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Mental Health MinutesMental health out of mind? Giving mental health the "mindful" attention it deserves, Mental Health Minutes is an information resource, dialogue and advocacy centre with a Canadian focus. Jennifer Forbes, a public relations professional in Otta |
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Road to recoveryI am blogging about anxiety and mental illness,my personal experience,my view of life and my journey of ups and downs in mental illness' world. |
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US School Shootings.
on Apr 17, 2007 in guns students mental illness hollywood shootings poverty gun drugs prescription michael moore medication virginia tech As an outsider looking in, the mass killings that have just taken place at a college in Virginia, USA, are just stunning, unbelievable. That this could happen again is just incomprehensible to me.Why can this happen?Certainly, the gun control laws in...
Homelessness, mental illness and McDonald's
on Apr 23, 2007 in mental illness McDonalds homelessness Last Friday my family and I were enjoying a wonderful evening in Culver City. We had just finished shopping at Best Buy and were ready to find somewhere to eat. Since there was a McDonald's half a block a way we decided to eat there. When we first...
Call for volunteers at Mood Disorders Ottawa
on May 14, 2007 in Ottawa mental illness depression education recovery events bipolar Mood Disorders Ottawa (MDO), formerly Depression and Manic Depression Mutual Support Group, is seeking volunteers to help with a variety of functions including fundraising, bookkeeping, and events organization. MDO welcomes volunteers with different...
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on May 21, 2007 in confusion mental illness mental health self-consciousness borderline Love yourself. Lose yourself. Find yourself. Control yourself. Let go of yourself. Hold on to yourself. Rise above yourself. Accept yourself. Adjust yourself. Feel yourself. Steel yourself. Look at yourself. Just listen to yourself. Save yourself. Re...
What is recovery?
on May 24, 2007 in health care system mental illness recovery The National Network For Mental Health (NNMH) included these definitions of recovery in its latest newsletter. They are taken from ReStorying Psychiatric Disability: Learning From First Person Accounts of Recovery (P. Ridgeway, 2001).*Recovery is the...