But supportive housing is still lamentably scarce, advocates say. People with mental illness continue to suffer from the general shortage of affordable housing, compounded by some landlords' unwillingness to rent to the mentally ill. What we call in-your-face discrimination still exists, Sperling says, even though it's against the law.
Symptoms of Cricopharyngeal Spasm: 1  Triggering of Foods. 2  High levels of anxiety. 3  Excessive amounts of stress.  Positive and negative 1  emotions. Severe headache.  Weight gain and weight loss.
Spasmodic dysphonia/laryngeal dystonia, a focal dystonia, involves involuntary contractions of the vocal cords causing interruptions of speech and affecting the voice quality. One of the most characteristic features of spasmodic dysphonia is the patterned, repeated 'breaks' in speech.ymptoms of spasmodic dysphonia come in several varieties. Symptoms can be broadly divided into two forms: adductor and abductor. The more common adductor type causes a tight, 'strangled-sounding' voice quality, often with abrupt starting and stopping of the voice. The abductor type causes a breathy, whispering voice.