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  • I wrote an allegedly satirical series for the Megazine called The Straitjacket Fits, a strip made bearable only by the brilliant contribution of artist Roger Langridge.

    Archive 2009-04-01 DAVID BISHOP 2009

  • I wrote an allegedly satirical series for the Megazine called The Straitjacket Fits, a strip made bearable only by the brilliant contribution of artist Roger Langridge.

    My Writer's Journey - part one DAVID BISHOP 2009

  • The result was a quirky little series called The Straitjacket Fits.

    DeathRay and the Kiwi cartoon connection DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • Cons: The usual awkward phrasing; some jarring musical transitions; "Straitjacket" is just ludicrous.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Yet, as I have pointed out since my L.A. Times op-ed in 2005, titled "Shedding Stigma of the 'Psycho' Straitjacket," the vast majority of those with mental disorders are not violent, and many of us are highly productive citizens, holding down jobs in a variety of fields.

    Robert David Jaffee: Psychotics Survive With Imagination Robert David Jaffee 2011

  • Yet, as I have pointed out since my L.A. Times op-ed in 2005, titled "Shedding Stigma of the 'Psycho' Straitjacket," the vast majority of those with mental disorders are not violent, and many of us are highly productive citizens, holding down jobs in a variety of fields.

    Robert David Jaffee: Psychotics Survive With Imagination Robert David Jaffee 2011

  • NYTFriedman: The Golden Straitjacket is the defining political-economic garment of globalization.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Rick Santorum To Feed His Crappy Campaign Some Willow Bark Tea Eliot Nelson 2011

  • Yet, as I have pointed out since my L.A. Times op-ed in 2005, titled "Shedding Stigma of the 'Psycho' Straitjacket," the vast majority of those with mental disorders are not violent, and many of us are highly productive citizens, holding down jobs in a variety of fields.

    Robert David Jaffee: Psychotics Survive With Imagination Robert David Jaffee 2011

  • Yet, as I have pointed out since my L.A. Times op-ed in 2005, titled "Shedding Stigma of the 'Psycho' Straitjacket," the vast majority of those with mental disorders are not violent, and many of us are highly productive citizens, holding down jobs in a variety of fields.

    Robert David Jaffee: Psychotics Survive With Imagination Robert David Jaffee 2011

  • Yet, as I have pointed out since my L.A. Times op-ed in 2005, titled "Shedding Stigma of the 'Psycho' Straitjacket," the vast majority of those with mental disorders are not violent, and many of us are highly productive citizens, holding down jobs in a variety of fields.

    Robert David Jaffee: Psychotics Survive With Imagination Robert David Jaffee 2011

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