.
Today, a link is added to this blog page to an article published on the News and Events page of Lander College for Men. Link to article: Seeing SMI Up Close Enlightening to Forensic Psy Students DJP especially appreciates the comments of a student who remarks about how seeing the inside of the criminal justice system opened … Continue reading Students of Forensic Psychiatry See SMI Up Close.
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