Ruth JohnstonAssisted Outpatient Treatment: where do we stand?I’m talking with Lynn Nanos, a Massachusetts social worker specialized in evaluating serious mental illness. Lynn has worked in emergency…Mar 4, 2020Mar 4, 2020
Ruth JohnstonMental Illness and Violence: About that MacArthur study…I’m talking with Lynn Nanos, a social worker specialized in evaluating serious mental illness. Lynn has worked in emergency care…Apr 26, 20191Apr 26, 20191
Ruth JohnstonPsychiatric Treatment Culture: The Effects of Losing HopeI’m talking with Lynn Nanos, a social worker specialized in evaluating serious mental illness. Lynn has worked in emergency care…Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
Ruth JohnstonFive reasons why we can’t get help for mental illness: Interview with Lynn NanosI want to share with you my cool opportunity to talk to an expert on what goes wrong when families try to get help for their loved ones…Mar 15, 20191Mar 15, 20191
Ruth JohnstonGoing home: the amazing eelAnimals amaze us by knowing all kinds of things without any way to learn them. When we can see learning, we’re interested but not amazed…Aug 9, 2018Aug 9, 2018
Ruth JohnstonKittens and puppies don’t learn the same things…During their first week of life, kittens start lining up to nurse in the same order, but puppies never learn that. It’s obviously more…May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Ruth JohnstonWhat kittens and babies knowI’m watching video of an orphan kitten who was adopted by a mother cat with a litter about the same age. (Thanks Kitten Academy!) The…May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
Ruth JohnstonDear SPLC: you have no clue about schizophrenia, but you’re not alone.Dear Southern Poverty Law Center,Aug 17, 20171Aug 17, 20171
Ruth JohnstonSchizophrenia and violence: the problem is reality, not violence.Nobody wants to own it. It’s senseless, gory, unpredictable, and always gut-wrenchingly sad. I wouldn’t want to own it, either, but I do…Jun 22, 2017Jun 22, 2017