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My Latest Article for Drunken Boat: Vincent van Gogh

15 Thursday Sep 2016

Posted by A Journey With You in mental illness, schizophrenia, Uncategorized

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Art, bipolar, creativity, famous, genius, madness, mental illness, painter, schizophrenia], Vincent van Gogh

I hope you will pop over and read the latest to my column on Drunken Boat.  It is about Vincent van Gogh and his many mental and physical diagnoses. I think you will find it interesting.

New Post on Psych Central

23 Monday May 2016

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I have a new blog post up on Psych Central. It is about being an imperfect advocate. It mentions Bob Dylan, feminism, and stereotypes.

I hope you will pop over there and read it.

http://goo.gl/Ot4wtb

We Lost One of Our Own

24 Sunday May 2015

Posted by A Journey With You in heroes, mental illness, schizophrenia, stigma

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a beautiful mind, car accident, genius, john nash, mental health, mental illness, Nobel Prize, psychiatry, psychology, schizophrenia

I have tears in my eyes as I type this. John Nash, one of the heroes of schizophrenia, has died in a car accident. The movie, A Beautiful Mind, was the only movie I have seen that showed that people with schizophrenia can be, and sometimes are, brilliant. More importantly John Nash was recognized with a Nobel Prize, one of the highest honors we have. He was such a great example of someone battling schizophrenia and still managing to be productive, have relationships, and lead a “normal life.”

The movie is only inspired by him, the book goes into more detail.  I hope in death, as in life, he will bring more awareness to the truth about schizophrenia.  I hope more people will give up the stereotypes and stigma.

Good-bye, John Nash, the world was a better place for having you in it.

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-na-mathematician-john-nash-beautiful-mind-killed-in-crash-20150524-story.html

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