Posted on April 30, 2013 by Mary Clare
Women Claiming Life with ECT
Today a journalist contacted me. She’s writing a story on women and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and wanted to know two things — what I know of the history of mental health care for women over the past 40 years, and what I know about ECT. The truth is I cannot claim any expertise with regard to ECT. But I have listened to women in recent years who have considered or experienced the… Read More
Posted on December 18, 2012 by Mary Clare
What do we learn? What do we teach? The days after Sandy Hook
Love that takes us out of ourselves and binds us to something larger. President Obama Newtown, CT 12-16-2012 The days move by in this the darkest season for the Northern Hemisphere. Saturday was the day after, Sunday two days after, Monday three, Tuesday four …. These days will pass into months and years, and those of us still drawing breath in these wild and precious lives will continue. As we do, we… Read More