(6-7-23) My friend and tireless California NAMI advocate Mark Gale recently asked me in an email if I had retired.
Well, no and sorta.
I have written a weekly blog about mental health for the last 16 years. As of today, that’s 1,688 blog posts. While I will continue posting my thoughts on this page, I will no longer adhere to a weekly schedule. Instead, I will post blogs sporadically. That might be once a week or none for a month.
Last month, my newest book, NO HUMAN CONTACT: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System, was published. It is my 22nd book and, most likely, my last.

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Because of my book, CRAZY: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, I have spoken in 49 states (still waiting for that invitation from Hawaii), and five foreign countries. A highlight was speaking at the White House during the Obama administration. While I will continue to do some speeches, I am limiting them too.
So why am I cutting back?