Self Help The Mobility of Recovery 2 Feb 2019 There is an undeniable mobility to recovery. Moving forward in your path to health and healing requires an inertia. From rate of recovery, the very speed and velocity required to…
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,…
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…
Education… Continuing Education 🔄 17 Oct 201817 Oct 2018 I was asked to write down three things I cannot live without on a piece of scrap paper for a seminar on interpretation. At that time, I was floridly psychotic,…
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…
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…
Addressing Symptoms… The Criminalization🚨of Mental Illness 15 Jul 201814 Aug 2018 There are a lot of articles out there all over the internet, newspapers, and mental health forums talking about the increasing violence in the community stemming from inadequate mental health…
Cover Stories… Mental Health Affairs Celebrates 💯 Articles Published📈 11 Jul 201811 Jul 2018 This is the 100th article posted on Mental Health Affairs. All of us at Mental Health Affairs have aimed to bring readers the most critical and rigorous analytical commentary on…
Addressing Symptoms… Repositioning symptomatology for mental health conditions post DSM-5 7 Jun 20187 Jun 2018 In the throes of madness, I have found some form of peace to hold on to like an anchor while discovering my innermost serenity. Only at the very end of…
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… 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…