Mental Health

OD Pills- suicide

Mom, I can’t find my underwear

(note, this article was triggered by an article about suicide in the NY Times, it may trigger some of my readers as well. I’ve not written about this before, nor have I been posting my normal amount lately. That article made me want to share this story. Thank NY Times opinion writer David Brooks). No, Read More

Mental health care gets a pink slip in Dayton

This story better have a happy ending. Right now, a 45 year old service disabled veteran with mental health problems is not in the VA getting treatment, he’s in Sheriff Phil Plummer’s hell hole of a jail. This is where people with misdemeanor crimes end up dead. This is a country that says collectively that Read More

Maybe orphanages weren’t such a bad idea after all.

I’ve been invited to sit on the advisory board for Mound Street Academy. It’s a charter school that is dedicated to giving drop-outs a chance to go back to school and graduate. Students range from 16 to 22, and reading skills from grade 1 to 13. The building feels more like an office cubicle farm- Read More