How The Fear Of Self-Disclosure Can Impact Your Mental Health
Share, feel free to disclose all aspects of your lived experience and mental health history.
The CIA and the Belgium Government (AUDIO)
I know nothing about where Dr. H is today.
Human Rights Violations in Brazil: The Case of Vavá
Vavá is a young man with the mental disorder Schizophrenia
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.
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
Undiagnosed (Part Two): Schizophrenia or Wicked Healing (East Coast Slang)
That is why I took all the pills; to make me better.
SELF-STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION using self-thinking
People with mental health issues have experienced some form of “STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION.”
STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ABUSED BY MEDIA
Worst of all, the media shows people with mental illness as incompetent, dangerous, and undeserving, which deters everyone from understanding each other. Enough is enough!
The Peer Standard⚖️
There is an unspoken, covert, and arbitrary standard for working in the mental health community.
Use of Metaphors in the Therapy office 🕵️♂️
The problem runs as deep as what practitioners face when practicing psychotherapy
LABOR DAY OR LABOUR DAY ?
Labor Day or Labour Day, which is correct?
Dating💘 with a mental health diagnosis☣️
Simply stated, dating with a diagnosis is much more complicated, problematic, and riddled with more expectations and appropriate use of self-disclosure than healthy courting.
This is what the Mental Health system does…
The words used to talk about mental health matter.
Operation Psych-OUT
Back then, before the last discharge at New York State Psychiatric Center on Wards Island was when I first agreed to this calling….
Language and Stigma: The Objectification of Mental Illness
‘Othering’ serves to not only create an object of hatred but also of people’s discrimination.
Interdisciplinary parity: Which is the right clinical pathway forward?
Thinking about progress is critical for both consumers and practitioners
REMEMBER MOON VISIT BY NOT RETURNING SOON
Fifty one years ago we walked the moon
(Re)-Defining the Language of Mental Health EVEN Further
How can we best further refine the language around mental health?
Cynthia’s Final Farewell
Actually, Cynthia, I’m on a cruise ship in Puerto Rico
T.K.O Kim
That’s Kim, I thought. Shameless to the end. Revisonless.
Reflections on Neesa’s Blog article: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others
So, I was just reading an article by Neesa Suncheuri called: How My Schizoaffective Disorder Helps Me Help Others In this article, the author likens the side effects (no pun intended) of not working and responding to the impact of paralyzing mental health symptoms as a strength. This […]
The Benefits of Taking Inventory
Planning for the future means knowing what went wrong and why,?
Behind the Mind with Kevin Meiselman
On episode 7 of Behind the Mind, Max Guttman joins the show to share his experiences with schizophrenia and details the adversity he overcame to live a happy, healthy and productive life. He also shines light on the common misconceptions about schizophrenia and the manner in which the disorder can be treated. This was one of the most inspirational stories I have ever heard, and I can’t thank Max enough for his bravery and willingness to help me reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness.
The Revisionist✍️: Rise of the Prosumer (Chapters 1&2)
Preface The Revisionist describes events I experienced beginning in 2008, the year that I graduated from college at New England University. However, the actual writing began shortly after the completion of Small Fingernails Even Less Love, which chronicles the impact of my mental health condition on events leading […]
A Fond Farewell to Mary✌️
The pictures posted are from a secretly videotaped meeting with my care manager and his director at a non-profit agency in Westchester NY. For three months, I have been calling and trying to reach my care manager. I left message after message for weeks for this person. It’s […]
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