Posted on March 13, 2009 by astrauss
Every year the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill grades the states according to overall efforts, programs, etc., regarding mental health services. This year Florida came in 48th in the US. Needless to say, this is not good, and the social spin offs are considerable insofar as the amount of suffering, the lost of production, [...]
Filed under: Mental Health, Psychotherapy Notes, Society's Tonics | Tagged: Florida mental health, insurance for mental health, Mental Health, mental health and prisons, NAMI, National Survery on Drug Use and Health, SAMHSA, severe psychological distress, state mental health scores, suicide prevention | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 2, 2009 by astrauss
We are pleased to announce the publication of Strauss’s Malingery – Stealing the Truth. This is a collection of ideas and observations about malingering, lying, shame, problems in psychologically detecting the truth, and related critical questions. It re-thinks and re-considers the nature and styles of malingering.
Malingering is common in everyday life. It is found more than just in the [...]
Filed under: Malingering, Mental Health, Psychotherapy Notes | Tagged: antisocial personality, confabulation, examiner bias, factitious disorder, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology, insanity, lie detection, lying, Malingering, malingering book, narcissistic personality, personality disorders, psychopath, shame, truth | Leave a Comment »
