FYI - as the clergyman and health care/ veterans advocate who forwarded this wrote: "...this is the intersection of veteran concerns and the terribly unethical...
FYI forwarded, with thanks to Dr. Ken Pope, by David Byrom, Ph.D., Past President The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc. ...
Thanks so much for this review. Ken Pope is one of my heros. His site just overflows with integrity and the desire to make a comeback for medical ethics! Also,...
Privacy breaches are unequivocally unacceptable, - any systems for electronic storage of personal health care records must have full safeguards, foolproof...
It is an unspoken fact that hospital systems keep 2 sets of records and chart notes: one to disclose to the patient, and one to keep secret by the hospital. I...
Tom: Welcome to this group. We have hoped this could be a forum to not only discuss managed care and the need to develop an effective healthcare system that...
Crisis in Returning War Veterans Continued Health Care We have over 3000 soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and over 25,000 wounded. This is a ratio of...
Hi David, As a Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder sufferer, and a Mental Health advocate, I completely agree with you. This is an insidious, maldiagnosed...
I am interested in your use of the word "complex" (before PTSD); is this something recognized in Australia? (Until it hits the DSM, it isn't recognized in...
Hi Monika, CPTSD is acknowledged in private practices as something which will hit the next DSM release.I don't use the public system; in fact, I'm fighting...
Interesting material, David. In context of my last post, the only way I can get private psychiatric treatment is with Australian Government Medicare payments....
Hi James I too felt empowered by my diagnosis because it finally made everything 'make sense'. What was frustrating to me was to find out that this diagnosis...
Hi Monika, ... From: MONIKA PENNER To: rescuehc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 5:02 AM Subject: Re: [rescuehc] Political~FW from colleague on...
Hi James :) ... It is amazing what can happen from proper mental health support! I have worked with really great mental health practitioners - and really lousy...
Hi Monika, There are some interesting thoughts herein for an Australian who has just woken up, and has to bolt out of the door for a bus. I'll take: "An...
FYI This is a unique collaboration between business and labor, and we hope it might provide a model for what can be done in other states. Rachel DeGolia,...
FYI forwarded with thanks to our colleagues in the health care justice movement by David Byrom, Ph.D., Past President The National Coalition of Mental Health ...
These compassionately told stories of Tennesseans forced out of health care convey a nationwide tragedy of the progresive damage of inadequate and no mental...
From Progressive State Network's Stateside Dispatch, 4/23/07 www.progressivestates.org Health Care & Restoring the Safety Net Despite the YOYO (You're On Your...
FYI forwarded with thanks to the Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign by David Byrom, Ph.D., Past President The National Coalition of Mental Health ...
