Kitt O'Malley, Author at Kitt O’Malley

Download the What is Mental Health Parity? infographic pdf. Download NAMI’s report A Long Road Ahead: Achieving True Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Care See more at: http://www.nami.org/parityreport.aspx#sthash.HFj93AOu.dpuf

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use

Apr 25, 2015

in Mental Health, NIMH

NIMH · A New Look at Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among Adults April 23, 2015 • Science Update New findings on mental health service use by racial and ethnic groups are now available in a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). “This is a wonderful resource,” said…

Resources for Youth and Young Adults

Apr 25, 2015

in Mental Health, Mental Illness

Strength of Us Reach Out Here OK2TALK Half of Us Teens Health Each Mind Matters Teen Line Online Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Fear of Loss

Apr 24, 2015

in Chronic Illness, Grief, Migraine, Motherhood, Parenting, Triggers to Mood Cycling, What About God?

Thursday night I saw my psychologist over the disaster that was Tuesday. First I had her listen to the distraught voice recording I made that night. I told her about my son’s recurring gastroenteritis. He’s suffered from migraines with vomiting since he was a toddler, has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and gets gastroenteritis regularly during the…

Death, Grief & the Beast

Apr 22, 2015

in Bipolar Parenting, Family, Grief, Hypomania, Marriage, NAMI, Parenting

NAMI Orange County volunteer Melissa Nemeth passed on as did my brother-in-law Don. Grief that I denied myself now hits me. Now I realize how much compassion I withheld from my husband as I defended myself from pain and from being needed. My prayers go out to Melissa’s family and to my in-laws. The tears flow…

Gardening & Praying

Apr 20, 2015

in Mental Health, NAMI

Lightly pruned our fig tree this morning, evening out its limbs. May not have been the best time of year to prune it, but some branches grew out of control, reaching into the neighbor’s yard and into the homeowners’ association’s hillside. Like me, the fig tree is productive, fecund, stretching itself outside the bounds of a…

Nurturing Bath #1000Speak

Apr 19, 2015

in Compassion, Hypomania, Parenting, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Compassion – Nurturing – 1000VoicesSpeak.org As I desperately reached out in compassion for others this past 10 days, I’ve neglected myself. I fueled my efforts with hypomanic energy, all the while sick with gastroenteritis and caring for an even sicker son. Poor baby gets gastro really bad (badly). So here I address compassion burnout, nurturing others…

What Happens? Hypomania Happens

Apr 19, 2015

in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Hypomania, NAMI, Poetry, Social Stimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling

What happens when I over-involve myself in social media? (If you are viewing this post from my lovely website, look to the right – or if on a mobile device, to the bottom – see those many colorful icons – I’m all over the place and overactive.) What happens when I engage in a protracted blog…

Marya Hornbacher’s Research about Mental lllness

Apr 17, 2015

in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Discrimination, Mental Health, Stigma

What do you know about mental illness? By Gabby Abbott | Apr. 15, 2015 | 285 Submissions Author Marya Hornbacher is working on a book about mental illness. Her book will profile the lives of people who have a mental illness or who work in the field, and she’s trying to develop a deeper understanding…

Bad Mom – Spoken Word for Tha.Speakeasy

Apr 16, 2015

in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Motherhood

Prompted by an invite to Tha.Speakeasy Facebook event on April 17th & 18th, I read my poem, Bad Mom, which I’m posting here. Bad Mom Bad mom Selfish mom Ineffective mom Permissive mom Bipolar mom At times, abusive mom At times, out of control mom At times, rageful mom She’s even hit her kid She’s even…

Author: Kitt O’Malley