I spoke to a civic club recently. After the presentation, one club member came up and asked me about warning signs of suicide. He was concerned about a family member.
The following is an excerpt from the national Mental Health America’s website:
Any one of these symptoms does not necessarily mean the person is suicidal, but several [...]
Suicide Warning Signs
Athens Peer Singers
On Tuesday, 17 February, we went to the Georgia State Capitol for Mental Health Day there.
A group from here in Athens performed for the luncheon. Here is a photo.
I was really pleased that, following their performance, the APSingers were asked to perform in June at an event in Milledgeville. Congratulations!
MHANEGA Releases “What to do in a psychiatric crisis” Booklet
Last Friday, 20 February, we held a ceremony at the Athens-Clarke County Courthouse to unveil the booklet “What to do in a psychiatric crisis in Athens, Georgia.” It had taken about a year to put the booklet together.
The booklet includes information on Georgia law regarding both voluntary and involuntary commitment. It provides specific information about [...]
Cutting the Mental Health Budget is a Bad Idea
The following article, entitled “Mental Health Cuts are off base,” comes from Iowa’s Quad City Times. I am posting it here because it is so very applicable to the situation faced here in Georgia as Governor Sonny Perdue proposes cutting the funding of our own mental health budget.
The men in the Atalissa bunkhouse debacle deserved [...]
The Public Health Approach to Preventing Suicide at Colleges & Universities in Georgia
I am attending a conference today at the University of Georgia’s Center for Continuing Education. Entitled “The Public Health Approach to Preventing Suicide at Colleges & Universities in Georgia,” the two-day event is packing a lot of information into a short period of time.
To share that information with you as quickly as possible, I will [...]
FRIDAY MORNING CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE RELEASE OF “What to do in a Psychiatric Crisis” BOOKLET
Let me share with you the press release for our event that is coming up on Friday. I hope to see you there.
Responding to a Psychiatric Crisis in Athens, Georgia”
Release Ceremony on Friday, 20 February 2009
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When physical illness begins to affect a friend or family member, most people know how to get help. [...]
Some Humor
I am a firm believer that you have to have a sense of humor to survive in this world.
To that end, I like to read a faux news site www.theonion.com.
Today, there is a “news” story about a new drug designed to depress those annoying people who are always overly cheerful.
If you’d like to see it, [...]
Living with Schizophrenia
This comes from virtualmedicalcentre.com on 28 January 2009:
Despite more than fifty years of advances in the treatment of schizophrenia, it remains one of the top causes of disability in the world. Patients often experience disability in the areas of social, occupational and independent living activities. Most affected are young and middle aged adults, and disabilities [...]
Army’s January Suicide Rate Could Be Highest Monthly Total Ever
This item was in the news earlier this week. I have a cousin who was in Iraq and returned home damaged. He’s going through some really rough times right now. Let us never forget about the men and women who serve our nation through its military.
Seven Army soldiers committed suicide last month and 17 more [...]
Could Stigma Stop the Next Churchill?
“Florence Nightingale might never have succeeded with modern stigma against mental illness” by Kate Devlin (www.telegraph.co.uk)
She became world-famous as the saviour of countless lives and the inventor of modern nursing, but a new report suggests that Florence Nightingale might never have been able to transform hospitals if she had to combat today’s stigma against mental [...]
