A lot of people believe that mental illness does not affect our children within the school system. But the truth is that a lot of bullying stems from untreated or poorly treated mental and behavioral health problems.
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.
And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.
Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream.
Facts count. Conspiracy theories, usually the refuge of the bitter or disempowered, range from factually challenged to wildly hallucinogenic. Conspiracy theories are not harmless entertainment, or a laudable facet of the freedom of speech. Conspiracy...
The tobacco control movement provides a good model for how to achieve massive societal changes. In 1965, over 50 percent of men and 34 percent of women smoked. By 2010, only 23.5 percent of men and 17.9 percent of women were smoking (CDC 2011). These...
Men and the pursuit of them are strongly intertwined with my mental health. I would say, in my defensive defense, that the problem with being a serial monogamist is, there isn't anybody random or unimportant: everybody you sleep with really means som...
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.
She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.
If you have life and good health, you have the greatest blessings.
America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.
Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter, it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges.
While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease.
In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.
There is no question that managed care is managed cost, and the idea is that you can save a lot of money and make health care costs less if you ration it.
We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country.
We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.
In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.
