Cover Stories… The Fear of Relapsing when you have a Mental Health disorder😱 30 Jan 2019 When you carry a mental health diagnosis, you are in almost constant fear of relapsing. Whether you have a chronic long standing condition, or are suffering from a new diagnosis,…
Addressing Symptoms… Learned Helplessness Must be Stopped🔴 30 Jan 201930 Jan 2019 One of my biggest struggles as a social worker in the human services is challenging learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is a phenomena in which clients, patients, or any person connected…
Education… MHBC 2018 🎩 5 Nov 20187 Nov 2018 There is no question that family participation in a person’s mental health treatment is beneficial and critical to manage the long-standing problems that surface during a person’s recovery from a…
Experience in Mental Health… Open Letter to Search for Change (Mental Health Housing): SPOA service, and DCMH 16 Sep 201816 Sep 2018 Today I received a certified letter from my apartment building's management company stating there is noise emanating from my studio during the day and late night hours. Without question, my…
Adventure… Celebrating Support and Services for People with Disabilities (SSD)🎗 14 Aug 201820 Aug 2018 At the very end of my semester in undergraduate school, I attended a reception on campus in which I participated in honoring faculty that was special with and dedicated to…
Adventure… University on Watch👀: Mental health, Concerns, and Hygiene 12 Aug 201810 Sep 2018 Sometimes, school crises erupt on college campus's unexpectedly. Other times, there is a slow build up of tension before the crescendo. The crescendo can be violence, hate speech, or any…
Education… Family Support👪: My parents, Jane and Frank Guttman 8 Aug 201830 Jan 2019 My parents have been there during the darkest moments of my recovery and during the most triumphant. From the very beginning, my parents have been present with me in my…
Adventure… The Mystique of Psychosis 29 Jul 201829 Jul 2018 Psychosis is experienced by people carrying its active constellation of corresponding and altogether unique symptoms differently. At different times, along a spectrum, psychosis symptoms exist in a dark harmony, sometimes…
Adventure… Fully Alive💯 28 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 We all have impairments, limitations, and restrictions. However, choosing to live a full life despite our so-called deficits is critical to feeling happy, fulfilled, and complete. The task ahead then…
Adventure… Socializing in the Hospital🏥 28 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 After being admitted to the hospital, and settling down on the the unit as best as possible, changing into hospital garb, there is little to do than to sit, wait…
Cover Stories… Common Egregiously Misused🚫 Terms in Mental Health⚠️ 20 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 Without question, all of us involved with the mental health system, treatment, peer advocacy, and those with a vested interest in the health and wellness of our friends use language…
Education… Addressing Symptoms: Stilted Language, Perseveration, Word Salad 13 Jul 201816 Jul 2018 Anyone who knows me personally or professionally is aware of my love of language. As a person diagnosed with schizophrenia and a lover of language, the road to recovery and…
Addressing Symptoms… Respecting the Boundaries of Others 10 Jul 201811 Jul 2018 Everyone has a personal set of boundaries. These are the personal and professional invisible rules associated with how we decide to rule our interpersonal lives. There is no question that…
Addressing Symptoms… Addressing Symptoms (Agitation, Frustration Tolerance) 12 May 201811 Jul 2018 In the throws of madness I have found some form of peace to hold on to as an anchor in discovering my innermost serenity. Only in the very end of…
Addressing Symptoms… Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Re-Imagining Treatment 12 May 201813 May 2018 Background:I have been a consumer of mental health services for a litany of diagnoses including but not limited to NPD. With this said, this presentation is intended to explore existing…
Addressing Symptoms… On the Road to Recovery: From Hospital Discharge to Graduate School in Social Work 12 May 2018 In the summer of 2008, mid-July, I was ready for discharge from Binghamton State Psychiatric Center. Of course, readiness for discharge from a state hospital by no means signals the…
Addressing Symptoms… Preventing, Predicting, & Dismantling Problems Ahead: The Early Warning System 18 Mar 2018 The worst thing in the world is to have had the opportunity to fix or resolve a problem and to sit on one's hands or let the chance pass us…
Addressing Symptoms… Food & Identity: Does A Mental health diagnosis change our relationship with food? 18 Mar 201810 Jul 2018 There is no question that food is apart of our identity. What we eat, how, when, where, and if we eat a particular food speaks to our culture, ethnicity, history,…
Self Help… Commitment to Care and Caregiving 10 Mar 201810 Mar 2018 RECOVERY FOR PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND THOSE CARRYING A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS CAN BE A LIFETIME ENDEAVOR. GIVEN THE POWER OF SUPPORT, AND MORE PROFOUND EVEN, TO BE…
Self-Management The Life & Times of a Person Carrying a Mental Health Diagnosis 10 Mar 201811 Jul 2018 There seems to be several types of mental health blogs on the market. Clinical blogs, peer blogs based on personal experiences, hybrid blogs which combine both aspects of recovery, and…