This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Okay, let’s get aware. Following is a random traverse through history:
790,000 BC, give or take a few years - Discovery of fire. Anyone crazy enough to take a burning tree into their cave and find a practical application had to have been dealing with bipolar. So, you nonbipolars out there, listen up: We give you the gift of civilization, and how do you thank us? That’s right. You marginalize us. (By the way, sorry we couldn’t get fire to you...
The 2007 celebration gala for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) was held last night in Washington, DC. "Unmasking Mental Illness"... Read more »
Did it take a long time for you to get diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or another chronic illness? Did your symptoms disrupt your daily... Read more »
Next week, October 4 - 10, is Mental Illness Awareness Week. In 1990, the United States Congress established the first week of October as... Read more »
I posted my thoughts on the recent shooting incident on our AnxietyConnection site and would love to hear your thoughts. Rather than... Read more »
A week or so ago, I attended the 23rd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy in Atlanta. It may well be that the Carter... Read more »
Caring for a child with a chronic illness can be a challenge of the tallest order. It requires us to stretch ourselves physically, financially,... Read more »
Caring for a child with a chronic illness can be a challenge of the tallest order. It requires us to stretch ourselves physically, financially,... Read more »
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