I can’t believe its my 75th trip out to Washington DC since Woody died in August 2003. As I was preparing for this trip, I was reflecting on what little progress has been made in […]
2016 started out with the tragic reminder of how fragile life is. Last week one of my good friends – Karen Langhart took her life. She was just 56 years old. I will never forget […]
I (K.W.) have been thinking a lot lately about mental health. It seems every where you turn, there’s something about “mental health” in the headlines. Whether its another shooting, the high profile suicide of Robin […]
In mid October, the FDA convened a special meeting of drug safety and psycho-pharmacology experts to look at whether or not the smoking cessation drug Chantix needed to continue to carry a black box warning. […]
This summer we saw the ultimate game of truth and dare play out over social media with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. All over the world ordinary people as well as celebrities, billionaires, professional athletes, police […]
Recently I (KW) was reminded again that not all “patient” voices are treated equally. All one has to do is look at two Congressional hearings held in Washington DC last month to see how different […]
Its hard to believe that it has been almost ten years since black box warnings were added to antidepressants. These warnings came 13 years after the FDA first held hearings on link between Prozac and suicide […]