Tag: #MIAW

  • NIMH · Atonement

    In his blog post entitled Atonement, Thomas Insel, MD, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), calls for humility: So this year on Mental Illness Awareness Week, my call is for humility. We need to be aware that mental disorders are immensely complex—too complex for scientists, clinicians, patients, or families to solve alone. Prevention, recovery,…

  • 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…

  • Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW #B4Stage4

    Facts listed on this infographic from MHAScreening.org: Get Screened, America! 125,000 screens since the launch of MHAScreening.org in May 2014 66% screened positive for moderate to severe anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or PTSD… and 64% of them had never been diagnosed. 44% said they would discuss results with someone. Stay healthy. Take a screen, and talk to…