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Social Security Matters – Major Depression and Disability
…a performance or quality review. By the time most people come to our offices to discuss a claim for Disability benefits, they are no longer working, whether because they simply…
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What Gets in the Way: Latinas Who Don’t Access or Stay in Treatment
…their community as disloyal. PTSD symptoms of avoidance and hyper-vigilance may cause women to terminate treatment prematurely. A client who is normally very compliant may avoid sessions once she is…
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I’m Still Here: Engagement as Treatment for Dementia
…available. However, all of the trainees were able to immediately engage theses residents in activities. This was done in front of a company executive, who also had attended the training….
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Planning Ahead for Difficult Health Care Decisions
…Act Recently New York State passed the Family Health Care Decisions Act (“FHCDA”). The FHCDA fills a huge gap in the law where a person had not completed an advanced…
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Obtaining Judicial Authorization to Medicate a Minor
…medication to a child is itself a complicated decision the stakes are raised if either the child or the parents do not agree with the psychiatrist’s treatment recommendation that medication…
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Regarding Divorced People with Mental Illness and the Expression “Being on the Dole” – Two Issues that Warrant Our Attention
…misunderstanding about my illness that had taken place. When I began to get my life back and started this newspaper, my son was finally able to understand that my illness…
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The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
…major life activities are ultimately defined by the Courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the agency charged by Congress to issue regulations with regard to the ADA, has included…
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Being Your Own Caregiver When There Is Nobody Else
…I had no prospects of finding work. I didn’t realize it at the time, but my idea to start the newspaper got me working again, and at something I deeply…
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Panic and Anxiety Disorder: One Person’s Journey
…of everything – getting old, getting sick, flying, driving, being with people, being alone, going to new places, trying new things. You name it, I feared it. Every aspect of…
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An Update on the National RAISE Schizophrenia Project – An Interview with John Kane, MD
…not simply the measure of the signs and symptoms that are associated with schizophrenia like delusions and hallucinations, but involve people’s ability to function in the community. That’s really the…
