Category: MHA
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MHA Infographic: Things Adults Say That Hurt Instead of Help
Sharing this from Infographic: Things Adults Say That Hurt Instead of Help
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Online Support Resources
Recently, I have come across people who live in rural areas without adequate mental health resources or live outside the US and do not have the access to mental health resources that the US or some other countries may offer. Quite honestly, I am fairly ignorant of resources outside the US and cannot claim expertise…
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Best Parents We Can Be
Friday, February 20, my #1000speak for Compassion post will address the trauma of child abuse and neglect, and specifically address the potential trauma of having a mentally ill parent. As a parent living with mental illness who strives to be the best parent I can be, I am sharing Mental Health America‘s excellent Parenting advice from mentalhealthamerica.net/parenting. Parenting Be the Best…
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NIMH Outreach Connection: December 2014
Read the Latest Outreach Connection from NIMH National Institute of Mental Health sent this bulletin at 12/23/2014 02:41 PM EST Having trouble viewing this post? View it as a Web page. GREETINGS NIMH Director Thomas Insel, MD It’s that time of year when I like to reflect on what progress has been made in our…
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Excited or Overstimulated?
Volunteer training shadowing a Hearing Advocate last Friday either excited or overstimulated me. There can be a fine line between the two. Since then I’ve had trouble slowing down and turning off, and found myself glued to laptop, tablet, or iPhone until past my bedtime. I’ve resorted to taking clonazepam to turn off my brain and fall asleep.…
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I Loved It! ~ Patients Rights Advocacy
Loved shadowing an MHA Hearing Advocate earlier today. Look forward to learning more. Great opportunity for me to make use of my experience having been psychiatrically hospitalized for bipolar disorder (albeit voluntarily), while dusting off old knowledge and skills from my education and the careers of my early adulthood. After all, I have a BA…
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Full Circle
This morning I interviewed with Mental Heath Association of Orange County to be a volunteer Hearing Advocate representing clients placed on mental health holds (involuntary psychiatric hospitalization for 72-hours). HEARING ADVOCACY – Advocates fill a legally state mandated role to ensure that involuntarily detained persons in a psychiatric hospital have the opportunity to express their views…