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Linda Comac

Linda Comac

“Every decision about me, without me”*

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” might be said of loving friends or family members who call 911 when someone is threatening…

Jun 12, 2022

“Every decision about me, without me”*

Jun 12, 2022

Linda Comac

Alleviate Depression Without Drugs

Please be aware that this blog refers to depression only. I do not purport to know anything about other forms of mental illness and do…

May 19, 2022

Alleviate Depression Without Drugs

May 19, 2022

Linda Comac

Big Pharma and the Goose that Lay the Golden Egg

Psychoactive drugs are far from new. Perhaps as early as 10,000 BC, humans began using natural substances such as betel nut, coca, and…

Apr 18, 2022

Big Pharma and the Goose that Lay the Golden Egg

Apr 18, 2022

Linda Comac

Antidepressants: Today’s Snake Oil

Snake oil salesmen of bygone days could have been the model for antidepressant sales reps. Much like the snake oil salesmen, pharmaceutical…

Mar 22, 2022

Antidepressants: Today’s Snake Oil

Mar 22, 2022

Linda Comac

Why Mental Health Awareness Matters

In 2014, my younger son died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; it was one week before his 29th birthday. For 20 years, he’d…

Mar 4, 2022

Mar 4, 2022

Linda Comac

For People in Psychiatric Hospitals, Dignity Can Be Life-Saving

In August 2014, the actor Robin Williams died by suicide. Like Robin Williams, my friend Emily took her own life. I met Emily in a…

Mar 2, 2022

For People in Psychiatric Hospitals, Dignity Can Be Life-Saving

Mar 2, 2022

Linda Comac

The Year I Lost Everything, Psychiatry Offered Nothing

After years of battling depression, anxiety, and chronic pain, my younger son, Alan Ross Jacobs, died on January 10, 2015. Three months…

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 23, 2020

Linda Comac

Linda Comac

A former public relations writer, editor, and teacher, I am the author of “Broken: How the Broken Mental Health System Leads to Broken Minds and Broken Hearts.”

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