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Psychological Challenges by the Numbers

This information is culled from a  page on the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) website.     Annual prevalence among U.S. adults, by condition: Anxiety Disorders:  19.1%  (estimated 48 million people) Major Depressive Episode:  7.2%  (17.7 million people) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:  3.6%  (estimated 9 million people) Bipolar Disorder:  2.8%  (estimated 7 million people) Borderline Personality Disorder:  1.4%  (estimated 3.5 million people) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:  1.2%  (estimated 3 million people) Schizophrenia:  <1 a=""> (estimated 1.5 million people) According to the  American Psychiatric Association :  Anxiety disorders are the most common of mental disorders and affect nearly 30 percent of adults at some point in their lives.  Women are more likely than men to experience anxiety disorders. In any given year the estimated percent of U.S. adults with various anxiety disorders are: 7 to 9 percent:  specific phobia 7 per
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How the Internet Changed the World

This is a google slides presentation I delivered in February, 2020 at Magnolia of Millbrae in Millbrae, California.
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Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

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Pretty Things by Janelle Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars I couldn't wait to find out what happened next. This book about a grifter and an Instagram influencer has compelling, original, three-dimensional characters and a surprising, believable plot. I enjoyed experiencing the inner thoughts of both women and learning how they were connected and the details of how they interacted. It is written from each of their point-of-view, alternately. The story is very satisfying and the world Brown paints is still with me. The tone reminds me of the HBO TV series, "Million Little Lies" but the book is much more transparent and three-dimensional in that it shares the whole story and not just fragments. It is a wonderful journey into a unique world. View all my reviews
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The Genius that is Gary Kamiya

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This is the beautiful Call building, named after The Call newspaper started in 1856 by five unemployed printers. It lasted until 1965 when it merged with the city's afternoon paper, The Examiner . Click the picture to visit the link to a Chronicle article from Friday 10/4/2013.  The article is exemplary of essays contained in the award-winning book,  Cool, Grey City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco .   Kamiya unleashes his wandering talent using revealing encyclopedic research. He brings a new depth and beauty to our understanding of our great city's unique, prideful and sassy heritage.
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The Social Evolution of Mental Health

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This is a radio piece with web version and slide-show about "The Changing Face of What is Normal: Mental Health" an exhibit at the Exploratorium through April 2014.
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So lovely to see the return of the animated gif ...

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which doesn't seem to work on Facebook.
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It used to be legal to revoke a liquor license because of "patron's status as homosexuals"

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My grandfather, J. Bruce Fratis,  argued this case which held that patron's status as homosexuals, without more, did not constitute good cause for suspension or revocation of a liquor license under Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 24200 (e) or Cal. Con. Art. 20 §22, and that Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 24200 (e), which required only a showing of patronage by homosexuals, was therefore unconstitutional. Vallegra-v-dept-alcoholic-bev-control-29822
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