“The pilot training Police Academy representative referred to this [NAMI WC] presentation as a “game changer,” and several officers came up to our panelists to thank them and ask follow-up questions.”
Continue reading NAMI Washtenaw’s Role in Behavioral Health Crisis Training for Law Enforcement in Michigan
“We will always have flaws. And I think it’s best for our own health if we accept that. As hard as it is, I think it benefits me to try to keep the fact that I am not perfect, and that I am not expected to be, in the forefront of my awareness.”Continue reading Opinion: Our Unfortunate Love Affair With Romanticism’s Non-existent Romantics
“His words had set off a chain reaction, the beginning of an epiphany that would leave me finally free to reject the stigma of being “the bad child,” and move toward the freedom of self-love and healing.”Continue reading Sabotage or Saving Grace? Psychiatric Diagnosis Can Be Both
Many persons known for their creativity have suffered from manic-depression. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), author of several novels, many essays and works of nonfiction, an absolutely brilliant woman, was one of them.Continue reading Virginia Woolf’s Battle With Manic-Depression and Her Writing
Many years ago, my younger brother had his first psychotic episode when he was 18. It would be a wonderful film to view with families or high school classes to open up conversations about mental illness. Continue reading Film Review: Words on Bathroom Walls
When you have to mourn
Then mourn.
When you have to cry,
Then cry.
It’s head down and on his knees
That a man remembers how to fly.Continue reading A Poem
How much social media is too much and how do you recognize when your time on social media is becoming problematic? Here are some research-backed tips to help you out. Continue reading Seven Tips for Healthy Social Media Use
Years ago, when my loved one’s psychiatrist told me that one of the symptoms of schizophrenia is that people don’t know they are ill – “anosognosia” – it blew my mind. Since then, I have learned quite a lot about anosognosia.Continue reading Anosognosia: When People Don’t Know They Are Ill
What now would you have me do?
I cast my eyes up to the sky
And above me, I see one red leaf
On a green tree.Continue reading A Poem
I recently had the opportunity to speak with some first responders to gain insight into what they do to re-energize themselves when they are feeling depleted from the daily stresses of their occupations.Continue reading Self-care Advice from First Responders
