Best Parents We Can Be
Friday, February 20, my #1000speak for Compassion post will address the trauma of child abuse and neglect, and specifically address the potential trauma of having a mentally ill parent. As a parent living with [...]
NAMI Provider Education – Week Three
Saturday I attended the third class of NAMI's Provider Education. Here I summarize, paraphrase, and quote the handouts from the NAMI Provider Education Course Participant Manual 2013. In the third week course we learned [...]
the black dog of fill in the blank
Blahpolar parses the Black Dog of depression in one of her posts yesterday. That Black Dog can be quite nasty.
Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Allie Burke
Allie Burke is the author of Paper Souls, The Enchanters Series, and her autobiography The Sandman, Vice President of Stigma Fighters, and survivor of paranoid schizophrenia. I consider her a good friend and fellow mental health advocate and Stigma [...]
GAO Report on Mental Health
Today I received the following email from NAMI on the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Mental Health. I feel somewhat guilty for simply copying and pasting emails I receive, but my purpose [...]
NAMI Provider Education – Week Two
Yesterday I attended the second class of NAMI's Provider Education. Here I summarize, paraphrase, and quote the handouts from the NAMI Provider Education Course Participant Manual 2013: THEORETICAL BASIS: Basic principles of secondary prevention/intervention [...]
End the Silence
Yesterday morning I attended a NAMI Ending the Silence presentation at an Orange County high school. I hope to soon train to become an Ending the Silence presenter for my local NAMI Orange County chapter. Since [...]
Mental Health Ministry
Back in Fall 2005, when I first attended Fuller Theological Seminary – a multi-denominational Christian seminary - I wrote a Mental Health Ministry training manual. I just changed the language to make it more inclusive of all [...]
Blog for Mental Health 2015
I pledge my commitment to the Blog for Mental Health 2015 Project (blogformentalhealth.com). I will blog about mental health topics not only for myself, but for others. By displaying this badge, I show my [...]
The Clay Hunt SAV Act Passed! Thank Your Members of Congress!
The Clay Hunt SAV Act Passed! Thank Your Members of Congress! Thank you for your mental health advocacy! Thank you for contacting your Senators and Congressmen to make your voice heard. Thank you for [...]