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Another Canadian Article
untreatable | August 19th 2008 by untreatable
Stigma of mental illness takes tollBy CHRISTINA SPENCERMONTREAL -- Austin Mardon says when people learn he is schizophrenic, they sometimes fear him, act disgusted or seem embarrassed. So great is the stigma associated with mental illness, that when read more
Defeat Mental Health Stigma
Mental Emotional Health Blog | August 19th 2008 by Devin
According to George Carvalho, “stigma is the shame that individuals in society place upon others suffering with mental health issues to distance themselves clearly and definitively from them” (http://www.namiscc.org/newsletters/April02/Cl read more
losing friends
Depression Marathon | August 17th 2008 by etta
Another blogger in our mental health community is having a really hard time right now. I pray her depression lessens soon. She is an asset to our community, and when she's feeling well, there isn't another blogger who reads more blogs or leaves more read more
Breastfeeding & Postpartum Depression: A Mother Without A Breast
Postpartum Progress | August 17th 2008
Breastfeeding. That word, and the process that accompanies it, can bring about immediate stress for women suffering perinatal mood disorders. It's a highly charged issue. For some of us, difficulties in being able to do it at all send us into a tails read more
Mom Writes About Difficulty of Sharing PPD With Others
Postpartum Progress | August 14th 2008
This is a fantastic essay on the postpartum depression experience by the blogger at Down-to-Earth Mama. Here's a highlight, where she writes about how hard it is to talk about PPD with others: In my personal experience, talking about it was extremely read more
Facilitators & Deterrents to Seeking Care for Women Receiving Ref…
Postpartum Progress | August 13th 2008
There is so much interesting stuff coming out right now about perinatal mood disorders I can hardly keep up!! GABA receptors, serotonin transporters, the Childbirth Connection research on the large numbers of women experiencing postpartum depression read more
Benarkah HIV Itu Sama Dengan AIDS?
HIV & AIDS, Social Life, & Wordpress | August 9th 2008
Sekarang, apakah kalian masih berpikiran bahwa HIV itu sama dengan AIDS? Then, apakah orang yang kelihatan sehat (lihat kata normal yag dicetak tebal), itu pasti bebas dari HIV? read more
Obesity In Our Children Has Now Reached The Very Young
Healthy Articles | August 7th 2008 by kanrich
We are almost beginning to accept that obesity has now become a problem not just for adults but also for children. However, it is perhaps still difficult to accept that it has now reached the very young. Obesity is now at epidemic levels in the US read more
What is the Church?
All About your Life | August 7th 2008 by joom
Next to God, Church is the most misrepresented word on earth. This article may seem tedious but it does do a good job of setting the record straight, in our opinion. What is the Church? Who is the Church? Where is the Church? Is there a True Church, read more
Celebrity Sensitivity: Joe Pantoliano & Blake Fielder-Civil
depression introspection | August 6th 2008
Actor Joe Pantoliano, best known for his roles in The Goonies and The Sopranos, has recently admitted to struggling with depression. He didn't tell anyone up until 3 years ago. When a close friend committed suicide, the event prompted him... read more
Hope for a Bright Future During These Economically Hard Times
DOCintheBiz | July 27th 2008 by Doc KC
by KC Kelly, Ph.D., LMHC www.DOCintheBiz.com We must always keep hope for a bright future even during these economically hard times that many of us are facing today! I saw an article in USA Today (yes, believe it or not I read articles all day online read more
The Perceived-Slight Dilemma
Depression Marathon | July 27th 2008 by etta
Perceived--adjective1. detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; "the felt presence of an intruder"; "a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"; "a perceived threat" [syn: sensed]2. detected by me read more
Nine out of 10 people with mental illness suffer discrimination,…
Psychiatric Medications | July 23rd 2008 by Cicolini
Nine out of 10 people with mental health problems do not go out or apply for jobs due to the stigma associated with their condition, a report said today.They feel most discriminated against by their family (36%), followed by their employers (35%), ne read more
Pruning The Shrub
Depression Marathon | July 16th 2008 by etta
By overwhelming margins, both the US House and Senate voted to override President Bushy's veto of the Medicare Reform Bill (HR 6331). The Shrub suffered perhaps his most significant pruning yet on this one, as seniors, doctors and mental health advoc read more
Stigma in Parliament
Fighting Monsters | July 15th 2008 by cb
More than a quarter of parliamentary staff surveyed, including MPs, Lords and support staff, suffer from mental illness brought about by stress according to an article published in The Independent today. A MIND press release further breaks down the f read more
Free Mental Health Humor : Work In Progress
Mental Health Humor | July 15th 2008 by Chato
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The Act and Follow-through of Suicide: Wrap-Up
depression introspection | July 14th 2008
I've always found it annoying when people say a suicide attempt is "a cry for help." And the best one — "She's just looking for attention." I ran into that quite a bit in high school. While a suicidal person... read more
Senate finally gets it right!
