Mental Health Advocacy Archives

Excited or Overstimulated?

Volunteer training shadowing a Hearing Advocate last Friday either excited or overstimulated me. There can be a fine line between the two. Since then I've had trouble slowing down and turning off, and found [...]

Kitt O'Malley2014-10-14T11:01:05-07:00October 14th, 2014|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hearing Advocate, Hypomania, Involuntary Hospitalization, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, MHA, Mood Cycling, Psychotherapy, Recovery, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Volunteering|14 Comments

So….who are you?

As I begin my training as a Hearing Advocate for those involuntarily hospitalized, I found this post timely. Finding My Sunshine is a mother, wife and PhD student living with Bipolar disorder. In [...]

Kitt O'Malley2014-10-13T08:51:21-07:00October 13th, 2014|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hearing Advocate, Involuntary Hospitalization, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy|Tags: ECT, lithium, memory loss|5 Comments

I Loved It! ~ Patients Rights Advocacy

Loved shadowing an MHA Hearing Advocate earlier today. Look forward to learning more. Great opportunity for me to make use of my experience having been psychiatrically hospitalized for bipolar disorder (albeit voluntarily), while [...]

Kitt O'Malley2014-10-10T19:28:48-07:00October 10th, 2014|Categories: Hearing Advocate, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, MHA|Tags: #MIAW, Involuntary Hospitalizaton, Patients Rights|14 Comments

Full Circle

Mission Hospital Laguna Beach ~ my 2005 "Alma Mater" as South Coast Medical Center This morning I interviewed with Mental Heath Association of Orange County to be a volunteer Hearing Advocate representing [...]