Goals For Happiness and Fulfillment
Reaching your goals takes energy
Social Networks and their impact on Mental Health
The impact can be scary
MY STORY: MENTAL RELAPSE
I must admit how difficult it has been for me to stay mentally sane.
I WANT TO PUT CAHOOTS ON WATCH
We also need to think about what practice means given the current state regulatory instruments
Vitor Sallys Story according to His siter Vitoria Sallys
The mental health system brutally violated Vitor’s rights.
Working with a Mental Health diagnosis/disorder
Dictate what you want to do in life
Human Rights Violations in Brazil: The Case of Vavá
Vavá is a young man with the mental disorder Schizophrenia
Exercising the Right to Speak Out
Clinicians must respect our rights
INDEPENDENCE FOR ALL
We need to discuss Independence
Breaking The Rules Saved A Man’s Life
I told him he “looked like shit” and asked if he had slept or eaten.
Introducing: Urban Space and Race
Starting the week of April 4, 2021, I will be posting weekly episodes of a series called “Urban Space and Race”
Blockages to reforming the ‘system’
The mental health movement was a civil rights movement, but what happened?
I stand in support and solidarity for LGBTQ folks and Survivors of all genders
From age 15 to nearly 18, I was a teenage boy with breasts.
FEBRUARY STILL REFLECTING ON DECEMBER
Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former
The SPOA (SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS) System – Reform and Revise
Under the auspices of the local DCMH, the county entry points use SPOA/SPOE (Single Point of Access/Entry), filled out by clinicians applying for services for their patients.
Neo-Institutionalization: The Overregulation of Community Mental Health
Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.
DNR, Sign me Up
Do Not RESUSCITATE, PLEASE. DNR orders, or Do Not Resuscitate orders, aren’t very tricky when it comes to the law and how the law is carried out and interpreted by doctors and patients embarking on a palliative care end of life plan. A DNR order means do not […]
Politics and the ‘status’ of our National Mindset
Amid the struggle, heartache, loss, betrayal, and disappointment can be not easy to find the strength and motivation to keep going in life.
I was just following orders…
Are you complicit in using similar rhetoric to achieve your aim and hide your intentions?
Unpacking ‘Intersectionality’ in Academic Research
I was first introduced to interdisciplinary studies and trans-concepts as a student in literature and film while at university.
Fully Alive💯
Fully alive means more than just framing the world in more positive terms.
Mental Health Affairs 