This week at Mental Health Notes, I recommended checking out John La Puma and the book he wrote with Rebecca Powell Marx, Chef MD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, as well as I Dose, which claims to be “the perfect Binaural Beats experience.” I also introduced you to Frank Calloway and the Cover America Tour, and then asked you what you thought about Barack Obama’s stance on mental health parity and to share good stories about mental health.
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Friday I asked you if mental health was going to play a role in the way you voted this November, and coincidentally, I received an email from Barack Obama Saturday letting me know about his stance on mental health parity.
Yeah, I know, I didn’t really get an email from Barack Obama, but after I sent an email to the candidates (thanks to a Mental Health America campaign), at least one of Obama’s people took the time to let me know about his stance on mental health parity.
Anyway, I thought I’d share the email with you lovely readers:
Dear Friend,
Thank you for …read more