A couple of years ago, Mother Jones‘ Deanna Pan posted a great, although brief, timeline of deinstitutionalization in the United States’ mental health system, running from the 1st mental patient admitted to an asylum in the 18th century1 to the present… Read More ›
Mental health reform
When Will Equal Actually Mean Equal in Mental Health Care?
A man sits in a doctor’s office, three year old copy Sports Illustrated in hand, waiting for his cardiologist to come in and let him know how the results of his EKG. The guy is only 57, but his dad… Read More ›
Wholesome Heidi Heitkamp’s Wild West Show
Heidi Heitkamp desperately wants you to know that she’s just a good ole gal from the prairies of North Dakota who doesn’t put much truck in all of this Washington DC doubletalk and wonk-speak. She’s a straight-shootin’, Midwest values havin’,… Read More ›