DBSA President Sue Bergeson's Mental Health Blog

So, I spent time today updating my wellness plan on the Facing Us Clubhouse website. I'm sure my doctor has a wellness plan for me. And I bet my talk therapist has one. But if they do, they've never shared it with me. And who knows if it's at all relevant to my life?   Sadly, I&...

It's hard to believe, but it is 2008 already! As I look forward to the year ahead, I want to tell you that we're preparing several new DBSA programs and services and tracking a variety of trends. I've highlighted some of them here.   Whole Health We have several things in the h...

So I am writing this blog as we move toward the end of the year. It's less busy in our office now, at least for me, since a lot of what I do involves meeting with other organizations and individuals. No one plans meetings for this time of year. (Yippee!) So I took the time today to go through...

This is the time of year when a lot of us reflect and take stock of the past 12 months. As I look back at 2007 from an organizational perspective, I see several national mental health trends that have emerged, such as the:Growing recognition of the effectiveness and importance of peer supportCruc...

Recently, I had the privilege of being a trainer for a veterans' peer specialist training event in Madison, Wisconsin. The training was led by three folks: Ike Powell, the master trainer and developer of the peer specialist curriculum; Dona, a gifted trainer and consumer leader from the Nort...