Section 3: Odds and Ends
Mental Health Career Advice – Metacultures (2021)
The advantages and disadvantages of working in private for-profit, private non-profit, government run, veteran’s services, and criminal justice program cultures.
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Overview of the Psychosis Triangle (2021)
A brief description of the 3-dimensional approach (experiencing reality, self-identity, and relationships) I developed in my book, for understanding how people develop psychosis and why, largely neglected Recovery model services are effective.
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Creating a Psychosis Formulation: Describing the Journey You’re On (2021).
Also from my book, this is a description of my tool for creating personalized formulations for people experiencing psychosis and instructions for its use.
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Person-Centered Methamphetamine Recovery Tools (2023).
A set of person-centered tools I created to work with homeless people using methamphetamines including a self-assessment, hope and goal setting, and educational needs.
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Is Psychiatry on the Wrong Path with Our Kids: Lessons from Winie the Pooh and Toy Story (2024).
An argument for creatively playing with and integrating various parts of ourselves instead of labeling them as symptoms and illnesses to be eliminated.
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Rethinking out Mental Health System: Lessons from Trieste Italy (2024).
Reflections from a group study trip to Trieste and their famous community mental health system, centered around six decisions they made decades ago and stuck to, that account for their successes and our failures.
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A description of why you should read this book about her groundbreaking research in 1987 that energized the Recovery Movement while being ignored by the establishment.
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A complicated, speculative set of hypotheses about the nature of consciousness, reality, God, love, reincarnation, spiritual healing, shamanism, and more, for those who want to go with me past our usual experiences and understandings.
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Hope for Rebuilding our Mental Health System Differently (2025)
A short article written in the midst of massive government cuts looking for a “silver lining” and a way forwards.
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How Should Assertive Outpatient Treatment Programs be Authorized in Legislation? (2025)
An article written for the Massachusetts legislature describing AOT as a “simple” solution to a “super-wicked” problem that actually “commits” five parties, but only punishes the patients if someone fails to meet their responsibilities.