Over the course of my journey trying to make sense of the American mental health system, I have encountered stories…
I am not a dottoressa. So often, this past month, visiting Trieste, people assumed I was a dottoressa, a psychiatrist. …
I am a card-carrying member of Luna e L’Altra, one of the network of membership associations that are important for…
Hands down, the best lunch I’ve enjoyed in Trieste this month was prepared today by three beautiful women at the…
Anything that has been around for 40 years is bound to experience the forces of change. The Israelites were disciplined…
As the theme song opens for Mad Men, there is that silhouette of the man in a free-fall. Who is…
The Trieste model emphasizes social recovery as a more critical element than viewing someone as a patient, in a medical…
For the first two days of this week, I’ve been involved in a series of meetings and site visits. Many…
Imagine a psychiatrist in a community mental health center who rarely sits down. He doesn’t have an assigned office and…
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” Thomas Merton, 1980 People I meet here in Trieste are…