Two Months Too Long

It has been two months since my last post and that is too long! Someone should have embarrassed me and reminded me; no I'll take full blame for not making any updates.

The NAMI Walk appears to have done a good job of getting the word out and the LA Affiliates raised over $309, 000 (Hip Hip Hooray for us).

Recently the LA Times ran an article on stigma in television programming did you see it? It was in the November 13 Health Section front page and was a good article, although it did not mention Stella and her great work it did mention NAMI's fight for dignity for better portrayals of mentally ill people in TV.

What do you think about how accurately TV depicts those with mental illness? How about the fact that so many are criminals or not in recovery? What about Monk? Is this an accurate view of OCD? Recently Jane Curtain had a show and she was a character suffering from depression and the show did poorly, did it hit home or miss entirely?

Did you see the story about how Baltimore is fighting homlessness with parking meters? They are refitting old parking meters for cash donations to relieve poverty in their town. Is this a good idea? How are other communities fighting this issue? Are they winnning or losing? Is money enough to win the battle or are social programs needed or can they be improved? Job training, does it work?

Give us your comments.