The Soloist: Review and Discussion

Contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Soloist yet, hold off on reading this.
I saw the movie The Soloist this weekend starring Robert Downey Junior as Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez and Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a musically talented homeless man who has schizophrenia. The movie was pretty good overall and caused [...]

Posted on May 11, 2009 Filed Under Hospitalization, Movies, Opinions, Relationships | 1 Comment

Are You Bipolar or Do You Have Bipolar?

When we wrote Bipolar Disorder for Dummies, we wanted to avoid ruffling any feathers, despite the fact that the “Dummies” series encourages the use of “irreverent humor.” In the spirit of remaining sensitive to our readers, we chose to refer to people with bipolar disorder as “people who have bipolar disorder” rather than “people who are [...]

Posted on December 30, 2008 Filed Under Advocacy, Opinions, Stigma | 21 Comments

Childhood Bipolar: Who’s Funding That Study?

In “Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed in Children?” I expressed my concerns about the 40-fold increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children between 1994 and 2003 – climbing from 2,000 cases in 1994 to 800,000 cases in 2003. Based on my research and observations, I have concluded that many of these children have inaccurately received [...]

Posted on November 12, 2008 Filed Under Children, Opinions | 2 Comments

Bipolar Work-Related Issues

We’re currently working on a post about bipolar work-related issues. In the meantime, I’d like to gather input from consumers, attorneys, occupational therapists, and others who’ve dealt with these issues or counseled others on how to deal with them. Specifically, we are seeking the following input:

If you’ve resigned from a job due to the symptoms of [...]

Posted on October 15, 2008 Filed Under Career, Disability, Opinions, Social Security | 11 Comments

Marzilli Indictment – What’s Missing from the Story?

By Joe 
The Wednesday, July 9 edition of the Billerica Minuteman carried the story “Marzilli Indicted,” about Massachusetts State Sen. Jim Marzilli, D-Arlington who “was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on charges stemming from a day he spent in Lowell that ended with his arrest in a parking garage.”
I feel bad for those who were [...]

Posted on July 12, 2008 Filed Under In the News, Opinions | 2 Comments

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