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Christina Bruni

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posted 05/18/2009, comments (0)

An Interview With Paulette

The 100 Individuals interview series continues with a Q&A with Paulette, who retired from the Board of Education and now works as an adjunct at St. John's University. She has a son, David, and a daughter, Chrissie. Her husband has been gone 13 years. Paulette has been involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI] for the past... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/04/2009, comment (1)

Schizophrenia and the Technological World

To most middle-aged people, the tech world is a bit scary and to someone with schizophrenia there are even more challenges. We didn't grow up in a computer age; rather, we saw one grow up around us and many times , the people I talk to relate to T.V. when describing hallucinations and delusions. Do you hear 'special messages' from... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/21/2009, comment (1)

A staff's view and a patient's view

This is stuck in my head. The only way to be rid of it is to write about it. A couple of weeks ago I ran into a former staff of the hospital, at a grocery store. We chatted about the hospital. I want to examine what she feels about the hospital now and what I saw then and see now. She started off saying that... Read more Chevron

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Christina Bruni

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posted 04/20/2009, comments (8)

Recovery Revisited

Recovery is hard work, yet it's the most rewarding work you'll ever do. I wanted to revisit this topic after receiving a private message from someone who read my SharePosts and noted that I consider myself "Recovered From." She had some interesting questions that I answered and would like to talk about now in the hopes that others will be... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/29/2009, comments (2)

Me and my Family

Well, as usual, I've left this too long, but I guess 20 days is OK. Thanks for your concern about my mother to those who replied. Chris, my step=father is 82 and was diagnosed with mild dementia last year. My mother saw an ad from PBS ( yes we get U.S. cable up here ) about a brain plasticity... Read more Chevron

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