Posted by: Jenn on: October 10, 2009
Posted by: Jenn on: February 9, 2010
I know this is an odd and probably somewhat offensive title for a blog entry especially here in this particular blog which I think it’s safe to say there are many who are alll for people first language in terms of political correctness.
Well, all that aside, I do apollogize to those who are offended, but in light of that I hope you give the blog at …. http://www.letyourfreakflagfly.org … a look, I admit I tripped over the title, but having read some of the content and found that it is simply the way the person doing the blogging chooses to identify with her struggle with mental illness, I felt like it was a blog worth passing along. The author decribes her struggles, with mental illness or as she refers to it as “the crazies”. I was able to relate to some of what she describes, and felt that while yes she isn’t politically correct in her terminology, her intentions seem to be honorable in that she is describing her life in a way that makes sense to her and she does admit that she isn’t politically correct, but does explain how she came to use her term “the crazies” to describe her mental illness.
It is folks like her that I make the efforst I do in working to improve the mental health system, and it is because of this that I felt her blog however politically incorrect, needed to be shared so maybe others might feel like they are a little less alone when things get rough as they deal with their own symptoms and struggles relating to mental illness.
Take a look at … http://www.letyourfreakflagfly.org .. if you have the heart to look beyond the politically incorrect title of the blog.
Posted by: Jenn on: February 9, 2010
February 2, 2010, members of SEIU 668 rallied in protest of the decision by the DPW to close Allentown State Hospital. This link will take you to their site where they discuss their views …. http://www.seiu668.org/Allentown_State_Hospital_Rally_2_2_10.aspx
Posted by: Jenn on: February 3, 2010
While the posts kind of tapered a bit, rest assured it doesn’ty mean I stopped working. I had to take care of a project I have been dedicated to for sometime that is very personal to me, so I put every aspect of my life on hold for a day to work on what was needed for it. I am currently drowning in email, because I took a day off, but I’m working my way through it hunting for those gems of info that I can offer to you my readers. It’s a slow process, because I screen every email myself and often will find things that don’t directly help, but offer other views I might not have seen otherwise, so sometimes the side trips are great othertimes I find myself wondering why I bothered, but despite the rollercoaster I’m on I did want you to know I’m getting back to sorting links and emails in serch of those items that seem to say it all … or at least a lot and offer a broader picture of what is happening.
Right now though, my brain is feeling mushy from all the digging, so I’m going to go get some rest and will be back to digging when I wakeup in a few hours or so. Yes even a geek like me needs to sleep once in awhile
Posted by: Jenn on: February 2, 2010
Posted by: Jenn on: January 30, 2010
An article found on the Pharmacy Choice website at … http://www.pharmacychoice.com/News/article.cfm?Article_ID=528129 … indicates that Allentown State Hospital had roots in Homeopathic medicine.
It was the first homeopathic institution of its kind in Pennsylvania, according to the state Department of Public Welfare.
Under the homeopathic approach, diluted doses of substances are used to provoke healing responses in the body.
As physicians adopted a standard medical model, the homeopathic title was dropped from the name.
The hospital ran a psychiatric treatment program for 140 children. The Mental Health Institute for Children was the only one like it in the state from 1930 to 1960 and finally closed in 1992.
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