Category: parents

  • Not Guilty

    I knew better, but I read the comments anyway. “He needs the death penalty immediately!”“Bring back public hanging!”“Electric chair sounds nice, live on paperview.” (sic)“Cut his balls off and feed them to him.” I wish he had pled Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity so the public could see what a joke our mental health care…

  • Parent Support Groups: Those Who Live It, Understand

    Photo Courtesy of www.digitalapoptosis.com Chances are, if you’re reading this, you are already looking for peers, and that’s a good thing.  There is one immutable truth I’ve learned going through this roller coaster the past 15 some-odd years: no matter how great your psychiatrist, psychologist, therapists, social worker, case manager and school administrators are, they…

  • Help CABF Help More Families

    If you read my blog with any frequency,  you know that 2-3 times a month I blog for the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.  CABF is in the running, right now, for a Pepsi Refresh grant worth $250,000. I can say, will all sincerity, if it wasn’t for CABF and their volunteers, staff, and services,…