Kitt O’Malley

Tag: Mental Illness

  • Stuck to the Couch

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    Another brief update as I’m taking it easy, trying to get myself over yet another bout of gastroenteritis. (I do not suffer nearly as much as my son does, but it has me struck me down, glued to the couch, not wanting to stand or make any sudden movements.) Anyway… This upcoming weekend I am training with…

  • NAMI Provider Education – Class One

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    Joyce Burland, PhD developed NAMI‘s Provider Education Program to provide health service providers with insight into the lived experience of mental illness. In the first class, we went over the key principals guiding the course and heard the personal and family mental health crisis stories of our volunteer panelists. Thank you, NAMI-Orange County volunteers! The following content comes from the…

  • NAMI Ending the Silence

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    Today is the first day of 2015. I’m bundled under covers in my bed typing on my laptop. My husband brought me cornflakes and coffee, so he could watch The Omen downstairs in Spanish. I am a scaredy cat and cannot watch movies with ominous (get it? the Omen, ominous) music tracks, even if I…

  • Parenting Resources

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    Following up on the article I reblogged about parenting while living with mental illness, here are a few great resources: Mental Health America ~ Parenting NAMI for Parents, Caregivers, and Youth ParentingWell® ~ ParentingWell.org Parenting with a Mental Illness: Positive Parenting and Child Resilience

  • US Mental Health Survey

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    The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), collected data from 2008 to 2012. The survey includes an overwhelming amount of information. From what I could tell, the most significant statistical variances were between the sexes and by age groups. I am simply…

  • Submit to STIGMAMA

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    Walker Karraa, PhD has done an incredible job growing STIGMAMA | Motherhood. Mental Illness. Out Loud. at STIGMAMA.COM. STIGMAMA is currently calling for submissions of essays, poetry, personal stories, fiction, professional perspectives, photo essays, and art about STEREOTYPES. Submit to info@stigmama.com. Help STIGMAMA widen its reach. If you are a woman of color, mature mother, grandmother or great-grandmother, young woman, childless (whether or…