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I’m not an activist. I was too young to demonstrate during the sexual revolution or civil rights and Vietnam protests of the 60s. By 1971, at the height of second-wave… more ›
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There are three little words that everyone knows are the sweetest to hear from those we love, but last week I heard four of the most satisfying words I’ve heard… more ›
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The Central Texas flooding on Friday has been devastating to dozens of families, and I have watched with horror as the death count rises. From the pictures I’ve seen of… more ›
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I agree—the title is a mouthful! But it’s an important concept in psychiatry practice. “Transinstitutionalization” is a single-word description of the movement of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) in… more ›
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I had a busy week last week, and I’m exhausted. It’s a good kind of exhaustion, though. Our grandsons from California spent a week with us, and our local granddaughter… more ›
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Photo by Mae Mu on Unsplash When I taught Freshman Composition to college students, I learned a method of giving feedback on their essays that was compared to a sandwich.… more ›
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In my last post, I mentioned being lost in a research rabbit hole—I’m only halfway out by now. The research I’m doing is for the conclusion of a book manuscript… more ›
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Help! I’m at the bottom of a rabbit hole, and I can’t see daylight! Last week, I started on research for the concluding section of the book I’m working on… more ›
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About once a month, a group of teen moms at the Margaret Hudson Program gathered with their children in the school cafeteria for a story hour hosted by the Tulsa… more ›
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A couple of blocks from where I taught at the Margaret Hudson Program (MHP), and a few hundred yards from the Head Start program our students’ children attended was the… more ›