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Jill's Mental Health Resources
http://jillsmentalhealthresources.wordpress.com/
About blame, shame, stigma, discrimination toward handicapped people, people suffering from a mental illness or Alzheimer's disease. I give information about the CIT Crisis Intervention Training course for police officers that began in Memphis, Tennessee. I am trying to gather people to help me lessen the terrible stigma. In a lighter mood, I blog about seniors and call it
SERENADE 2 SENIORS
LATEST ARTICLES ( 733 )
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Grief and Grieving. LOSING A BABY
Different kinds of grief. LOSING A BABY Grief is a natural response to loss, and unfortunately, having grieved for so many loved ones, I learned that there is... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
The Only Cure for Grief is to Grieve ….
The only cure for grief is to grieve – by Earl GrollmanWhoever has been following my blog entries, knows that we lost our first baby who was born prematurely;... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
I Pays Not to Throw Papers Away …
SERENADE 2 SENIORSSome questions and answers from my students’ test papers over the years which I simply could not throw away.Q Explain the meaning of ‘free... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
What Every Child Should Know About Bullying
I came across a young man when visiting our son in a psychiatric hospital who looked as if life had dealt him a nasty deal. He was stooped, seldom spoke and I... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Young People Can Be Trained to Help Their Peers …
From Terrie Riley’s site:- I’ve said this before but it’s worth repetition. We should organize a group of young people and train them to help other youngsters... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
What I Have Learned from Elaine Benton
Elaine Benton has her own blog and is also a regular blogger for the Huffington Post. She lives with and has learned to cope with two diseases, Parkinson’s and... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
At a Support Group Meeting for …….. Mental Illness
As various family members spoke, we discovered that they had been through similar experiences with professionals both in the hospital and out. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
David Attends a Day Clinic
We managed to get our son into a day clinic. We drove him there and met the doctor; an empathetic man with shoulders wide enough to fill a doorway, yet he didn’... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Part of a Familty Therapy Session at the Hospital
My son, David was rocking backwards and forwards on a straight-backed chair at a family session at the hospital when he turned to the psychologist saying; “I... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Once, People Suffering from a Mental Illness Were Hidden …
Many years ago, people suffering from mental illnesses were hidden so that the community would not ostracize their families. These people wasted away behind... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
How to React When You Hear That a Friend Has Alzheimer’s
Imagine the following situation; you have just heard from your geriatric neurologist that you have Alzheimer’s disease and after much sorrow, you decide to shar... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Alzheimer’s and My Husband
SERENADE 2 SENIORS When faced with an awkward situation, most of us tend to look the other way. This is what happened after my husband was diagnosed with... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Alzheimer’s and Dignity by Emuna Braverman in Aish.com
SERENADE 2 SENIORSEmuna Braverman writes in aish.com about an 80th birthday party she attended in honor of a friend’s mother. The only blemish being that the... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Souls Shining Through
‘As an activity director at a day care center for the memory-impaired, I often ask myself what I have learned from being with people who suffer from Alzheimer’s... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Time
is too slow for those who wait,too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve,too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, TIME IS... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Why Do Some Therapists Say; “I Know How You Are Feeling?”
Entering a psychiatric hospital for the first time, was pretty shocking. So many patients were walking up and down, chain smoking. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Those Vacant Eyes
When my son, David’s psychiatrist decided that there was no more that he could do for him, they suggested that we check him into a sanitarium of sorts. Read more
Posted on 24 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
For the First Time in My Life …
SERENADE 2 SENIORSFor the first time in my life, I think that I am the person I have always wanted to be. I sometimes despair over the different shape my body... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
The Driver
SERENADE 2 SENIORSToday’s blog is in a lighter vein.A man was working in his garden when an old-model car came crashing through his hedge and landed on his fron... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY -
Surviving Schizophrenia
Approximately 1% of the world’s population knows what it means to live with a relative suffering from schizophrenia. These families have to learn to live with... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY