Mad in America

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

From The Nation : “Amid ongoing emergencies. the United States has slipped quietly toward an assault on civil liberties as an answer to plummeting mental health. From coast to coast, state lawmakers of both parties are reaching for coercive treatment and involuntary commitment to address spiraling substance use and overdose crises—an approach that will only escalate despair and multiply otherwise preventable deaths while helping to choke the life out of America.

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Dr. Deb

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Received the first draft cover art to my next children's book, "Sometimes When I'm Jealous." Always so meaningful and fun to collaborate with my illustrator Kyra Teis.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

T he specter of postpartum depression (PPD) has haunted me from the time I was a little girl. When my baby-sister was born in 1959, my mother struggled to manage her life taking care of three young children along with a newborn. I was too young to remember what her struggles may have been, but my father’s records revealed a lot about her condition at the time.

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