Depression Marathon | July 10th 2008 by etta
Congratulations to every reader with mental illness! By the year 2014, only SIX years from now, we will be officially sick! That is, those of us unfortunate enough to rely on Medicare to pay our medical bills will finally be treated equally by our ow read more
The Act and Follow-through of Suicide: Part III
depression introspection | July 10th 2008
Premeditation vs. Passion Author Scott Anderson in his NYT magazine article, "The Urge to End It All," notes: Just as with homicide, researchers have long recognized a premeditation-versus-passion dichotomy in suicide. read more
..So Little Time
Anxious Annie | July 8th 2008 by Annie
Hi all, I know I've been so bad not posting and keeping up with everyone's blogs like I should. I've been trying to open up my shop on Etsy, which I finally have! *does little happy dance* Within the first two days, I made two sales, which I am ecsta read more
Staffers at a Brooklyn mental hospital allow a woman to die
depression introspection | July 7th 2008
I'm quite surprised there's video footage of a woman in a mental hospital (of all places) dying on the facility's floor. Let alone, the outrage of the fact that none of the staffers did anything about it even when alerted... read more
Alle Smileys sind Nazis!
Gedankendeponie | July 6th 2008 by Konna
Habe ich schonmal erzählt, dass ich Vorurteile hasse? Vor allem wenn man direkt vom Äußeren auf den Charakter schließt, kommen immer die abstrusesten Urteile zustande und ich könnte mich über diese Stigmatisierung immer unglaublich aufregen. De read more
Depression and Spiritual Healing
SpiritualBlog.com | July 6th 2008 by Alexander
Our modern world seldom allows emotions to be expressed in an uninhibited voice. If we continue being disallowed to express our true emotions the feelings become de-pressed into the subconsciousness and manifest outward as a state of dissonance. If a read more
Mental illness must be taken from the shadows
Psychiatric Medications | July 1st 2008 by Cicolini
In the 19th century England, mental health issues were governed by what was known as 'lunacy law'. Although Victorian parliamentary acts changed the status of those suffering from mental illness from prisoners to patients, they were still kept in bru read more
Foolspeak: Brian Orelli
Love A.D.D.erall | July 1st 2008 by M. Frederick Voorhees
At least weekly, some jackass writes an article reminding us just how ignorant most folks are about AD/HD. Today, Brian Orelli was that jackass. Writing on fool.com—a website that offers money advice to people infatuated with money—Orelli found i read more
The Online Dating Stigma - Being an e-Hotshot and what-not
Happening Now - Discover Something New | July 1st 2008 by Alexander
There are several stigmas around about online dating, but social networking has become the new face of the web over the last few years and dating sites have begun to fall into this new breed of social e-networking. So you would… read more
Senate Screws Mentally Ill Medicare Beneficiaries--Again
Depression Marathon | June 27th 2008 by etta
Well, they've done it again! We thought this might be the year when common sense would gain a foot-hold and our government would finally recognize that mental illnesses are, well, ILLNESSES! But our fat cats in the US Senate, securely protected by a read more
Free Mental Health Care Offered to Troops
Thoughts From a Cluttered Mind | June 27th 2008 by Kelly C
“Free” Mental Health Humor: The Reanimation of Normal
Mental Health Humor | June 24th 2008 by Chato
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mental Health Humor: The Reanimation of Normal Normal is not normal any more! Last week, I was at a two day mental health training. It was mixed with consumers and providers. Kind of a different experience being read more
Is dropping out necessarily a bad thing?
EducateDeviate | June 23rd 2008 by Tiara
I just saw these series of ads today and, as odd as it may seen, the sentiment portrayed here rather annoys me: I completely agree that education is important, and as the ad says, it’s good for everyone. (After all, that’s what guided th read more
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