How Bad Can a Federal Agency Be?
This year SAMSHA ranked 317th out of 320 federal agencies, in the survey of Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. And that’s just the beginning of its woes,
Stop Ignoring the Needs of the Seriously Mentally Ill
The Murphy-Johnson bill, now before Congress, will greatly improve treatment for the seriously mentally ill, if the special interests and ideologues don’t water it down.
Fixing America’s Mental-Health System
Our public psychiatric services are woefully inadequate.
The Tarring of E-cigarettes
When the prime-time cameras caught Julia Louis-Dreyfus “vaping” an electronic cigarette at the 2014 Golden Globes ceremony, cries of disapproval arose from our nation’s capital. Representative Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), ...
What’s Driving the War on E-Cigarettes?
When the prime-time cameras caught Julia Louis-Dreyfus “vaping” an electronic cigarette at the 2014 Golden Globes ceremony, cries of disapproval arose from our nation’s capital. Representative Henry Waxman (D., Calif.), ...
The Other VA Scandal
Robert McDonald, former chief of Procter and Gamble and President Obama’s choice to head the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs, faces a gargantuan task. The previous agency head, General Eric ...
Mental Illness and Homicides
‘My son was only able to get treatment by killing his mother.” This was the testimony of Joe Bruce at congressional hearings on May 22. In 2006, Will Bruce, then ...
The Tucson Tragedy: Is the Mental Health System at Fault?
From a psychiatric standpoint, there is not yet enough information available to answer the key question surrounding Jared Lee Loughner: At what point, if any, in the last few years ...
What the Doctor Ordered
Is your physician under the influence? He or she is indeed, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The new Report of the AAMC Task Force on Industry Funding of ...