Fri.Mar 01, 2024

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Engaging Voices, Part 1: Validating The Arrival of My Wife’s First ‘Alters’

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The following is the third excerpt adapted from Healing Companions , a book by the MIA author Sam Ruck (his pen name) that describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her “alters.” His earlier installments addressed the problems with “delusions” and “paranoia” and “psychosis.” T he summer after my wife started counseling sessions, she began to hear voices.

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Suit Blasts 4 NJ State Psych Hospitals for Violent Conditions, ‘Unconstitutional’ Policies

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From NJ Spotlight News : “A stay in a New Jersey state psychiatric hospital ‘is more akin to psychiatric incarceration,’ including violence and difficulty just getting just a drink of water. So asserts a highly critical federal lawsuit filed this week by the organization that advocates for New Jerseyans with ‘mental illness.’ The 99-page lawsuit, filed in federal court by Disability Rights New Jersey, alleges the constitutional due-process rights of many patients in