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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.
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The "commission " sited in the article is a Scientology supported political group. The fact that that they can issue a press release which leads to a reference to a Lancet article with no clarification of the VAST difference between the two entities is a shame.
Posted by: HS | October 18, 2007 11:43 AM
The powerful label and the powerless get labels. Chilling.
Posted by: Sally | October 18, 2007 12:26 PM
What's worse -- that Scientologists were the sole people interviewed for a story about psychiatry, that the tabloid-happy "kiddie coke" headline led the story -- or that there might be some truth to the fact that the kids of Hampshire, England are overmedicated with Ritalin?
Posted by: Larry Parker | October 19, 2007 03:41 AM