Notes From The Ward
an insider’s view of mood disorders

The heart of this blog is a series of essays I wrote, to be read in sequence. Wordpress is set up (for many sound reasons) to display posts in reverse, that is, latest post first. Rather than tinkering with that, I’ve opted instead to provide this page of links to these posts, in their original, intended order:


  1. Some Initial Remarks

  2. The Fog of Misconception

  3. The Great Divide

  4. The Dance of Perception

  5. The Scandal of Recurrent Depression

  6. Depression as Perception Disorder

  7. The Self-Esteem Game

  8. Antidepressant Revolution

  9. The Medication Mill

  10. Entering the Psych Ward

  11. Alternative Treatment Venues

  12. Mental Illness and the Law

  13. Anti-Psychiatry

  14. Depression In History

  15. Managed Care and Mental Illness

  16. Preliminary Lessons