I found this excellent article today from the Associated Press. It is not only a good reminder of the importance of attitude in treating illness, it gives me another idea for a community event to promote mental health… If you read this and think that we might be able to do a “Comedy Night” at [...]
Poor, Mentally Ill and Off to Prison
This article is from the Chronicle-Herald of Canady website. Here’s the link: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1092332.html
I am posting it because I think much of the information applies universally. I think it also suggests that for-profit hospitals should invest in mental health services as a way of lessening the burden on their emergency departments.
POOR, MENTALLY ILL AND OFF TO [...]
Cure the Hardtime Holiday Shopping Blues
The Holidays are coming. If you’re like me, you have the folks who are easy to buy for:
1. The friend who has the same taste you do and will love the dvd you get him and will loan it to you when he’s done.
2. The colleague whose taste you know from daily interactions. For her, [...]
Mental Illness Myths Debunked
by Mary A. Murphy, Mental Moments
November 23, 2008 – 4:59PM
While doing research for an unrelated project, I came across some startling statistics related to mental illness.
While it’s “easy” to read approximately one in four Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, it’s another thing to read that when applied to [...]
Finding Your Balance: At Home & At Work
For a lot of people, the pursuit of a healthy work/life balance seems like an impossible goal. With so many of us torn between juggling heavy workloads, managing relationships and family
responsibilities, and squeezing in outside interests, it’s no surprise that more than one in four
Americans describe themselves as “super stressed.” And that’s not balanced—or healthy.
In [...]
Our Nation’s Mental Health Care for Children Is Insufficient
The following article comes from USA TODAY, 20 November 2008:
STATES LACKING IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH CARE
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
Publicly funded mental health care for children has improved in the past 25 years, but top officials in more than one out of five states say no child with serious mental disorders receives good care in [...]
Depression in Children and Teens
Clinical depression is considered the most common form of mental illness. It is an illness with which most of us can identify. We have all been sad. Depression is more than just sadness. It is a serious mental illness that interferes with one’s quality of life.
Parents don’t like for their child to be sad. The [...]
Forget Halloween… It’s Christmas That Scares Me
This comes from ctv.com:
Best ways to beat holiday stress
Updated Sat. Nov. 8 2008 7:22 AM ET
Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes.com
Later this month, many will begin preparing holiday feasts, attending parties and shopping obsessively for the perfect presents, all while counting blessings and enjoying the company of family and friends.
Millions will also spend it focused on reducing stress [...]
Get Involved or Suffer
Several years ago, the state of Wisconsin was looking for a slogan. One witty fellow submitted a variation of the New Hampshire motto, “Live Free or Die.” That humorous someone suggested Wisconsin’s motto be “Eat Cheese or Die.”
I thought that was pretty funny, but as I was reflecting today on the issues going on in [...]
