Gratitude
Gratitude is closely associated with our mental health
When Person-Centered Care takes a WRONG turn
I’ve been in treatment for severe mental illness my entire adult life.
Resentment
We forgive and forget. Mostly.
Issues of Longevity and Mental Health
Issues of Longevity and Mental Health There is no question people with a severe mental health diagnosis die on average 15–20 years younger than the general population; meaning long-standing chronic illnesses throughout a lifespan will impact the body and its longevity and health. I think this makes complete […]
Embracing 2022 and living in the ‘Now’
2022 must be a time of change
Language and Mental Health: Living and Communicating our Lived Experience
There is tectonic shift in mental health language
The Communication and Support That Allows Progress in Treatment
Patients are triggered by treatment providers without empathy
Inside the mindset of defeat
Operation Clausewitz was the German solution to the military situation in Europe in 1945
I WANT TO PUT CAHOOTS ON WATCH
We also need to think about what practice means given the current state regulatory instruments
Going to Social Work school with a Schizophrenia diagnosis
Careful about managing my schizophrenia symptoms
Consenting to infection~ HEP C and the Pandemic
My mistake was giving up on life
This is a PRO Tobacco Use Argument in Mental Health Settings
This trend defies the age-old image of ‘mentally ill’ folks pacing around outside their treatment center or a hospital smoking like chimneys
Until when? (Full Translation Espanol/Portugues)
We can learn together that we are stronger even in the face of natural catastrophes—human response and action triumphs in the end.
Partying with a Mental Health Disorder
I told him, point-blank, that Medicaid doesn’t pay for out-of-state trips to the ER
RELATIONSHIP ABUSE and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Relationship abuse occurs across a broad spectrum of the population
How to Self-Manage Our Frustration
Suppose you cannot maintain safety with yourself or with others.
Targeting the clinical grey areas in mental health treatment
Treating clinical ‘symptoms’ is not the biggest clinical issue
Brazil, LGBTQ, and state-level discrimination
These folks need counselors and mental health resources to address their very ‘normal’ issues with compassion.
SPECIAL REPORT: Re-thinking ‘Extended Care’ units in State Hospital Centers
Remaining patients in the long-term state psychiatric centres must be discharged and released from the eternal holding
How to Define Recovery A Radical Idea
Here’s the thing: having a normal life shouldn’t be the barometer of how well a person is doing in recovery.
Advocates that stigmatize
At the root of it, they are pathologizing advocates. I have met them.
MYSTERY DUO, WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY
Who is the mystery two-some?
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.
I am a mental health advocate, but still feel shame about my own struggles at times.
Sometimes, I felt guilty about keeping my mental health to myself.
Vitor Sallys Story according to His siter Vitoria Sallys
The mental health system brutally violated Vitor’s rights.
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