MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY REVENGE
With therapy every other week and medication from a psychiatrist monthly, his life has improved
Upward mobility: Steering recovery in the right direction
The vehicle can crash on its way to point B and not make it to its destination
Socializing with the Insane
Before I came to my senses, he was restrained in a crash cart.
STIGMA: PEER SERVICES, DOUBLE STANDARD, AND SELF-DISCLOSURE
Peers, through the act of self-disclosure, reveal their lived experience at work in the agency all the time.
From sickness to illness, we have now birthed the modern mental health disorder
From an illness of the soul to the mind, medicalization has crept into mental health in all ways.
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.
THERAPIST JUDGEMENT CALLS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
he client, the same one I requested be transferred, attempted suicide the night before.
Reflections on ‘Peerness’, Social Work and Supported Housing
I love this work
Addressing Anger at its Source
It seems to me that many of these tragic events have originated from outbursts of uncontrolled or misunderstood rage
Professionalization of Trauma Stories and Lived Experience: A Panel Discussion
The book discussion will situate Guttman’s new and ongoing research on ‘lived experience’ with professional social work education and practice.
Mental Illness Relapse in the Workplace
Her relapse opened my eyes to an entire unspoken stigma
What is considered ‘normal’ behavior for a teenager in High School?
Some students fall into a social “no-fly zone”
BOOK REVIEW: The Craig Lewis Guide to Surviving the Impossible
A guide to get from traumatized to surviving.
VOLUNTEERING FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH
I am aware that not all volunteer jobs lead to paid employment
The relationship between “Inner work” and Symptom Management
Resolution of inner conflicts has a direct impact on how my life has unfolded
Blockages to reforming the ‘system’
The mental health movement was a civil rights movement, but what happened?
The ‘Point’ Person: Care-Coordination
Being a leader means knowing the immediate mental status of their patients
Preventing, Predicting, & Dismantling Problems Ahead
Asking yourself: “What issues seem to pop up consistently?”
SNL’s ‘LOCO’ Speaks a Truth about ‘Displays’ rooted in Mental Illness
hen the worker finds him or herself front and center in the life of the client. Becoming the object of their desire and madness, emotions and even feelings of safety become subsumed into the client’s new playground.
LADY MACBETH AND OCD
she is obsessively washing her hands while sleepwalking due to guilt.
FEBRUARY STILL REFLECTING ON DECEMBER
Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former
What exactly does it mean to be a Peer?
Either we disband every manual out there in mental health, or we must only use the DSM-5
De-bunking ACCCEPTANCE and COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT)
ACT is a ‘third wave’ behaviour therapy approach with a supposedly ‘expanded perspective on how to guide clients to skilfully self-regulate.emotional distress and conflicting states of mind’,
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.
THE TRIANGLE OF DISPAIR: A Stain of Disgrace on America
Mental Illness, Incarceration and Quality of Life (Homelessness), a vicious cycle, occurring all too frequently.
Mental Health Affairs 
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