What It’s Like To Live With A Severe Mental Health Diagnosis
Remission in symptoms can be life-changing.
Recovery and self-Determination
I believe in self-determination
The Communication and Support That Allows Progress in Treatment
Patients are triggered by treatment providers without empathy
How a brain injury through an accident enabled the help, I deserved but wasn’t getting
I had been searching for 4 years starting in 2003 for a treatment that could help my whole sense of being.
The Law does not mean anything to Brazil’s Psychiatric Institutions & Therapists
After Francisco’s passing family started researching and seeking the truth behind Francisco’s sudden death, they learned that he was not the only victim and was not an isolated case.
The Value of Good Complex Case Management for Comorbid Psychiatric Issues
However, my efforts were not always enough, and on two occasions, I was given rental violations due to my disorganized apartment.
My journey in mental health housing and recommendations for change and reform
Those of us with mental illness know full well that there are many challenges required of us. Acquiring and maintaining stable housing is one of the biggest challenges of them all. With a complicated condition, the healing journey can be difficult and even more dangerous without stable housing. […]
Systems-based disparities for African American Medicaid Recipients in the NY OMH Article 31 Clinic
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN I’VE BEEN DISCHARGED?” “YOU’VE MISSED TWO SESSIONS. WE TALKED ABOUT ATTENDANCE, AND IN THIS CLINIC, IF YOU MISS TWO CONSECUTIVE SESSIONS, IT WILL RESULT IN YOUR DISCHARGE” “DISCHARGE? I’M GOING END UP IN THE HOSPITAL!” “YOU’RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO REAPPLY FOR TREATMENT WHEN YOU’RE READY […]
MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY REVENGE
With therapy every other week and medication from a psychiatrist monthly, his life has improved
Eleven years and no progress
I would later find out that cases like Minerva exist everywhere, and she is no more unique than her biography is to other people with a mental health disorder who share their story.
Reflections on Mental Health treatment: Recommendations for reform
My overreactions were to behaviors I considered as threatening
The relationship between “Inner work” and Symptom Management
Resolution of inner conflicts has a direct impact on how my life has unfolded
The ‘Point’ Person: Care-Coordination
Being a leader means knowing the immediate mental status of their patients
Collateral Support: Awarding Merit🎖and Citing Examples of Excellence in Friendship
Citing and awarding merit for people beleiving in my recovery.
Psychiatric Advanced Directives
I have put out flyers and solicited friends & family to fill out applications for my Health Care Proxy
Mental Health Affairs 