Month: March 2016

The Mentally Ill Person's Guide To Jury Duty
Mar 21

The Mentally Ill Person’s Guide To Jury Duty

Many of you may remember my post from July of 2015 titled Jury Duty For The Mentally Ill: Are You Fit To Serve?. In it, I asked an important question: does mental illness disqualify you from jury duty in the United States?   After receiving a summons for jury duty and calling in every Tuesday,…

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Bernie Sanders Made A Joke About Mental Illness
Mar 7

Bernie Sanders Made A Joke About Mental Illness

Dear Bernie Sanders: Mental Illness Is Not A Joke     Someone’s feeling the Bern, and it just happens to be Sanders himself.   Bernie Sanders made a joke about mental illness at last night’s Democratic debate, implying that the GOP candidates’ behavior was the result of mental illness. Here’s the joke in his own…

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