read this |
I got it from RAINN (Rape Abuse and Incest National Network) bulletin. http:../../..www...huffingtonpost...com/..2009/..10/..21/..i
nsurance-..companies-..rape-.._n_328708.html
Posted by on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:32:00 GMT |
The Soloist |
This movie gives a very fair and compassionate look at mental illness and the way it often coincides with creativity. I put it up there with "A Beautiful Mind!" The only thing is, it could be argued t...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:31:00 GMT |
NAMI Walk Chicago 2009 |
On Sunday, September 13, my husband and I walked with two of our friends. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day, and our team raised a total of $490!
Posted by on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:10:00 GMT |
1994 |
I've been going through some pretty bad depression this week-- due to switching anti-depressants (Cymbalta to Zoloft). I got to feeling like I've never had a period of extended happiness since I was 1...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:26:00 GMT |
Wow! It's been a really long time! Here's a letter I wrote to Obama... |
I have bipolar disorder, and although I am aware that in 2010 mental health parity will come into effect with insurance companies who already offer mental health coverage, I would like to reiterate th...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:16:00 GMT |
House teams up with NAMI |
Go to www.nami.org (the website of the National Alliance on Mental Illness). There, you will find that the makers of the hit TV show "House" have teamed up with NAMI and if you buy "House-ism" t-shirt...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:58:00 GMT |
Cosmo looks at suicide |
Yes, I read Cosmo. Shut up. I have a subscription, too! Anyway, February's issue (the issue that's on sale right now) has an article in which they talk to a few women who have lost loved one's to suic...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:48:00 GMT |
new Robert Downey, Jr. movie, link |
Robert Downey, Jr. has a new movie coming out in which he befriends a man with schizophrenia who also is a musical genius. The man is living on the street and Downey's character tries to get him the...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:05:00 GMT |
Voluntary Madness |
Title of Norah Vincent's new offering, in which she writes about experiences she had as a patient in several psychiatric wards she checked herself in for the purpose of writing about the experiences. ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:55:00 GMT |
Life on Mars |
Interesting episode tonight-- dealt with lobotomies used for schizophrenics. Made the doctor who did it look like a pompous jerk-- so I'd like to think that when he said, "One thing you're having delu...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:03:00 GMT |
